Bean stubble - the first of the summer.

[JDog]

I drove back from the North early today and completed almost a full day of work before the quest for pigeons got the better of me. At 4:30 I went up to my favourite farm and best flight line to see if the beans had been harvested in my absence this week. Sure enough there was a stubble and a stupendous line of a bird every two minutes diving straight into the field.

 

There are actually two lines into this field from opposing directions making it difficult to attract all of the pigeons using the field to one hedge or another. A quick visit to the farm yard had the farmer out on his tractor and he deposited two large round bales just where I wanted them in the centre of the field to enable me to shoot in all directions tomorrow.

 

I will let the PW massive know how I get on.

[fenboy]

Sounds promising , good luck.

[aga man]

Sounds like my kind of Farmer! very envious and looking forward to your report.

[Wilts#Dave]

Nice surprise to return to....hope the wife hasn't made plans for tomorrow!! Sounds like a good day on the cards as well.

[yickdaz]

big bag I anticipate

[butchdickason]

I hope you have a brilliant day. I hope to get a few on the barley stubble tomorrow.

 

[pigeon controller]

Checked out a thirty acre bean stubble yesterday , loads of beans on the floor , no pigeons??

 

Good luck with your quest JDog.

Edited August 30, 2014 by pigeon controller

[stuy]

Good luck! Will have a drive around myself got sum beans to look at also , still out of action tho.

[mossy835]

iv got 50 acres of cut beans,shot 20 today but they did not want to decoy.loads of beans on the floor and a few pigeons about.

[ezi bez]

Good luck Jdog

ezi.

[Penelope]

I had 26 on a bean stubble during an impromptu trip on Tuesday. Just picking up the odd bird on a light flight line.

 

The field is strewn with beans, they are everywhere; it should be littered with pigeons. On the shoot tomorrow to put feeders out so will have another look to se if they have found it.

 

I drove back from the North early today and completed almost a full day of work before the quest for pigeons got the better of me. At 4:30 I went up to my favourite farm and best flight line to see if the beans had been harvested in my absence this week. Sure enough there was a stubble and a stupendous line of a bird every two minutes diving straight into the field.

 

There are actually two lines into this field from opposing directions making it difficult to attract all of the pigeons using the field to one hedge or another. A quick visit to the farm yard had the farmer out on his tractor and he deposited two large round bales just where I wanted them in the centre of the field to enable me to shoot in all directions tomorrow.

 

I will let the PW massive know how I get on.

[numpty]

Seems to be a theme developing here, just back from checking two separate farms with three day old bean stubble's and not a bird to be seen! As per Penelope, fields strewn with beans and should be littered with pigeon. Cultivated wheat stubble giving up a good harvest of pigeon over the past few days but the beans are devoid of birds, the watch goes on.

[kyska]

This year has been quite simply, dire, we spent all day weds, bean stubble was fruitless, so moved to volunteer rape, lots of birds, just wouldn't deek.

 

We tried magnets, bouncers, changes of pattern, nothing worked, I've never experienced such poor shooting in all the years I've shot.

[marsh man]

Still a lot of wheat fields to be cut down on the marshes , cutting today in fact , Beans on the up lands are all cut now and started to leaf up , and next years rape drilling is now coming through and I heard the Beet factory open on the 17th Sept................shooting on the bean stubble was ok but I have known it to be a lot better.

[rich1985]

Beans on one of my permissions are going to be cut tomorrow, just have to wait and see what happens. Good luck jdog.