hitfreshairagain Posted February 3, 2017 Report Share Posted February 3, 2017 Hi all Just wonderd what the theory is about letting the pigeons have there first feed before beginning to shoot ? Thanks in advance lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dead eye alan Posted February 3, 2017 Report Share Posted February 3, 2017 Not this time of year be set up befor light you may get a small bag by 10 ish. Go home have lunch go back 3ish for roost shoot in any copse that's got poo in it. If you got woods that may be better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingmachine Posted February 3, 2017 Report Share Posted February 3, 2017 I did it a few weeks ago managed 36 started shooting 10.30 it's on the day I think myself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longbower Posted February 4, 2017 Report Share Posted February 4, 2017 Theres more Wood pigeons on the bird tables , at the back of adjacent gardens than on my permissions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted February 4, 2017 Report Share Posted February 4, 2017 In my experience if you set up first light when the birds come out of roost , hungry , you will spook the ones you do not shoot and they will find another food source and it will be all over by mid morning. You should then move off and find them feeding again as these birds will have fed , digested in sitty trees and then return to the field they fed on in the morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted February 4, 2017 Report Share Posted February 4, 2017 In my experience if you set up first light when the birds come out of roost , hungry , you will spook the ones you do not shoot and they will find another food source and it will be all over by mid morning. You should then move off and find them feeding again as these birds will have fed , digested in sitty trees and then return to the field they fed on in the morning. +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anser2 Posted February 4, 2017 Report Share Posted February 4, 2017 While I agree that shooting winter pigeons early can mean that the birds move onto another field by mid\late morning on the other hand it can mean you have a decent 3\4 hours of shooting. I find when arriving later after the pigeons have had a feed on rape the birds take flight at the first few shots and are not seen again for the remainder of the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old'un Posted February 5, 2017 Report Share Posted February 5, 2017 No hard or fast rules about when to set-up but! The problem with setting-up before the birds arrive (first light) is 1, are they going to hit that field and 2, unless you know your ground really well, where? I've always found that at this time of year you will get about 3 hours shooting on a field they want before they move elsewhere, personally I never set-up much before 10am and that's after I have sat and watched a field and walked them off 2 or 3 times but even after doing that there is no guarantee they will return. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wooder Posted February 5, 2017 Report Share Posted February 5, 2017 Theres more Wood pigeons on the bird tables , at the back of adjacent gardens than on my permissions. I would agree, too many ivy berries to see numbers on rape on my permissions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitchrat Posted February 6, 2017 Report Share Posted February 6, 2017 Hi all Just wonderd what the theory is about letting the pigeons have there first feed before beginning to shoot ? Thanks in advance lee On Friday I went to my favourite field about 8.30, 3 gas guns going, birds really flighty so I went to another field but someone else was watching it. Back to 1st field, birds looking good but still flighty so I set up in a good place about 9.45. Very quiet for a while, then 10.30-11-30 was really great before cooling off, with only occasion groups going past but some of them decoyed well. Ended with 61 picked, about 2.30pm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingmachine Posted February 7, 2017 Report Share Posted February 7, 2017 61 on the rape well done can't fault that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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