tealer Posted December 19, 2007 Report Share Posted December 19, 2007 I have just started to feed a stuble field i can shoot, the pigeon are on sugarbeet tops on the next field i can't shoot but have not yet found the food, has anyone else done this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted December 19, 2007 Report Share Posted December 19, 2007 All sorts of rumours abound, but most of us have never needed to do it, or are not prepared to spend out on the grain required. If the sugar beet is in an adjoining field, I would have thought you should be able to get some interest in your decoys on the stubble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlander Posted December 19, 2007 Report Share Posted December 19, 2007 I have just started to feed a stuble field i can shoot, the pigeon are on sugarbeet tops on the next field i can't shoot but have not yet found the food, has anyone else done this Hey ho another anti trying to wind us all up! Listen m8 we're all sportmen on here and 'baiting' fields simply isn't sporting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loopy bunny blaster Posted December 19, 2007 Report Share Posted December 19, 2007 he might not be an anti... they could be just joshing with us. sorry couldn't resist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tealer Posted December 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2007 I have just started to feed a stuble field i can shoot, the pigeon are on sugarbeet tops on the next field i can't shoot but have not yet found the food, has anyone else done this Hey ho another anti trying to wind us all up! Listen m8 we're all sportmen on here and 'baiting' fields simply isn't sporting! What are you talking about, feeding the stubble keeps them off the crops so you can concentrate on doing your job for the farmer or is pigeon shooting just a sport to you have you forgoten the reason behind it! ,idiot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted December 19, 2007 Report Share Posted December 19, 2007 4 posts and you calling pepole idiots, well iv been shooting years and never had two feed a field yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loopy bunny blaster Posted December 19, 2007 Report Share Posted December 19, 2007 i go pigeon decoying often and ive never heard of anyone acctually doing it it is usually the butt of a few jokes when we are in the pigeon hide Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tealer Posted December 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2007 I have been a keeper for over ten years and you call me anti? the farmer has left this stubble field till march and the pigeon are hamering some sugar-beet nearby so hopfully i will pull them off the crops on to this, i know it works but was just interested if any others where doing the same Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Outlaw Posted December 19, 2007 Report Share Posted December 19, 2007 As much as I have wished I had baited a field up, I personally havent done it. Ive cursed many a time when I have 2 or 3 dozen sky rats on the fields around me but not where I am. Grr just come back another day and try again. Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlander Posted December 19, 2007 Report Share Posted December 19, 2007 I have been a keeper for over ten years and you call me anti?the farmer has left this stubble field till march and the pigeon are hamering some sugar-beet nearby so hopfully i will pull them off the crops on to this, i know it works but was just interested if any others where doing the same I’ll treat the ‘idiot’ bit with the contempt it deserves but I will say this...you in your own words say you don’t have permission to shoot the field of beet PLUS it’s been harvested so what’s the point in your ‘pest control’ exercise??? Aren’t you just trying to lure birds in to shoot for the sport? Oh and by the way why don't you post your location or are you keepering in London town Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted December 19, 2007 Report Share Posted December 19, 2007 Easy, easy, it was a fair question, if a bit unusual, but there is no reason to think that tealer is an "Anti". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tealer Posted December 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2007 I have been a keeper for over ten years and you call me anti?the farmer has left this stubble field till march and the pigeon are hamering some sugar-beet nearby so hopfully i will pull them off the crops on to this, i know it works but was just interested if any others where doing the same I’ll treat the ‘idiot’ bit with the contempt it deserves but I will say this...you in your own words say you don’t have permission to shoot the field of beet PLUS it’s been harvested so what’s the point in your ‘pest control’ exercise??? Aren’t you just trying to lure birds in to shoot for the sport? Oh and by the way why don't you post your location or are you keepering in London town call me an anti and you get idiot back, obviously the farms i am shooting on have more than one old stubble field but they are mainly on the sugar beet, ,,not harvested..yes i do enjoy shooting,but i don't pay.as i provide a service too. it works both ways. olde london town Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codling99 Posted December 19, 2007 Report Share Posted December 19, 2007 hi tealer and welcome to the watch mate,ive never heard of or tried baiting a field for pigeons,sort of tried it for crows,but would love to hear if it works and what you used to tempt the little ******* .good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tealer Posted December 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2007 hi tealer and welcome to the watch mate,ive never heard of or tried baiting a field for pigeons,sort of tried it for crows,but would love to hear if it works and what you used to tempt the little ******* .good luck That's more like it, thanks for a decent reply , yes it does work and have done it many times, when i was keepering it saved time to concentrate the birds onto a field that's