Oldfesta Posted December 9, 2016 Report Share Posted December 9, 2016 Earlier this year ! My farmer grew several fields of beans !! I tried to decoy over them with absolutely no success !! He never harvested them untill very late in the season and they were all dried out and the pods had blackend !!! I wonder if sombody could tell what type of bean they maybe as he's replanted a lot more for the coming year !! And if and when I should try and shoot those fields Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old'un Posted December 9, 2016 Report Share Posted December 9, 2016 They will be beans for animal fodder, not for your dinner plate, they are sown in autumn (winter bean) and spring, best shooting is on spring sown beans or after harvest (autumn) you may also get some shooting on standing crops in the late summer/autumn before harvest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toads Posted December 9, 2016 Report Share Posted December 9, 2016 Its a funny crop as prev said animal feed we call them black tick beans. When sown if they"re any on surface normally around the headlands. Also when just couple of inches coming through.By far the best shooting Ive had is when just harvested,sometimes theyre suicidal for beans.Good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popa bear Posted December 9, 2016 Report Share Posted December 9, 2016 I think you will find they are called egyptian beans if they are in top condition they go to be canned in oil for the foreign market (bl**dy horrible hard things in my opinion) but they seem to like them.They can get a bit of a hiding from a beetle which spoils them and then they go for the livestock feed market better shot over when stubble IMHO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldfesta Posted December 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2016 Thanks for the good advice fellas tick beans seems to ring a bell lol ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
super sharp shooter Posted December 10, 2016 Report Share Posted December 10, 2016 Most of the beans that grow on my permissions go to China as they are a delicacy according to the farmer. The plus side of the rape being eaten is more beans and more crows to shoot at. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guerini Guy Posted December 19, 2016 Report Share Posted December 19, 2016 One of the farmers on my permissions also said they were mainly sold to Asian countries ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortune Posted December 19, 2016 Report Share Posted December 19, 2016 Odd crop to shoot over. Sometimes the birds go mad For them or ignore them. I remember sitting in the hide on a very windy day with loads of bird about and not a single bird showed any interest at all. After a couple of hours I packed up and went for a walk round the hedgerows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkfanz Posted December 19, 2016 Report Share Posted December 19, 2016 ive never had a good day yet on beans,drilled or stubbles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShropshireSam Posted December 26, 2016 Report Share Posted December 26, 2016 Supposed to be the best crop for pigeons but I've never had a good day with them. Few beans grown on my permissions and had very few days shooting on them after been drilled. After harvest the fields are normally drilled with wheat soon after harvest and pigeons never seem to find them in time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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