anser2 Posted July 26, 2009 Report Share Posted July 26, 2009 I have shot well over 100 pigeons over the past few days and was surprised how few recent young birds were bagged. There were about 12 youngsters that were over 3 months old , but none without ring necks ( under three months old ). Last year I had loads of young birds at this time of year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlander Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 Might be due to the excellent weather we had earlier in the year. They've already had at least 1 brood so this 'harvest' brood is likely to be a bit later. Come the winter when they all flock up I'm willing to bet there'll be more than ever! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turk101 Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 Might be due to the excellent weather we had earlier in the year. They've already had at least 1 brood so this 'harvest' brood is likely to be a bit later. Come the winter when they all flock up I'm willing to bet there'll be more than ever! Agreed! I have noticed actually that even the young birds this year are absolutely huge! I don't know if it's just where I am, but they seem like there on steroids There have been very few fully growen birds lately! regards turk101 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Sarakun Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 Come the winter when they all flock up I'm willing to bet there'll be more than ever! Isn't this always the case! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 young birds round here come about aug sep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M ROBSON Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 We've been shooting plenty of young birds around here at all stages of developement. Shot one today that was very fresh off the nest, still had traces of down on it! Mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 I have been shooting young pigeons since Spring and I was thinking there were far more than usual. Although the last few years seem to have been about the same. We no longer have hard winters and all the time there is a good food source the birds seem to be breeding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shotgun666 Posted July 28, 2009 Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 (edited) HERE IN TEESSIDE THE BIRDS ARE COMING IN HARD AND FAST TO THE DECOYS ,,EXSPECIALLY THE YOUNG ONES,,,THEY ARE ALL LARGE BIRDS THIS YEAR,,, :good:AND THERES A LOT MORE OF THEM Edited July 28, 2009 by shotgun666 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M ROBSON Posted July 28, 2009 Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 We picked up 228 woodies today from 3 guns (1 gun had 141) shooting over standing wheat and a barley stubble. I made note of all the young birds when I was packing them in the chiller. There were 41 birds with no neck markings on and a few of them were very fresh off the nest! Running total for this summer - 778 woodies. Mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerseaDavid Posted July 29, 2009 Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 we have got lots of young birds on our farm and they are flying round in large groups at the moment but they are quite dum and we can drop quite a few out of the groups because they keep circling round all the time. Each year we have seen more and more birds and this year is no different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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