enzonapoli1990 Posted January 6, 2014 Report Share Posted January 6, 2014 i was out for a days rough shooting just before christmas and normally as i walk along the woods at sun up there has always been a healthy number of birds still up in the trees just to my amazment not a single woody was there! not only that i did not see a single pigeon all day. where the hell are these ******* hiding? i would love to know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitchrat Posted January 6, 2014 Report Share Posted January 6, 2014 Still in Europe, in the warm weather there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevindickinson Posted January 6, 2014 Report Share Posted January 6, 2014 plenty showed up in the last 4/5 days they just showed up from know where Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitchrat Posted January 6, 2014 Report Share Posted January 6, 2014 plenty showed up in the last 4/5 days they just showed up from know where Where are you?? Please send me some.... XXXXXXX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevindickinson Posted January 6, 2014 Report Share Posted January 6, 2014 they are in the oven now :-) northumberland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitchrat Posted January 6, 2014 Report Share Posted January 6, 2014 they are in the oven now :-) northumberland Well done Kev, I've just spent all day to get 18 down here in the pigeon-free zone of Essex. You northern boys have all the luck, and can afford a house too!! - With an oven!!! I live in a ditch (well it feels like it...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yidoharry Posted January 6, 2014 Report Share Posted January 6, 2014 Well done Kev, I've just spent all day to get 18 down here in the pigeon-free zone of Essex. You northern boys have all the luck, and can afford a house too!! - With an oven!!! I live in a ditch (well it feels like it...) I'll 2nd that to pigeon free zone of Herts too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted January 6, 2014 Report Share Posted January 6, 2014 Still in Europe, in the warm weather there. Don't you mean 'in the woods'? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin lad Posted January 6, 2014 Report Share Posted January 6, 2014 had 32 today around Bedford area crops had a right mixture in only half a dozen had rape some had sloe's some had rose hip berries some had corn probably from feeders colin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shooting2 Posted January 6, 2014 Report Share Posted January 6, 2014 Every pigeon in my area flys a mile or two north every morning to about 150 acres of beans that havent been harvested and left as set a side, no body shoots it yet... But I'm in the process of getting permission. There thousands and I mean thousands there, just a sea off pigeons, will try and get some photos buts it's one of them Youv got to see it to believe it!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitchrat Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 Don't you mean 'in the woods'? Not much sign of birds or **** in the woods either. I beat loads of shoots and see very few pigeons, anywhere.... Every pigeon in my area flys a mile or two north every morning to about 150 acres of beans that havent been harvested and left as set a side, no body shoots it yet... But I'm in the process of getting permission. There thousands and I mean thousands there, just a sea off pigeons, will try and get some photos buts it's one of them Youv got to see it to believe it!! Get amongst them!!! (Shoot a few for me!!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lg1 Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 Every pigeon in my area flys a mile or two north every morning to about 150 acres of beans that havent been harvested and left as set a side, no body shoots it yet... But I'm in the process of getting permission. There thousands and I mean thousands there, just a sea off pigeons, will try and get some photos buts it's one of them Youv got to see it to believe it!! That field stinks of two things... Suicidal Birds & Red Letters All the best at picking that one up mate.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 had 32 today around Bedford area crops had a right mixture in only half a dozen had rape some had sloe's some had rose hip berries some had corn probably from feeders colin I do not doubt your observation but I have never seen a pigeon with rose hips in it's crop. Hawthorn berries (haws) yes, but never rose hips. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin lad Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 I do not doubt your observation but I have never seen a pigeon with rose hips in it's crop. Hawthorn berries (haws) yes, but never rose hips. ah could of been them then mate hawthorn berries large red berries a tad smaller than an acorn?? colin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pstenson123 Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 They are hitting the rape hard around north lincs next to one of my perms but I don't have permission to shoot that land , I've been watching them for 2 weeks now, when the gas banger goes off they all lift ( around 7- 8oo) pigs & drop straight back down, I will be approaching the land owner when the pheasant shoot finishes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin lad Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 here's a pic of the berries in question i got out of the crops Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lg1 Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 here's a pic of the berries in question i got out of the crops Looks like your correct, rose hips Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linny Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 here's a pic of the berries in question i got out of the crops nice salad bit of recycling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin lad Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 Looks like your correct, rose hips after reading jdog comment i was not too sure so took a look on google and rose hip and haw thorn do look very similar but after a second look they do look more like rose hip colin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lg1 Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 They are hitting the rape hard around north lincs next to one of my perms but I don't have permission to shoot that land , I've been watching them for 2 weeks now, when the gas banger goes off they all lift ( around 7- 8oo) pigs & drop straight back down, I will be approaching the land owner when the pheasant shoot finishes! I'd be all over that 2 weeks ago, just to secure it up... Birds battering the rape, gas banger poping away.... Sounds like a the farmer will beam at who ever knocks on the door lol... Good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FalconFN Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 I've seen a couple of flocks of 30 ish on fallow fields, smaller flocks in woods and roadsides but none on rape yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aga man Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 (edited) here's a pic of the berries in question i got out of the crops useful picture that colin, it's definately a rose hip that, theres also some green ivy berrys by the look of it and i would say the green leaf is clover , certainly some of it anyway Edited January 7, 2014 by aga man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin lad Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 useful picture that colin, it's definately a rose hip that, theres also some green ivy berrys by the look of it and i would say the green leaf is clover , certainly some of it anyway yeah there was also some corn so i guess they have been on some feeders somewhere colin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 Thanks for the picture and the PM. There is no doubt that the two red berries are rose hips. The two blue ones sloes as you say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin lad Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 thanks was not sure colin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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