Beans Are Not On The Menu This Year.

[marsh man]

This year I have seen very few posts on shooting pigeons on Bean stubbles , maybe they are having the same problem as me , devoid of pigeons on there stubbles .

 

Well why should this be ?, we can normally get a half tidy bag but this year a few came out the wood and had a feed but none joined them from other directions and I knew fully well that after a couple of shots you would clear the wood and very few ( if any ) would come back .

 

One theory is , ( I am sure there are plenty of others ) is the start and stop in this years harvest and plenty of fresh wheat fields coming up for grabs every other day , the last wheat field on ours was cut Friday so now our harvest is now finished , another Summer will soon be drawing to a close .

 

 

[mossy835]

i dont have any bean stubbles,lots pea fields but not a pigeon on them.this time last year they were all over them for weeks.

[JDog]

I have yet to see any beans fields harvested this year.

[shoot and be safe]

A bean field has just been harvested this very afternoon close to myself. Only problem is that it is only 200yards from one of the pheasant pens of the local shoot. Don't think it will go down to well if I enjoyed an afternoon at that location.

[aga man]

I am seeing a good few pigeons feeding on clover late evening despite having a choice of wheat stubbles closeby. I have also seen pigeons on wires over standing beans but as with JDog I am yet to see any harvested beans.

 

Plenty of young pigeons about so here's hoping!

[marsh man]

I have yet to see any beans fields harvested this year.

We only had two fields this year , both were combined around two weeks ago and one is already cultivated and possibly next years crop already put in .

 

One farm I used to go on grew a lot of beans and he used to bale the bean stalks up to use on his straw burner for his central heating and hot water , and his pea stubble was baled for either cattle feed or bedding in the Winter , waste not / want not .

[bunny_blaster]

I looked at field after field of bean stubble today. The floor on every field was covered in beans and not a single pigeon in sight

[motty]

I have some harvested. The best spots ( hopefully) are being cut very shortly. I had some very productive days on beans stubbles last year. Shot about 1000 in four trips.

[yickdaz]

they are still standing around here

[Wooder]

we have one field cut, one still standing that will come off this week, had a walk over the field that has been cut, beans all over the place, but not a pigeon to be seen !

[marsh man]

I looked at field after field of bean stubble today. The floor on every field was covered in beans and not a single pigeon in sight

I always looked forward to shooting bean stubble as it was normally the last crop to be combined , this year was a bit different with the beans cut and the wheat fields next door were still standing .

 

When we had beans down the marsh the telegraph wires were laden with pigeons once they were cut and we had the added bonus of bales all over the large fields so it was easy to decoy the middle of the fields , what I found then was , the loose beans needed a few days to soften up and then you could shoot them until the first leaf appeared , then we knew the best of the sport was over.