Cranfield Posted January 22, 2004 Report Share Posted January 22, 2004 I have been looking around and they don,t appear to be on the rape, in any great numbers. I have seen most birds on ivy berries along the hedgerows and in the woods. The weather round here, has been very wet, which will have affected things. There is supposed to be a "cold spell" due next week, so it could change. Where are you finding them ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NGhost Posted January 22, 2004 Report Share Posted January 22, 2004 On our farm they seem to be on the barley (god knows what they are eating). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red_stag88 Posted January 22, 2004 Report Share Posted January 22, 2004 Crannners, in the words of one known simply as Fat *******.... "In ma belly" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vermin Dropper Posted January 22, 2004 Report Share Posted January 22, 2004 Its been very wet over our way too, I only had a few pigeons and a couple of crows the other day,it was almost roost time and i just hung around in the edge of the wood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brain dead Posted January 22, 2004 Report Share Posted January 22, 2004 wet is an understatement where i am, rivers have burst their banks and the flood plain is...well...flooded, i haven't seen much life either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deako Posted January 22, 2004 Report Share Posted January 22, 2004 just one week of hard frosts...thats all we need Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red_stag88 Posted January 22, 2004 Report Share Posted January 22, 2004 BD, If your rivers up at least the fish will have some space to breed next summer . Your lake flooded too? If so, get the pike pulgs out matey. Seen them carp lately? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supergame Posted January 23, 2004 Report Share Posted January 23, 2004 Steady away in Lancashire since early November. Shot several bags of 70-90 on maize gamecrops. As deako mentions its only a matter of waiting for a weeks hard weather and they should really consentrate on rape and other available food sources. If this miserable mild weather continues we will all struggle to find any big numbers of pigeon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzzer Posted January 23, 2004 Report Share Posted January 23, 2004 Pigeon are hitting the Rape big time down here !!!......last days beating tomorrow !so I will be at them Sunday. they feilds have been hit big time, but I aint been able to get at them due to pheasant shooting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Beasley Posted January 24, 2004 Report Share Posted January 24, 2004 just one week of hard frosts...thats all we need Love is all you need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highdowns hunter Posted January 24, 2004 Report Share Posted January 24, 2004 Ohh so you guys want some cold weather Well it just so happens that i have ordered some for next week Watch out cos here it comes I will try and arrange for it to come a bit further south this time Just need it to miss Gatwick on Wednesday so I can get home :*) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdubya Posted January 24, 2004 Report Share Posted January 24, 2004 huge flocks hitting rape my way, (north east) shooting today was approached by an adjoining farmer said have you got many? and next question? can you shoot my fields and best of all a bloody marvelous roost wood ANY TIME I like?he even showed me around and how best to get my gear to the fields ther is a god? cheers K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest flightline Posted January 26, 2004 Report Share Posted January 26, 2004 There were plenty round where I was shooting on Sunday, favouring cover crops. Some on rape though it ain`t up to much round here. Maybe that`s the reason why they are not hard on it in all areas-the crop`s poor in a lot of places. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Mike Posted January 29, 2004 Report Share Posted January 29, 2004 Saw Flock of 400 to 500 birds last week on pasture land between rape fields. Biggest Flock I have seen for some time. Stopped the car and walked the field to see what they were on................ Early Clover. Shot the rape fields next to it on the following days........... Waste of bloody time, even my super dooper all singing all dancing, universal panacea, cure for of ills.. Pigeon Magnet wouldnt bring them in... Frustrating or what, but clover tastes sweeter than rape if your a pigeon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wookie Posted January 29, 2004 Report Share Posted January 29, 2004 There are a lot round our neck of the woods right now, but they all seem to be going for Ivy berries. I put a load of decoys out on the paddock and sat in the hedge and they just flew straight past them. Bloody things. Was out there for an hour before I got cold enough to go back in and take the jokes. Mind you, I'm going to have another try again when the snow goes. Wookie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurcherboy Posted February 1, 2004 Report Share Posted February 1, 2004 Cranfield, I am picking off quite a few coming to roost at night, good fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahmood Posted February 1, 2004 Report Share Posted February 1, 2004 u shoot pigeons at night how? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Pudding Posted February 1, 2004 Report Share Posted February 1, 2004 We use two huge 2.5kva generators , and 10-15 700 Watt lamps on stands . When we are not using em to shoot at night with ..we have a very nice sideline in growing herbs PM me if you want some all the best yis yp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzzer Posted February 1, 2004 Report Share Posted February 1, 2004 Like I said....they are on the rape here.........shot 87 today I will be shooting pigeon again tomorrow and Tuesday. All the best Buzz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pigeon_decoyer Posted February 5, 2004 Report Share Posted February 5, 2004 I shoot a rape field near where i live, one day they are all there and the next they are gone, on the ivy berries, i have the same problem as you but this weekend i reckon they will be on the rape because its a cold spell like you said? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pigeon_decoyer Posted February 5, 2004 Report Share Posted February 5, 2004 Its really good fun shooting pigeons at night i walk along the woods on a open field and shin the light in the trees, some sit there like spactics and others fly up high and hover like kestrels because its so dark and they cant see what they are doing or where to go. Most of the time i do not even need my gun to shoot them i normally get 2 or 3 with just the lamp, as they fly keep the lamp on them and 1 because its dark and they cant see where they are flying and 2 the lamp blinds them and they just fly into poles or trees, you have to see it to believe it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted February 5, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2004 Isn,t it illegal to shoot pigeons, using a lamp at night ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pigeon_decoyer Posted February 8, 2004 Report Share Posted February 8, 2004 Hi i live in the south of england and on the south downs near me on a rape field theres around 2000 pigeons feeding on it, it's a real shame the tennent farmer wont let me and my grandad any where near it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.R.P. Posted February 9, 2004 Report Share Posted February 9, 2004 Its really good fun shooting pigeons at night i walk along the woods on a open field and shin the light in the trees, some sit there like spactics and others fly up high and hover like kestrels because its so dark and they cant see what they are doing or where to go. Most of the time i do not even need my gun to shoot them i normally get 2 or 3 with just the lamp, as they fly keep the lamp on them and 1 because its dark and they cant see where they are flying and 2 the lamp blinds them and they just fly into poles or trees, you have to see it to believe it! Pigeon Decoyer,It is ILLEGAL to shoot pigeons at night with a lamp. We all break the law sometimes through ignorance,but to do it Knowing it is illegal is just stupid. I hope this helps you stay Legal. :< A.R.P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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