vinny123 Posted May 3, 2015 Report Share Posted May 3, 2015 hi all,how are the pigeon numbers around your permissions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted May 3, 2015 Report Share Posted May 3, 2015 Moderate at best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinny123 Posted May 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2015 yes not great here. still raining here doesn't look very appealing at the moment lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted May 3, 2015 Report Share Posted May 3, 2015 Very poor at the moment , peas have been in for about 5-6 weeks now and I am yet to even see enough to warrant setting up on any of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinny123 Posted May 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2015 i agree. do you think more peas have been drilled this year.i am seeing a lot more pea fields this year around here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted May 3, 2015 Report Share Posted May 3, 2015 (edited) Yes more peas this year! The weather does look promising for tomorrow though! Edited May 3, 2015 by TIGHTCHOKE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinny123 Posted May 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2015 good i am off work all week so will see how the pigeons look tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bala Posted May 3, 2015 Report Share Posted May 3, 2015 Not seeing many numbers, what is about is there one day and gone the next. They are being very elusive at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konnie Posted May 3, 2015 Report Share Posted May 3, 2015 Sugar beet acreage has been cut, potatoes did not make a lot last season, and cereals are a staple crop, so maybe reason for more peas, Pigeons not been a problem on my peas either, they are growing at a fair rate too. On another note seen several wild ducklings this week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay_Russell Posted May 3, 2015 Report Share Posted May 3, 2015 (edited) Plenty over the rape next to the game shoot but the keeper has first dibs on that. Although i can shoot it if i want but have refrained as i dont want to spoil his sport. Ive been trying to decoy them onto the beans next door but its just the odd bird. The little village i live in has plenty around the houses though... Theres a ten acre field of some kind of fruit bush thats next to the rape, devided by a 20 meter deep wood and runs the length of the field the woodies sit in there after thete rape feed so if it stops raining i might have a crack in the fruit as the do feed on something between the fruit bushes. Only thing one shot and 300 woodies will take off. Not sure if they will come back, although if i clap them out the come back in 2 or 3's after a while Edited May 3, 2015 by Jay_Russell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigman Posted May 3, 2015 Report Share Posted May 3, 2015 Absolutely zip , there's quite a few in the trees and on lawn at home big fat beggars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay_Russell Posted May 3, 2015 Report Share Posted May 3, 2015 Its funny how in the garden you can get within ten feet of them, set up a hide in a field and they turn at a hundred yards if u even so much as blink ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinny123 Posted May 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2015 hopefully things will pick up but i have only a small permission so can't ride about for hours looking for more birds. on the upside only used 7 cartridges in 3 outings. on the downside i have started shooting my decoys for some sport lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Wilksy Posted May 3, 2015 Report Share Posted May 3, 2015 14 yesterday over short rape and I missed about as many but that was all I saw, just breasted them and a couple had hawthorn leaves in the crop! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Wilksy Posted May 3, 2015 Report Share Posted May 3, 2015 14 yesterday over short rape and I missed about as many but that was all I saw, just breasted them and a couple had hawthorn leaves in the crop! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenholland Posted May 3, 2015 Report Share Posted May 3, 2015 some days there about other days nothing in the air at all, one's that get picked mostly still have nothing in there crops at the end of the day? Worcester area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitetail Posted May 3, 2015 Report Share Posted May 3, 2015 On the areas I shoot around Cambridgeshire I would say the numbers are up on the last few years , good numbers on the patchy rape now and before that very good numbers on spring drilling. Shot 145 yesterday after work and 82 this afternoon . From what I've seen they are not feeding in any numbers on peas yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinny123 Posted May 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2015 nice one whitetail,they're numbers i can only dream of Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick morton Posted May 3, 2015 Report Share Posted May 3, 2015 Hi none around here, had 74 two weeks ago since then the odd 6 or 7 i keep looking if only to show my face so the farmers see me about, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinny123 Posted May 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2015 yeah i know what you mean,hard going sometimes when you know nothings going to be about Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sitsinhedges Posted May 3, 2015 Report Share Posted May 3, 2015 There were loads on a field of sparse rape near me today as the rain subsided then when I came back to set up a couple of hours later they were pouring out of the hedges as I walked up the field to set up, then nothing for ages Eventually a few odd ones came in and I was very lucky to nail virtually everything I shot at and came away with 13. The consolation was some very rewarding shots despite the small bag so can't complain I think the hypaflaps put them off for a start as it did seem to pick up from completely dead once I took them in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bala Posted May 3, 2015 Report Share Posted May 3, 2015 I have looked all over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted May 3, 2015 Report Share Posted May 3, 2015 On the areas I shoot around Cambridgeshire I would say the numbers are up on the last few years , good numbers on the patchy rape now and before that very good numbers on spring drilling. Shot 145 yesterday after work and 82 this afternoon . From what I've seen they are not feeding in any numbers on peas yet. It would have been nice to read some reports on these outings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitetail Posted May 3, 2015 Report Share Posted May 3, 2015 The pigeons yesterday were on a new permission , believe it or not the farmer had been trying to find someone for weeks to shoot them and because it was rape couldn't get anyone to go . There were two gas guns on the field which the pigeons were taking no notice of, I would think there was maybe two acres of badly eaten off rape. Shot from two until just after five when the birds stopped coming in and started flighting to another rape field in the distance. Today's birds I've been chasing about on a massive block of rape ,Im guessing maybe a thousand plus acres for the last couple of months with varying success . Now the rapes growing it's making the birds concentrate on the poorer areas. It's near home so I check most afternoons to see what's happening . I think I've shot 400 plus off this block of rape in that time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salop Matt Posted May 3, 2015 Report Share Posted May 3, 2015 Plenty down at my sisters today at Piddley and Warboys, on both rape and peas ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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