rich1985 Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 As title suggests what time they starting in morning. Got a field of rape I've been leaving woodies on quiet to build up on and going to have ago tomorrow, been up 3 times aday for the last week watching them etc always a nice lot on there. I'm lucky the farmer on the farm I look after shall we say isn't your typical farmer, he doesn't deploy all sorts of scaring devices and understands the pigeons will get killed if left quiet. Far to many of our farmer friends panic at the sight of 10 pigeons. He has said to me on many occasion that he hasn't seen a crop recover from a bit of pigeon damage. Only time I haven't been able to get up to the field tho is first light because of work commitments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bala Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 In the past i have tried to shoot rape fields at first light, ok for half hour or so and then they have disappeared. Mind you there is a lot grown in my area. I think it better to let them have their morning feed, go away to digest, then hit them on their afternoon feed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakeside1000 Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 They will leave the roost at first light if the conditions are right, if its raining or very windy they will stay in the trees for some time, eventually they will move but not with any enthusiasm, Ive had odd days where ive set up before it gets light , then just waited, first birds are coming in as soon as they can see well enough, first light depends on the time of year , most birds are the same, corvids will move as soon as there is enough light to see and will go on feeding into the dusk when the light is already too bad to shoot, shame pigeons are not as keen, around here they seem to go to roost at least an hour before dark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilts#Dave Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 I've never found first light starts beneficial really, I always prefer to let the birds get on the field before I shoot and find they're more likely to come back, for longer. Set up at around 10 o clock on rape is my ideal start time, shoot through to 2 at the latest (as a rule) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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