M2 Shooter Posted January 6, 2018 Report Share Posted January 6, 2018 Been all around the fields I have permission to shoot in North Kent and there is nothing to shoot!. Hardly saw a pigeon and its been like this since last Oct - when will things change? Its getting rather depressing lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted January 6, 2018 Report Share Posted January 6, 2018 How long is a piece of string? Keep looking, they must be feeding somewhere and flying along to get to that feeding point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted January 6, 2018 Report Share Posted January 6, 2018 we have been on the rape today,a mate on one farm,a cross the road i was on another farm. i got there 9 o clock this morning,so did he, hundreds of pigeons got off, there for 2 hours,i shot 3, thats all that came back for me, my mate never fired a shot.so they went some where,i went back after dinner.200 came out the wood, i shot 2 that was it,. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old'un Posted January 6, 2018 Report Share Posted January 6, 2018 (edited) It would be interesting to know what people are seeing up and down the country, the area I shoot was holding a good number of birds a couple of months ago but now they seem to have mostly disappeared, its unusual for this area as most years they are in big numbers around the woods and rape fields, at present I am covering 15 rape fields spread over a good area and the most I am seeing on a couple of these is 200. Edited January 6, 2018 by old'un Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wooder Posted January 6, 2018 Report Share Posted January 6, 2018 Had a drive around this morning, cant shoot our rape until Feb but nothing on it didn't see a pigeon, went out for a walk later lots of birds still on Ivy still loaded with berries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Boggy Posted January 7, 2018 Report Share Posted January 7, 2018 Nothing on the rape in this part of Kent. Have had a few (single figures) on days out coming into ivy clad trees in a small wood. However, driving round yesterday saw more than I've seen in ages on fields of wheat, previously maize, so obviously finding the odd cob scattered about. Probably in excess of 500 birds spread over three fields, but difficult to decoy due to footpaths, houses etc. The main flightline to these fields is also inaccessible. Very frustrating seeing these numbers after what seems such a lack of birds over the last few months. Hopefully they have now left the woods having gleaned the excessive acorns to venture out once more into the fields, but still appear a few in evidence in roadside hedgerows on ivy berries. The ones that I have shot recently have had, without exception, ivy berries in their crops. OB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazycooker Posted January 7, 2018 Report Share Posted January 7, 2018 Yesterday a few pigeons on the shoot full of ivy berries too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted January 7, 2018 Report Share Posted January 7, 2018 Was chatting with my neighbour whilst shooting some clays this morning and he remarked that the last Pigeons I had given him were chock full of peas. They were shot near Rutland Water last weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad93 Posted January 13, 2018 Report Share Posted January 13, 2018 Tonnes in Essex. Mostly on acorns and berries near hedgerows. Some evidence of them on the rape Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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