mossy835 Posted August 9, 2023 Report Share Posted August 9, 2023 went out after work again for 2 hours 16 pigeons, shot my first young one of the year and it was hot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jall25 Posted August 9, 2023 Report Share Posted August 9, 2023 Nice Up here Mossy its all young ones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dead eye alan Posted August 10, 2023 Report Share Posted August 10, 2023 Only had 5 young birds so far unusual for this time of year, good result for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted August 10, 2023 Report Share Posted August 10, 2023 (edited) 21 hours ago, jall25 said: Nice Up here Mossy its all young ones Very strange , around here they are far and few , haven't had one for nearly a month now , at one time the rape and wheat stubbles would produce the most , I have been to the game dealers where they would find around one in ten young ones and you got less money for them , on the other hand another game dealer used to pay the same as he had a market for young pigeons . 8 hours ago, dead eye alan said: Only had 5 young birds so far unusual for this time of year, good result for you. Yes around here they are also very thin on the ground , why this should be , I have no idea . Well done Mossy for making the most of the opportunties . Edited August 10, 2023 by marsh man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jall25 Posted August 10, 2023 Report Share Posted August 10, 2023 1 hour ago, marsh man said: Very strange , around here they are far and few , haven't had one for nearly a month now , at one time the rape and wheat stubbles would produce the most , I have been to the game dealers where they would find around one in ten young ones and you got less money for them , on the other hand another game dealer used to pay the same as he had a market for young pigeons . Yes around here they are also very thin on the ground , why this should be , I have no idea . Well done Mossy for making the most of the opportunties . I honestly have never seen so many pigeon about over here marsh man - in fairness not just pigeon but flocks of sparrows and goldfinches and brood after broods of pheasants - and the barley is only just coming off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted August 10, 2023 Report Share Posted August 10, 2023 2 hours ago, jall25 said: I honestly have never seen so many pigeon about over here marsh man - in fairness not just pigeon but flocks of sparrows and goldfinches and brood after broods of pheasants - and the barley is only just coming off The last decent bag I saw was a couple of weeks ago when the keeper and his boy went on some fresh barley stubble and they got 36 , he laid them out so his boy who is 12 had his photo taken and not one was a young one , this is not to say we haven't got any but at the moment there isn't many going into the bag . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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