cooooper1 Posted September 25, 2014 Report Share Posted September 25, 2014 hi all,a farmer that i shoot for has asked me to watch over his TURNIP fields(5 large fields),i`ve never seen or heard of pigeons feeding on turnips leaves,plants before so can anybody on here give me some info on this, went on a re-con sunday morning around the farms and on the turnip fields in question were was around 40-50 sat in the trees above crops and may be half dozen on the ground but i was,nt sure if the pigeons was feeding or just resting up.thanks cooooper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootnfish Posted September 25, 2014 Report Share Posted September 25, 2014 One of the farmers I shoot for has grown what he called stubble turnips for about the last 3 years for his sheep , and the only things I have seen on them are sheep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted September 25, 2014 Report Share Posted September 25, 2014 Pigeons can go mad for turnip tops when there is snow on the ground and little else for them to feed on. You will have to be patient. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harnser Posted September 25, 2014 Report Share Posted September 25, 2014 Yes . Be patient , I have had big bags on fodder turnips . Harnser Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wymberley Posted September 25, 2014 Report Share Posted September 25, 2014 One of the farmers I shoot for has grown what he called stubble turnips for about the last 3 years for his sheep , and the only things I have seen on them are sheep. That's pigeon shooting for you! Some of my best (and the one biggest) bags have been on these. After a disastrous stubble year I'm keeping my fingers crossed as the farmer has just sown a large field of them as he's letting his sheep farmer mate graze his flock here over the winter as opposed to Dartmoor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuy Posted September 25, 2014 Report Share Posted September 25, 2014 Yes! Can be good indeed , just as the guys say here be patient had a call this week also for stubble turnips. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootnfish Posted September 25, 2014 Report Share Posted September 25, 2014 It is strange I have not seen any on them since he has grown them as its usually a good area for pigeons when there's rape there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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