marsh man Posted July 6, 2021 Report Share Posted July 6, 2021 Today I had a ride around my home ground with heavy showers never far off , I started off by looking at some Winter Barley fields , yes there were a few pigeons on more or less each field I looked at but with no serious laid patches you know by past experience you would be up against it and you could possibly do as much , if not more harm to the field than the Pigeons by tramping about to get to where you might fire a few shots , even though the Barley is changing colour it still look like a couple of weeks or so before the combines are out and with the grim forecast over the next several days it could well be a longer than a couple of weeks . Moving on down the track we have got a few fields of Winter Wheat and even though there were no laid bits the Pigeons still found a way in getting to the grain now forming in the ears , this Wheat field held the most I saw today before the heavy rain left me looking like a drowned rat and a fair way from my motor , with a bit of luck they will still be there the next time I take my gun with me and Wheat is a bit more dog friendly than Barley when it come to retrieving , might well be worth having a look in your neck of the woods . GOOD LUCK . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spr1985 Posted July 6, 2021 Report Share Posted July 6, 2021 Great post! round my way (Essex) I’ve noticed a lot of movement with farm machinery over the last week or so, barley fields have had a dramatic change in colour (mainly just the ears with the stems still very green) huge flat spots clearly visible with pigeon dripping into them, fields being cut for hay and covered with corvids and a sprinkling of pigeon, a field of osr that disappeared over night (I’m assuming for silage?) and a field of wheat again disappeared over night and ploughed/turned over the following day. I love seeing it all happening around this time of year 👌🏻 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted July 6, 2021 Report Share Posted July 6, 2021 Sounds good MM, and funnily enough a mate got in touch yesterday to say that his winter barley is starting to receive attention. Unfortunately I can’t get to him until Friday, so am keeping my fingers crossed for fair weather until Saturday so I can get my work finished on Thursday and play on Friday. 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clangerman Posted July 6, 2021 Report Share Posted July 6, 2021 apart from a few on the rape now most are on the whole crop stubble despite a dead bird pattern yesterday and using every trick in the book very few decoyed but with the amount of birds flighting shot 88 so no complaints Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob85 Posted July 6, 2021 Report Share Posted July 6, 2021 A lot of birds seem to be on the clover round my way, seen a few over the fence from my work today as well feeding on the football pitches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted July 6, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2021 59 minutes ago, clangerman said: apart from a few on the rape now most are on the whole crop stubble despite a dead bird pattern yesterday and using every trick in the book very few decoyed but with the amount of birds flighting shot 88 so no complaints That was a first class bag of Pigeons clangerman , we all like to shoot pigeons but part of the satisfaction is finding them in the first place , once found you then have to devise a way to get the maximum amount of sport when you decide to have a go , Mr JDog mentioned one of the main ingredients on a previous thread and that was wind , no problem if you have got a tree or a hide in the middle of the field as you are not relying on a certain wind direction , but if you are restricted to one or two hedges and the wind is blowing in your face then it is highly unlikely you will not get the maximum result on the day , funny ole game this pigeon shooting lark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted July 6, 2021 Report Share Posted July 6, 2021 1 hour ago, clangerman said: apart from a few on the rape now most are on the whole crop stubble despite a dead bird pattern yesterday and using every trick in the book very few decoyed but with the amount of birds flighting shot 88 so no complaints Why not put a report up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clangerman Posted July 6, 2021 Report Share Posted July 6, 2021 24 minutes ago, JDog said: Why not put a report up? my description would be hopeless but will give it a bash if saturday goes well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free range Rob Posted July 6, 2021 Report Share Posted July 6, 2021 I had a look round some of my ground yesterday and noticed they were not bothering too much with barley even though it was laid in places, but we’re fair hammering the wheat that’s still green and not laid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Boggy Posted July 7, 2021 Report Share Posted July 7, 2021 Had a look round yesterday hoping that the Triticale had been cut, which it hadn`t, but noticed quite a few on the wires above short stemmed wheat with pigeons landing on top of the crop with wings outstretched getting at the milky grain. Will have to have a closer look today to see if there are any spots with open areas where tramlines converge to make it feasible for setting up and easy retrieves without trampling the crop. Weather forecast looks OK for Friday, so that`s my planned day to give it a go. OB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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