Had a go on the OSR

[maxwell]

Had a go at the pigeons on the rape last weekend, set up first light and the birds started to arrive around 8.30, it was busy from 9 until 10 then just a trickle until dinner time when it stopped completely, picked 38 woodys.

[TIGHTCHOKE]

Well done.

[matone]

A pretty good result ! 

[mossy835]

thats very good,well done

[JDog]

Good effort.

I see pigeons flighting at first light but they never seem to dive straight in to feed, preferring to sit up in tree for a while before dropping into rape.

[pigeon controller]

Thanks for posting, I find first light shooting is busy for the first two hours then tails off. We use to pack up and find where they had moved to.

[maxwell]

6 hours ago, TIGHTCHOKE said:

Well done

Thank you

Thank you for the replies 

2 hours ago, pigeon controller said:

Thanks for posting, I find first light shooting is busy for the first two hours then tails off. We use to pack up and find where they had moved to.

PC, there is another field of rape on this farm and they headed off there, a banger rope would have kept them moving but I didn’t have one with me unfortunately 

 

[maxwell]

2 hours ago, JDog said:

Good effort.

I see pigeons flighting at first light but they never seem to dive straight in to feed, preferring to sit up in tree for a while before dropping into rape.

Thank you JD,

I watched this field and set up on the thick hedge they usually head for first thing which gave me some nice flighting shots at first then later more decoying birds (ten full bodied decoys and two real birds on the magnet) so a nice mix of shots.

It was interesting that the birds have not flocked up as yet and came in small numbers some in ones or two’s, possibly due to the warm weather ?

[dead eye alan]

9 hours ago, maxwell said:

Thank you JD,

I watched this field and set up on the thick hedge they usually head for first thing which gave me some nice flighting shots at first then later more decoying birds (ten full bodied decoys and two real birds on the magnet) so a nice mix of shots.

It was interesting that the birds have not flocked up as yet and came in small numbers some in ones or two’s, possibly due to the warm weather ?

Well done nice outing, the birds have been flocked up here for weeks.

[maxwell]

8 hours ago, dead eye alan said:

Well done nice outing, the birds have been flocked up here for weeks.

The weather is forecast to change up here in the north east so I will expect the birds to flock, couldn’t believe it was 10 degree’s last weekend 

[Catamong]

I've found that air temperature makes little difference at this time of year, they're either feeding on the rape, or they're not, it's that simple.

There are no Acorns around these parts this Winter, as a consequence the birds have hit the rape early, you will only notice a difference in their feeding habits if we get prolonged snow cover, when they get very hungry and no amount of gas guns or shooting will get them to shift off the rape, they'll simply lift up and flop down at the other end of the field.

Cat.😎

[maxwell]

On 17/12/2021 at 20:19, Catamong said:

I've found that air temperature makes little difference at this time of year, they're either feeding on the rape, or they're not, it's that simple.

There are no Acorns around these parts this Winter, as a consequence the birds have hit the rape early, you will only notice a difference in their feeding habits if we get prolonged snow cover, when they get very hungry and no amount of gas guns or shooting will get them to shift off the rape, they'll simply lift up and flop down at the other end of the field.

Cat.😎

They are definitely on it Cat. There is nothing left for them but the rape now.

[the hitman]

Well done getting out -and  a decent bag for the time of year.

Conditions have been hopeless for pigeon shooting locally, flat calm, overcast and cold. Plenty birds sitting up most of the day- so I have decided to leave alone until conditions improve.

 

[dead eye alan]

10 hours ago, the hitman said:

Well done getting out -and  a decent bag for the time of year.

Conditions have been hopeless for pigeon shooting locally, flat calm, overcast and cold. Plenty birds sitting up most of the day- so I have decided to leave alone until conditions improve.

 

Me too!