cropped so every body is happy, the farmers stop pestering and you get better shooting :( i only posted to see if anyone else was doing the same, didn't expect to be called an anti oh i am using weat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted December 19, 2007 Report Share Posted December 19, 2007 I have just started to feed a stuble field i can shoot, the pigeon are on sugarbeet tops on the next field i can't shoot but have not yet found the food, has anyone else done this No, nor will I ever, you are outwith the reason we are allowed to shoot Woodpigeon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loopy bunny blaster Posted December 19, 2007 Report Share Posted December 19, 2007 you sort of crossed yourself you said you only shoot them for pest control not sport, but by baiting them down arent you just creating the problem ? could call it "making work for yourself" and shooting them in the interest of sport and not pest control? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustyfox Posted December 19, 2007 Report Share Posted December 19, 2007 If you are a keeper wont you be to busy this time of the year to shoot pigeons? Dont think you will have time to go pigeon shooting as you have more importants birds to look after. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dusk2dawn Posted December 19, 2007 Report Share Posted December 19, 2007 If you are a keeper wont you be to busy this time of the year to shoot pigeons? Dont think you will have time to go pigeon shooting as you have more importants birds to look after. Somethings not quite right here, if you are as you say you are a keeper, then why not just shoot directly over your neighbours beet crop.keepers are generally run off their feet just now and anyway the general licence states that we are able to shoot woodpigeons only if they are causing damage to crops, I have never in my "99" years heard of anyone baiting a field, and doubt if under the gen lic it would be legal? D2D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted December 19, 2007 Report Share Posted December 19, 2007 I would suggest that what is not right here, is everyone jumping on a new poster. Just relax, I know two Gamekeepers that are currently spending a lot of time pigeon shooting, as well as looking after their pheasants, its what they do. It is not within the spirit of the General Licence to bait fields for pigeons, but I am not sure its ever been tested in Court. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tealer Posted December 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2007 I have just started to feed a stuble field i can shoot, the pigeon are on sugarbeet tops on the next field i can't shoot but have not yet found the food, has anyone else done this No, nor will I ever, you are outwith the reason we are allowed to shoot Woodpigeon. why, you use decoys don't you, to trick them. feeding a stubble field is an extension of this. do you shoot a couple for the pot and leave two thousand feeding on crops.we are allowed to shoot pigeon because they are classed as vermin, i don't pay for sporting rights therefore i have to keep the farmers happy to keep myself happy, this is a way of doing both. why are you allowed to shoot pigeon? I am not presently working as a keeper but have over ten years under my belt plus sparsholt college. you are run off your feet on the rearing field and gets easier when your birds are put to wood and are only on one feed a day now.Why do i have to defend myself?If you havn't heard of it you have now, you learn something everyday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciderboy Posted December 19, 2007 Report Share Posted December 19, 2007 ive never heard of baiting fields for pigeon before either but i would be interested in seeing/hearing the result oh and welcome by the way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nildes Posted December 19, 2007 Report Share Posted December 19, 2007 Well if you just chucked a hook in the water you wouldn't catch many fish so why is baiting unsporting in one context and sporting in another? With game birds, grain us used both to hold birds on the shoot as well as to keep them in good condition. It also has knock on benefits for many non target species too. Does that mean that driven game shoots are unsporting? Why is it that using a decoy or dead bird as bait is sporting but using grain isn't? Why isn't wearing cammo or using a hide unsporting? There seems to be some muddled thinking around what is considered sporting and what isn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tosspot Posted December 19, 2007 Report Share Posted December 19, 2007 i was always of the opinion that baiting fields for pigeon shooting contravened the guidelines of the general licence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tealer Posted December 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2007 Well if you just chucked a hook in the water you wouldn't catch many fish so why is baiting unsporting in one context and sporting in another?With game birds, grain us used both to hold birds on the shoot as well as to keep them in good condition. It also has knock on benefits for many non target species too. Does that mean that driven game shoots are unsporting? Why is it that using a decoy or dead bird as bait is sporting but using grain isn't? Why isn't wearing cammo or using a hide unsporting? There seems to be some muddled thinking around what is considered sporting and what isn't. doesn't there just, spot on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codling99 Posted December 19, 2007 Report Share Posted December 19, 2007 sporting or not,if im walking around my shoot and theres a pigeon sitting on a branch,id shooti it,as far as im concerned thats within the licence,cos if i didnt shoot it ,it would go and eat some crops somewhere at some point,so im protecting crops at the end of the day,no court would challenge it ,its a vermin thats needed to be controlled like crows,rats or rabbits . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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