JDog Posted August 6, 2017 Report Share Posted August 6, 2017 (edited) These machines moved into the field opposite my house last evening at 9 pm just on dark, they rattled and hummed through the night and were just leaving as I took my dog out at 7 am this morning. And this is just a taste of what they left behind. Edited August 6, 2017 by JDog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Me matt Posted August 6, 2017 Report Share Posted August 6, 2017 One of your permissions by any chance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted August 6, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2017 One of your permissions by any chance? Yes I do have permission to shoot the field but there is another field where the viners are heading to which might offer better pigeon shooting opportunities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted August 6, 2017 Report Share Posted August 6, 2017 the pea harvest is well staggered............all our peas were done weeks ago............mind you those peas look like garden peas not petit pois.............trouble is the farmers dont leave the "haulm" on the ground very long......hope you can get stuck in..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bala Posted August 6, 2017 Report Share Posted August 6, 2017 That field should turn green to grey quite quickly JD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7daysinaweek Posted August 6, 2017 Report Share Posted August 6, 2017 How efficient are the harvesting machines?, that appears to be a lot of wastage in my limited knowledge. Does the machine grade whilst harvesting and that is the waste/spoil not up to grade peas? Hope you get some sport from it jd atb 7diaw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted August 6, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2017 How efficient are the harvesting machines?, that appears to be a lot of wastage in my limited knowledge. Does the machine grade whilst harvesting and that is the waste/spoil not up to grade peas? Hope you get some sport from it jd atb 7diaw Considering that the machine takes in the haulm and pea pods then shells the peas I feel that they are very efficient. Along long runs there is barely a spilt pea to be seen. On corners, or where the machine has backed up then more are lost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted August 6, 2017 Report Share Posted August 6, 2017 Spillages like that do not always equate to good pigeon shooting opportunities. Lets hope the flocks fancy your field. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted August 6, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2017 (edited) Spillages like that do not always equate to good pigeon shooting opportunities. Lets hope the flocks fancy your field. Agreed. I am almost always disappointed with pea stubbles with lots of spillage. Why pigeons don't take advantage of the easy meals I cannot say. Edited August 6, 2017 by JDog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7daysinaweek Posted August 6, 2017 Report Share Posted August 6, 2017 Ah, cheers jd, thought the picture was the same for every square metre of ground. Yes i would agree they do appear efficient from your further information. Wonder how may tons of peas have come off that field? atb 7diaw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted August 8, 2017 Report Share Posted August 8, 2017 i remember when a big farm i shoot, had 3 of them now they are all hand picked, the pigeons are not on them like they were. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted August 11, 2017 Report Share Posted August 11, 2017 i remember a time when ...if you had pea fields...you always had pigeons....................last time i saw pigeons dropping en masse into a pea field was 5 years ago...watched a pea field not a mile from here every day this year...........never saw them from sowing till ploughing the haulm in.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted August 11, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2017 It is a week since the field was harvested. The haulm and the peas are still there and I have yet to see a pigeon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted August 12, 2017 Report Share Posted August 12, 2017 It is a week since the field was harvested. The haulm and the peas are still there and I have yet to see a pigeon. If grain was available all year round , shooting pigeons on peas and stubble would only be found in the history books Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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