Charlie_79 Posted July 1, 2015 Report Share Posted July 1, 2015 hi everyone just a quick one. whilst driving around i have noticed a few fields of standing wheat and barley that are starting to get hit hard by the pigeons, i have watched 2 fields for the last 2 days that have had a large amount of pigeons feeding on the standing crop, both fields have no flat patches but that doesn't seem to bother the pigeons, both fields have big oak trees that the pigeons seem to be sitting in inbetween feeding witch is how i will shoot them (lofting poles in tree then shoot as they land in tree) i have done a little research and have managed to find out who owns the fields but i have never asked a farmer about this type of shooting because its seems to be a bit of a touchy subject amongst pigeons shooters/farmers are they usually very keen for you to shoot them or are they very wary of letting someone they dont know shoot standing crops ? any advice would be great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted July 1, 2015 Report Share Posted July 1, 2015 Landowners are not all the same, the only way to find out is to knock on the doors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redditch Posted July 1, 2015 Report Share Posted July 1, 2015 Just ask. It also helps if you have a trained gun dog when shooting pigeons on standing crops, as the dog does less damage than a person, and recovers more birds too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harnser Posted July 1, 2015 Report Share Posted July 1, 2015 Always the best time to ask for permission to shoot is when a field is being hammered by pigeons . Speak to the man . Harnser Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted July 2, 2015 Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 I do not agree with shooting pigeon into standing crops where they cannot be picked . That said I can understand where some are under pressure to do so should they be asked by a farmer whos land they shoot . In this case as you do not shoot the land already I cannot see why you should want to do that . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie_79 Posted July 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 I do not agree with shooting pigeon into standing crops where they cannot be picked . That said I can understand where some are under pressure to do so should they be asked by a farmer whos land they shoot . In this case as you do not shoot the land already I cannot see why you should want to do that . Hi fenboy, in the fields mentioned picking birds would be easy as There is a good 10ft gap from the edge of the canopy of the oak trees where the wheat has not grown, and I would only be shooting pigeons as they come to land in the tree, I'm no keen on leaving perfectly good meat in the middle of a field. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesj Posted July 2, 2015 Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 Ask if you can shoof once its cut and explaining that you would rather not risk doing more damage to crop or leaving birds un picked if you can. It would show a level of responsability to crops and birds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milo Posted July 2, 2015 Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 Ask now. Once the field is cut the pigeons are not costing the farmer any money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShropshireSam Posted July 2, 2015 Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 Your judgement call. If you are very selective on shot then you should be able to pick most while causing less damage than the pigeons will do if you leave them. Problem is if you do shoot them at close range they are not much use for human consumption. There has been several threads on this recently and many do not agree with shooting pigeons if they can not be retrieved. I think you need to consider how much crop damage they are doing. If its a small number, leave them be but if they are hitting one field in large numbers they need controlling, and then that is your primary aim of shooting them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingmachine Posted July 2, 2015 Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 ask farmer first if you get the ok set up in the best layed patch to pick them then have a good un. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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