clangerman Posted July 11, 2022 Report Share Posted July 11, 2022 I restrict a dogs first few times on rape to dead birds only who drop close to the hide seems to work not had one injured by stalks so far Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted July 11, 2022 Report Share Posted July 11, 2022 6 hours ago, old'un said: I agree to a point that there is potential for injury but in all the years I have been working dogs I have never had a dog injured when picking birds on rape stubble, but that's not saying it could never happen. I think every time a dog is sent out for a retrieve there is a element of risk in all sorts of cover both in day and night , with wildfowling the dog often have to cross creaks , rivers , dykes and over rugged salt marshes in all weathers and at all times of day plus many times under the moon , maybe I have been lucky but I could never recall any of my dogs having a serious accident . Stubble's are the same and I must admit it would be far easier for a dog to have a accident on Rape stubble than most grain stubble , maybe a tall Bean stubble might be a close second. As I have said , I have been lucky with my dogs but my motor wasn't quite so lucky as I have still got the heavy duty plastic engine cover in my garage where last year a rape stubble stem went through the cover and it was left on the field , a few days later when I went again I thought a bit had fell off the tractor or something and I didn't realise it was off my motor as it didn't make any difference to it , in fact every time I walk past it in my garage it reminded me of a decent day I had on last years Rape stubble , and come to think of it , my motor passed the M O T with the engine guard off . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOXHUNTER1 Posted July 11, 2022 Report Share Posted July 11, 2022 Shot a laid patch on some barley today ...shot 54 but couldn't pick all of them. Birds that decoyed did text book but loads just flying ⁸about as too many fields to feed on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkfanz Posted July 12, 2022 Report Share Posted July 12, 2022 On 11/07/2022 at 14:27, old'un said: sorry, obviously i was unaware of your situation. I agree to a point that there is potential for injury but in all the years I have been working dogs I have never had a dog injured when picking birds on rape stubble, but that's not saying it could never happen. even when its shoulder height? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old'un Posted July 12, 2022 Report Share Posted July 12, 2022 58 minutes ago, hawkfanz said: even when its shoulder height? yep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted July 12, 2022 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2022 out on cut barley after work today,spoke to farmer ,i said are the contractors going to bail it, he i dont think they will today loads of pigeons on it,so i set up 10 mins later in come the big bailer, i only shot 1 then in come the tractor and trailer, packed up and went home, i think it would have been a good afternoons shooting,will try again on thursday,when its all gone, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clangerman Posted July 12, 2022 Report Share Posted July 12, 2022 we all been there I like the way nothing appears until your set up then in comes the first tractor better luck next time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted July 12, 2022 Report Share Posted July 12, 2022 21 hours ago, FOXHUNTER1 said: Shot a laid patch on some barley today ...shot 54 but couldn't pick all of them. Birds that decoyed did text book but loads just flying ⁸about as too many fields to feed on. Excellent bag and not a bad pick up , something I hate is not finding what I have shot and we all wound Pigeons virtually every time we get a fairly decent bag and the least we can do is try and pick up what we shoot. A part of the sport I have missed this year is shooting over a laid patch of corn , we have had the odd day of wind and rain but not at the right stage for the stems to knocked about , it won't happen now as the combines have been working non stop since Saturday and we have already got several fields cut and the bailers were going flat today , when I came home around tea time I passed three combines swallowing up the barley and spitting the waist out it's rear end , Summer is now at it's peak , as they used to say , when the harvest start the best part of the Summer is over . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOXHUNTER1 Posted July 18, 2022 Report Share Posted July 18, 2022 Another session this morning in the heat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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