JDog Posted August 8, 2015 Report Share Posted August 8, 2015 Winter barley stubble everywhere, rape stubble everywhere and flight lines nowhere. I looked for two hours today and the only real numbers were going into standing rape. The combines (35 footers) were due this afternoon and I considered it pointless to set up and waste a potential opportunity next week. Besides the horse flies were out in force again. Next time I go out I am going to take a horse with me and let the thing get bitten instead of me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oxfordfowler Posted August 8, 2015 Report Share Posted August 8, 2015 It's the hat that attracts the horse flies - they are looking for some shade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cocknee Posted August 8, 2015 Report Share Posted August 8, 2015 If it is anything like it is here there has been so much cut in the last week or so pigeons are spoiled for choice and I think here at least, until some of the stubbles are turned in it is going to be a struggle making a reasonable size bag. I had a good look around yesterday and pretty much every stubble field had pigeons on it 15 here 20 there. I probably looked at a couple of thousand acres so there are plenty of birds in the area they just need concentrating onto smaller patches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
team tractor Posted August 8, 2015 Report Share Posted August 8, 2015 I went out at 8 am and came home at 4 Fter shooting 7 pigeons Total waste of time after covering 40 miles In the van . I just needed to shoot but wish I hadn't now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted August 8, 2015 Report Share Posted August 8, 2015 Wise choice, save your energy for when you need to carry that huge bag off the field ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sitsinhedges Posted August 8, 2015 Report Share Posted August 8, 2015 Glad this thread was started so I can have a moan too Spent most of the week looking for pigeons and there's been little worth bothering with just a few here and there on the ground with zero flight lines. The odd occasion where there were enough birds to risk setting up usually found them in an unshootable part of the field. Most frustrating Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted August 8, 2015 Report Share Posted August 8, 2015 still seeing egg shells everywhere................JD you are champing at the bit..........everything comes to those that wait................. and wait and wait and wait ......................................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cambsman Posted August 8, 2015 Report Share Posted August 8, 2015 Same here. Loads of stubble. Lots of pigeons. Will they decoy? Will they heck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fruity Posted August 8, 2015 Report Share Posted August 8, 2015 (edited) It's rubbish I ended up with 12 this morning... Back to foxing I think instead , more success Edited August 8, 2015 by fruity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banger123 Posted August 8, 2015 Report Share Posted August 8, 2015 The peas were cut on Monday, I thought I would leave it until Thursday. Went to have a look Wednesday afternoon and found 2 flight lines comming into one field and a fair few birds feeding. Decided to try Thursday from 3 onwards. Thursday arrived, packed all the gear into the van by one and set off. Arrived no pigeons about, so had the bino's out having a good look around. Three o'clock arrived n out they came dropping into the field nicely, not huge numbers but enough to get excited about. Set out my 'v' shape with a few dead birds, shells and a magnet. Hide built I settled in, hoping for a good evening!! Anyway all the birds disappeared those that did come anywhere near flared as soon as they saw the magnet. Bought it in and put a floater out this bought in one bird within seconds, ha ha I thought magnet shy, didn't have any more come close. Maybe new to this but 1 bird in 3 hours, help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
butchdickason Posted August 8, 2015 Report Share Posted August 8, 2015 Same here, not on barley stubble, had 11 and 1 crow. They are still dropping in on the standing wheat tractor lines in the evening. Butch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aga man Posted August 8, 2015 Report Share Posted August 8, 2015 At least you was able to get out and have a look! Starting to drive me mad, sat here in my caravan, wondering whats happening on the fields at home. There's only so many times you can read sporting gun magazine:-( At least the sun is shining & the beer is cold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted August 8, 2015 Report Share Posted August 8, 2015 Don't disphere and don't give up. Yesterday I was out all afternoon looking for a few for today , the rape fields had only just been cut when the tractor came on to chop it up and most of the barley fields had been pulled up to get ready for next years crop. Things wernt looking to good , so I had a look at a wheat field that was combined three days ago and while sitting in the sun I saw one or two dropping on to it but a lot were going over to some rape fields that I didn't know were cut until I had walked my dog over four fields to find out what they were feeding on , when I got there two had been caultivated and the implement was on the next field all ready to pull that one up as well. I got there today a little after 2pm and I could see the sea gulls following the tractor, but when I got to the field with the tractor on there were a lot of pigeons scattered about . Mark the driver pulled up to have a yarn and the first thing I said was how much longer will you be on here , he said he had just got to go round the outside once and he will then be on the next field . well I better not hold you up any longer and off he went . I set up near one of the only bushes on the marsh and within a couple of minutes one crossed the decoys and his or her life came to a abrupt end there were several pigeons about but it was one of them days where one come straight in and the next two skirt round the outside of the decoys and flair off . This went on till about 5pm and from then on it went dead and it was time to call it a day , the day was very hot and not a cloud in the sky with hardly a breath of wind, which might have made the pigeons react like they did , still I had a fair bit of shooting and picked up 41 with quite a lot of young ones in the bag . So like I say............Don't give up . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
team tractor Posted August 8, 2015 Report Share Posted August 8, 2015 I've looked over 400 acres of barley on one farm 150 acres of rape on another 300 acres of barley on another and haven't seen more than 20 pigeons. I've still 100 acres of wheat locally to be cut. Only a few weeks back the wires and trees were full Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dad Posted August 10, 2015 Report Share Posted August 10, 2015 seems most are in the same boat. searched all weekend, eventually set up on 10 acres of rape stubble saturday not feeding on it but enough going to trees and flying over could have had 20 shots while watching it. put out 15 fud and 2 turbos and tucked nicely into hedge 3 quick shots put 2 in the bag coming in to trees then rest of afternoon at least 3 or 4 hundred passed within sight of deecs and looked but carried on 11 were tempted, pea stubble was the draw, hard to turn when they know what they want.untill this year peas were quite rare around here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenholland Posted August 10, 2015 Report Share Posted August 10, 2015 I will make a sacrifice to the pigeon god and ask him to press that button every now and then. patience is a virtue everythink comes to those who wait and all that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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