petera Posted February 29, 2008 Report Share Posted February 29, 2008 Just had a phone call from one of the Farmers where I shoot highlighting that there are over a thousand pigeons on one of the rape fields. He was phoning from the cab of his tractor as he is currently putting some fertiliser down and said that as the tractor was approaching them they took off but as soon as he went by they were landing again. I shot this field last week and only got 12 and it was a case of one shot and off they went for most of the day. Will go tomorrow but same thing may happen. Perhaps I should borrow his tractor and ride round the field on that? Just for information, in mid Norfolk they are still in large flocks and most of my shooting over the last couple of months has been on poisioning myself on the edge of the rape fields under a flight line, which has at least meant I haven't had any blank days but conversely havn't had any great days with the maximum being 27 in one session over the last couple of months. Finding it very hard to get them to commit to the decoys. Are the pigeons still in large flocks in other parts of the country? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si-Bore Posted February 29, 2008 Report Share Posted February 29, 2008 In my local area (Sunderland) they moved off my normal shooting patch but the strong winds have brought them back. Flock size has definately reduced as it was a couple of thousand at some points during the winter, but by how much it has reduced is hard to tell especially at the moment in the seriously strong winds! Hopefully I will have a good shoot tomorrow if it stays dry and keeps blowing houses down! Si Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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