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I have a 17 Acre bit of land, until i recently topped the grass the only thing i was getting was the odd Pigeon & Crow fly over, now i have topped the Big field the Crows are landing but still no Pigeons,

Question is there a good Game strip crop to put in would that boost my chances and do you know any farmers in the Sussex (Midhurst Area) that would possibaly Help out

 

Cheers Phil

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If you were to plant a crop just to attract pigeons to shoot then you would be breaking the law.

you could plant a crop for other reasons that are likely to attract pigeon though , but any crop is only likely to attract them

for short periods , perhaps something like Brussels or other greens offer the longest period were they are likely to be attractive

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Tis shakey ground i agree, but then again there is the roost shooting argument; some people say that's shakey ground your shooting them in a wood where they are doing no damage, but really we know they have been out all day feeding thus doing damage. So in the same respect whenever you shoot a pigeon, so long as you are doing so with the intention to protect someone's crops you are within the law.

 

At the end of the day we know pigeons are an agricultural pest and we know that pigeons feed every day on agricultural land, the way i see it putting in a crop over which you can shoot them safely is no different to putting a whirly out in a safe place so you can shoot them. There is always the argument that they might never have touched that field that day if you didn't put decoys out but that's not to say that pigeon would not have fed on the field the next day.

 

The argument that's brewing behind this post is does it have to be direct or indirect in order to be crop protection? Ie do you have to catch the pigeons in the act? the argument is ridiculous and fraught with issues.

 

So if the pigeons are hitting the rape which i can't safely shoot but i decoy them onto the clover is that ok?

If the pigeons are hitting the rape that' s not on my permission so i shoot them in the roost on my permission is that ok?

So if the pigeons are clover picking in the medow and i shoot a handful as they come in, is that ok, is clover is a food crop for grazing livestock?

So if i put a crop in so i can pull pigeons towards my land and off valuable agricultural land so i can shoot the to protect farmers crops is that ok?

If the pigeons are feeding near a foot path so i stick a whirly so i can shoot them safely else where is that ok?

 

At the end of the day i think if your shooting pigeons with the intention of protecting crops you are in the clear.

 

If your primary reason for shooting pigeons becomes selling them on to a resturant or for food and not in order to protect agricultural land.. then your in a shaky area.

 

get a mixed load of seed perhaps, if the land is yours perhaps think about the future too and put in some apple tree's and hedgerows so the land will supply different food stuffs at different times of year, if you make the land is naturally bountiful you will get all kinds of wildlife moving through and while you might design it so you can thin out pigeons it can also benefit other animals. It would be a cool project too.

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British law making at its best. Stupid as ever.

 

So when I take a few birds for a meatloaf I am in fact a criminal. When I shoot the ones at home for they foul the garden path bad and it gets paddled in I am a criminal.

Really! Just where is the crime?

 

Stupid.

 

U.

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Do you mean a cover crop for game or a crop that will attract pigeons? You can shoot pigeons for crop protection but you are on extremely shakey ground if you intend to attract an agricultural pest onto your land. :no:

 

It is but then what about stubble shooting? And even David Cameron goes roost shooting, I don't think it's an issue. If he wants to attract Woodpigeon then i doubt he's going to get in to any trouble but there again I probably wouldn't tell people if i was him!

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