stuckinthemud Posted September 24, 2016 Report Share Posted September 24, 2016 Morning all!! For those patient souls who like me have been checking their permissions awaiting the return of our feathered quarry to Norfolk...... I found a good number (flight lining) over and into young rape yesterday evening near Besthorpe. Set up with 6 FUD decoys and sat in the margins for a couple of hours. Picked 16, some of the best fun I've had in a while. Lets hope there's more on the way. Regards Stuckinthemud Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted September 24, 2016 Report Share Posted September 24, 2016 Great result as you obviously enjoyed it, well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted September 24, 2016 Report Share Posted September 24, 2016 the rape has been in for quite a while here...Cantley and i havnt seen a single bird on it....they are on the stubbles and cultivated stubbles still........................... many years ago...if "your" farmer was putting in rape the pigeons would treat it as crack cocaine..........things change...will keep watching... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted September 24, 2016 Report Share Posted September 24, 2016 Patience is rewarded, which is always comforting, well done. There are a few pigeons visiting some of the direct drill new rape in my area, but they seem to be picking over the stubbles, not actually feeding on the rape. I shot three the other day and they were full of old grain and some hawthorn berries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clakk Posted September 25, 2016 Report Share Posted September 25, 2016 They roost on my perm ,but feed on the stubbles next door,and as its a guarded perm i have to wait for 1,s and 2,s to come over in small flights.Its frustrating watching them feed but once the stubbles are plowed in i have plenty of beech mast and acorns for them to feed on so hopefully the number,s will rise if winter ever comes back.Well done on an enjoyable days sport Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckinthemud Posted September 25, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2016 Well I managed to make it out again yesterday afternoon, and although the flight line had moved about 1/2 a mile to another field I managed a better 26 over a couple of hours. I know these are small numbers in comparison to some but to be honest the hassle of dealing with more than this sort of number for me isn't worth it so I was pretty happy. I have to say that they were decoying to mud?! No shoots and nothing on the surface from drilling, but they still kept coming. My impression is that they are on some sort of migration (long or short I don't know) but there haven't been any birds around my perm area for about two months until the last couple of days, and there is no food source for them on the local area at the moment. Other than the beech mast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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