JDog Posted August 15, 2015 Report Share Posted August 15, 2015 I could have travelled outside the county boundaries today and I still may not have found any lines. The rape stubbles I have looked at close by had 200 birds on. It wasn't even a case of one bang and they're gone it was poke my head over the hedge and they were gone never to return. I have rarely seen pigeons behave like it. The barley stubbles have been turned over and were devoid of birds. I must admit I am struggling with the pigeons in this area. There aren't that many and the ones that do exist are difficult to fathom. Brownie points in the house and garden are all very well but I need my decoying fix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fruity Posted August 15, 2015 Report Share Posted August 15, 2015 I've been struggling also on cut crop ,not huge bags but had more success on clover than anything else Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted August 15, 2015 Report Share Posted August 15, 2015 You are learning what it has and is like for us in east anglia.............you have moved from the land of milk and honey....and now realise how hard we have to work at things to get a good day................look at it as a challege im sure you will come good................ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aga man Posted August 15, 2015 Report Share Posted August 15, 2015 Hopefully it will make you feel better to know that the pigeons here are behaving exactly the same. The numbers you saw here recently have seemingly disappeared Very strange at the minute, a rape stubble for example can be covered in pigeons one day, and void of any birds the next. They are spoilt for choice at the minute, we just have to keep looking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted August 15, 2015 Report Share Posted August 15, 2015 down here no pigeons on rape stubble, now they have gone from wheat, and barley.where are they. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr D Posted August 15, 2015 Report Share Posted August 15, 2015 Same here today.out for four hours but didn't get out of the car found three fields with 150 plus on each. But no lines clapped them off and they never came back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matone Posted August 15, 2015 Report Share Posted August 15, 2015 Had a nice lot coming onto barley and rape stubble for a few days,went this afternoon and shot 8 in 2.5 hours ! Those that came decoyed perfectly,most did not return though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skye Posted August 15, 2015 Report Share Posted August 15, 2015 It is difficult at finding lines at the moment....maybe the pigeons have so much choice of stubbles and other feeding areas. Hopefully it will get easier as the fields get ploughed in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoggysreels Posted August 15, 2015 Report Share Posted August 15, 2015 (edited) Permission l'd not decoyed previously had its fields harvested, so managed to get out yesterday. Plenty of pigeon about. I had two shots and my neck/shoulder started to really play up (past injury reoccurrence) and that was the total shots by moi. A mate l'd took from work took a dozen. He hadn't shot for a long time, and it took him a while to get his eye in (he could have had 70 plus). He did well l thought. Its frustrating though when pigeon and crows were decoying so well and having to sit on my hands, with my shotgun by my side. Anyhow, weather permitting, they intend harvesting more fields early next week .. hopefully my neck will be okay. Edited August 15, 2015 by hoggysreels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
team tractor Posted August 15, 2015 Report Share Posted August 15, 2015 Nothing in tamworth . I managed 14 in two days lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted August 15, 2015 Report Share Posted August 15, 2015 It is difficult at finding lines at the moment....maybe the pigeons have so much choice of stubbles and other feeding areas. Hopefully it will get easier as the fields get ploughed in. I don't think this is correct. Find the right fields and the results will come. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yickdaz Posted August 15, 2015 Report Share Posted August 15, 2015 don,t worry about it, we all have lean times Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dbw1shrops Posted August 15, 2015 Report Share Posted August 15, 2015 Not sure what it is this harvest birds just don't want to play ball Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konnie Posted August 16, 2015 Report Share Posted August 16, 2015 Where I walk the dogs I've noticed a extreme amount of berries on hawthorn and elder, if the trees are the same could be a reason started to notice beach mast on the floor. but very little to make a go of it here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveyg Posted August 16, 2015 Report Share Posted August 16, 2015 Come back...all is forgiven...well most of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyska Posted August 16, 2015 Report Share Posted August 16, 2015 It's the same here, on wheat stubble yesterday, looked promising, I was sooo wrong! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted August 16, 2015 Report Share Posted August 16, 2015 Hard luck , you've left the easy pigeons from the Midlands. You state that poking your head over the fence , well with respect with that cap it would appear to be an eclipse to the birds so they woul be spooked. What do the locals wear as head gear that may work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dead eye alan Posted August 16, 2015 Report Share Posted August 16, 2015 Hard luck , you've left the easy pigeons from the Midlands. You state that poking your head over the fence , well with respect with that cap it would appear to be an eclipse to the birds so they would be spooked. What do the locals wear as head gear that may work. Nothing most of them have no head just a bump on their shoulders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitchrat Posted August 16, 2015 Report Share Posted August 16, 2015 I could have travelled outside the county boundaries today and I still may not have found any lines. The rape stubbles I have looked at close by had 200 birds on. It wasn't even a case of one bang and they're gone it was poke my head over the hedge and they were gone never to return. I have rarely seen pigeons behave like it. The barley stubbles have been turned over and were devoid of birds. I must admit I am struggling with the pigeons in this area. There aren't that many and the ones that do exist are difficult to fathom. Brownie points in the house and garden are all very well but I need my decoying fix. Welcome to reality, it's usually like that on my patch!! Not many birds, overshot, magnet aware, decoy aware, hide aware, rarely a flightline to be found. Stubbles ploughed in the next day, then "No shooting, the pheasants are in the wood a mile away"!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitebridges Posted August 16, 2015 Report Share Posted August 16, 2015 It's not so easy going at the moment although I did manage 39 in about six hours last Friday. Birds very skittish only a handful decoyed properly. No consistent flight line, they came from every direction. They have loads of feeding options at the moment and don't really like being shot at. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shotguneddy Posted August 16, 2015 Report Share Posted August 16, 2015 Same here rapes been turned. I was out today i got 16 pigeons not brilliant but it was my dads birthday he managed 4, but didn't have many shots Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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