Del Boy Dixey Posted January 7, 2022 Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 Just done 2 trips a week apart of 50 miles round my 16 permissions in East Kent And I haven’t seen a pigeon apart from the odd one in a garden has anyone else seen them in East Kent? I know we have very little rape this year and it has been very mild Any advice and info would be much appreciated Del Boy Dixey Canterbury Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted January 7, 2022 Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 (edited) Interesting. Edited January 7, 2022 by TIGHTCHOKE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted January 7, 2022 Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 some of my land has been like that in the past...............please keep us up to date on this one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted January 7, 2022 Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 (edited) Part of your problem could be in your post ,( we have very little rape this year ) as I said this could only be a small part of the lack of pigeons on your perms , what are your perms normally like , do they hold a lot of Pigeons , a decent amount , or you only see them on the odd crop ? , do you know of any other Pigeon shooters in your area , if so , what are they finding ? , the young ones do tend to flock together in the early part of the Winter and at the moment they could still be in large flocks and roosting in wood just a few miles from where you have been looking , in a few weeks time they will be splitting up from the flocks and if you have got the right crops you could be seeing good numbers again , Hope so anyhow Edited January 7, 2022 by marsh man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted January 7, 2022 Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 on one farm this year, i have 5 rape fields last year there was not a lot of pigeons. but this year there are loads there.on other farms i have not a lot about, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Boggy Posted January 8, 2022 Report Share Posted January 8, 2022 20 hours ago, Del Boy Dixey said: Just done 2 trips a week apart of 50 miles round my 16 permissions in East Kent And I haven’t seen a pigeon apart from the odd one in a garden has anyone else seen them in East Kent? I know we have very little rape this year and it has been very mild Any advice and info would be much appreciated Del Boy Dixey Canterbury If you drive from Canterbury on the A28 between Upstreet and Sarre, you will note that there are plenty still on ivy berries in the roadside hedges. OB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Del Boy Dixey Posted January 8, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2022 11 hours ago, Old Boggy said: If you drive from Canterbury on the A28 between Upstreet and Sarre, you will note that there are plenty still on ivy berries in the roadside hedges. OB Thanks for responding yes I have them in the garden on ivy berries too but the boss does not allow me to kill them! 22 hours ago, mossy835 said: on one farm this year, i have 5 rape fields last year there was not a lot of pigeons. but this year there are loads there.on other farms i have not a lot about, Thanks for responding logical if one thinks about it they will go where the grub is no grub, no pigeons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Del Boy Dixey Posted January 8, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2022 23 hours ago, marsh man said: Part of your problem could be in your post ,( we have very little rape this year ) as I said this could only be a small part of the lack of pigeons on your perms , what are your perms normally like , do they hold a lot of Pigeons , a decent amount , or you only see them on the odd crop ? , do you know of any other Pigeon shooters in your area , if so , what are they finding ? , the young ones do tend to flock together in the early part of the Winter and at the moment they could still be in large flocks and roosting in wood just a few miles from where you have been looking , in a few weeks time they will be splitting up from the flocks and if you have got the right crops you could be seeing good numbers again , Hope so anyhow Thanks for responding my permissions provide me normally with all the shooting I can handle and I average 50 per outing (but I won’t set up unless I think I can get 50. I am fussy!) I suppose that is why I was concerned about the lack of pigeons I found on my perms however reading what’s going on elsewhere, it is quite clear that the only place they will be for the next few weeks is rape i have 5 fields on my permissions and they are not there yet i shall be watching! Thanx again Del Boy Dixey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted January 8, 2022 Report Share Posted January 8, 2022 hope they come for you,and you have a good shoot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clangerman Posted January 8, 2022 Report Share Posted January 8, 2022 have the opposite here first year for long time had birds on almost all the rape shooting a new perm tomorrow thanks to couple of large flocks not a good sign but you have to show willing maybe your area has another food source at present Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Del Boy Dixey Posted January 9, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2022 13 hours ago, clangerman said: have the opposite here first year for long time had birds on almost all the rape shooting a new perm tomorrow thanks to couple of large flocks not a good sign but you have to show willing maybe your area has another food source at present Thanks for responding which part of the country are you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clangerman Posted January 9, 2022 Report Share Posted January 9, 2022 4 hours ago, Del Boy Dixey said: Thanks for responding which part of the country are you? I’m in the southwest numbers have been dropping last four years now back up with all the rape Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bottletopbill Posted January 9, 2022 Report Share Posted January 9, 2022 Getting at least 7 to 8 in my garden every day and perching in next doors trees. It is killing me cant even get my old hw35e out they will call plod on me. Go to my perm in west malling and see one or two if lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulboy1957 Posted January 9, 2022 Report Share Posted January 9, 2022 None here in Thanet either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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