clangerman Posted August 10 Report Share Posted August 10 good effort there well done I’m waiting for peas here be cut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stu nesling Posted August 18 Author Report Share Posted August 18 all the peas have been cut this week. and the floor is littered with them. only problem is there are 4 fields all close to each other and you shoot one and you can guess what happens when no one else is out 😒. had 27 in a short session this afternoon, nothing great but it was enjoyable. had to work the flapper in conjuction with the rotor to get anything to decoy confidently, missed a few ..no change there and dropped a few 45 yarders too. just nice to be out shooting somewhere, as now the partridges are in the maize its a bit limiting where i can shoot. still happy with my choice of pigeon shell fiocchi fblue 1oz of english 7, hard shot and patterns a bit tight, but best of all a sensible price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stu nesling Posted September 7 Author Report Share Posted September 7 (edited) wel, still going on the same fields of peas, but i dont think they will be there much longer. had a mixed bag of 67 pigeons and blacks in a 4 hour session that was enjoyable apart from the drizzly rain that came on and off all afternoon. it was nice to see a good covey of english on the hedgeside i was shooting, just goes to show what a bit of vermin control can do. still loads of peas on the deck, but i think they will be cultivated in and sprayed off soon as they are starting to grow again!! Edited September 7 by stu nesling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted September 7 Report Share Posted September 7 Well done and yes, lovely to see some English Partridges. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted September 7 Report Share Posted September 7 It must have been pretty dry around your way for those Peas to still be in that condition , I walked around parts of the estate today and it's amazing how quick all the new plants are growing , this years o s r is already well above ground , the fodder beet is around a foot high , the spud land is getting pulled up and it was as warm as most days in the Summer , Nice to see the English Partridges , if the chicks avoided the early Summer's rain and cold then these last few weeks have been ideal for insect life , never seem to get two years the same now , I wonder what lay ahead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stu nesling Posted September 8 Author Report Share Posted September 8 yeah its till pretty dry, still carrying a 4lb lump hammer to allow me to get the rotor or other toys into the ground. the peas are coming back through in places and are around an inch high. having good parents help with the english survival rate too, they all looked healthy and there must have been 12-14 of them in the covey. will be interesting to look at one of the other farms as the english there seem to do well even on an average year, last hare drive there we were treated to maybe 50 birds come over us on a small farm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stu nesling Posted September 22 Author Report Share Posted September 22 the peas are still there, unbelievable..they have not been turned over yet. i could not get out this weekend due to man flu but 3 others went on the stubbles and shot around 180 between them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stu nesling Posted September 28 Author Report Share Posted September 28 wel, the stubbles are still there. ben out today and had 82 pigeons including a few unlucky blacks that came past.shot well, only used about 110 shells which i will take as a good day. shot some cracking high and fast birds that i was proud of and they made my day. long live the stubbles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted September 28 Report Share Posted September 28 Very well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted September 28 Report Share Posted September 28 2 hours ago, stu nesling said: wel, the stubbles are still there. ben out today and had 82 pigeons including a few unlucky blacks that came past.shot well, only used about 110 shells which i will take as a good day. shot some cracking high and fast birds that i was proud of and they made my day. long live the stubbles. Your Pea stubble , if it was Pea stubble have shot well and so have you by the sound of it , you say long live the stubbles , well your stubble have already out lived a lot of Pigeons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stu nesling Posted September 28 Author Report Share Posted September 28 not so many peas on the ground now, its looking a bit sparse. but the re-growth is coming on nicely ! the scene of many pigeons fate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stu nesling Posted October 11 Author Report Share Posted October 11 one more try tomorrow before the pea stubble is re-drilled, been sparyed off today. not many birds around so could be a low count. still, its a day out in the sticks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilts#Dave Posted October 11 Report Share Posted October 11 54 minutes ago, stu nesling said: one more try tomorrow before the pea stubble is re-drilled, been sparyed off today. not many birds around so could be a low count. still, its a day out in the sticks. I had a really good day yesterday on some old spring barley stubble, and was surprised to see quite a few had old peas in their crops along with barley so must be still finding a few peas in the old cultivated peas I shot over 1000 on through the season not too far away. Good luck for tomorrow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stu nesling Posted October 12 Author Report Share Posted October 12 congrats on yesterday, always nice to have a good day this time of year. its suprising what they can still find in a stubble, we cannot see it but they certainly can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted October 12 Report Share Posted October 12 It makes no difference as to what "they" can see, if it is where they want to be, it is a good start to be in the right place. Keep up the good work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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