getthegat Posted July 30, 2017 Report Share Posted July 30, 2017 Hi, anyone ever shot birds on linsead? I've got a couple fields near me and wondered if it ever create an interest. Perhaps when the crop blackens off or after its been cut? It's s great location and seems to have e good flight line over one end of one field. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortune Posted July 30, 2017 Report Share Posted July 30, 2017 I've never seen pigeon show any interest in it at all. This has been asked before. Do a search. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
getthegat Posted July 30, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2017 Will do. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aga man Posted July 30, 2017 Report Share Posted July 30, 2017 https://forums.pigeonwatch.co.uk/forums/topic/355943-linseed/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted July 30, 2017 Report Share Posted July 30, 2017 when it was cut years ago,i shot 54 pigeons over it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blasterjudd Posted August 7, 2017 Report Share Posted August 7, 2017 Linseed can be good but its hit and miss pending weather conditions If we had a drought it can be good I shot over a field one year and it regularly attracted a lot of birds but the next year the crop was useless Can be good over stubble though and if they don't shred it makes good hides .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbbracken Posted August 8, 2017 Report Share Posted August 8, 2017 dont bother Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
getthegat Posted August 8, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2017 (edited) My garage workshop back's onto a field of linsead, so I'll let you know if it is good or bad. At the moment it is s great flight line for birds making their way to other feeding grounds. Still working on the farmer for permission Edited August 8, 2017 by getthegat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitetail Posted August 9, 2017 Report Share Posted August 9, 2017 When it's growing in the spring it's well worth keeping a eye on , pigeons will definitely feed on it if the fields in the right area. Unharvested linseed can be a big draw later in the year. As for linseed stubble I've never seen birds showing much interest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
getthegat Posted September 21, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2017 So a little update on pigeon activity on linseed; this morning the field beside my workshop had birds feeding on it, admitidly only a dozen or so and I can't see anything else growing in with it so presumably it is the seeds they are after. It's been sprayed off and is very brown and hard. I guess the only true test is to open the crop of a bird to see if it contains said seeds. I wonder how that might be achieved 😁 Hope this adds a small amount of intel for others that may be scratching around for a crop to shoot over. Oh and have you noticed the swallows starting to group together? Autumnal signs for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted September 21, 2017 Report Share Posted September 21, 2017 Linseed is a crop I have had very little success with, regardless of its stage of growth. The birds could be after the weeds, I have shot some this week on direct drilled stubbles, where the rape is showing and their crops have been full ,of clover and what appears to be chickweed and groundsel. The swallows are definitely grouping up around here, they will be off soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
getthegat Posted September 21, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2017 Pretty much all stubble has gone near me and nothing else planted yet. Still a couple of uncut wheat fields which are spoilt now and will be ploughed in once the ground is dry enough, but mid afternoon these fields are still drawing birds in. Hoping for a day at them on Monday. Not wanting to shoot over linseed anyway really, as it looks as though once stood on, it won't spring back up, so I'd do more damage than the birds. May get the clover and pigeon tasty weeds after its cut though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
getthegat Posted September 25, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2017 So I can confirm linseed itself has no draw for pigeons, but it seems that other weeds and old crops can and do grow in amongst it, so that when cut, the pigeons are able to access this previously shielded food. Had a pants day over a cut field, birds would not decoy to my position, instead going to another field that is frequented by dog walker's. They came over my position, a good flight line, but nearly all were high and fast. Had 3 blinding kills but far too many misses. Ended on 6 corvids and 7 or 8 woodies, the breast meat of some made a good stir-fry and the rest a stroganoff tomorrow. One birds crop had beans inside, not sure where he was from. Wondering what crops will be sewn next that may bring better decoy action. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted September 27, 2017 Report Share Posted September 27, 2017 i drove passed a field of cut linseed today,and the pigeons were going in on it very well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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