hawkeye Posted September 18, 2009 Report Share Posted September 18, 2009 I was out shooting this afternoon and noticed the woodies shot were mainly young birds i shot 10 feral 4 blackies and 46 woodies all but 4 of the woodies were young birds with no white neck bands... :lol: Have any of you noticed this ? :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davie mac Posted September 18, 2009 Report Share Posted September 18, 2009 I was out yesterday we only shot about 12 or so and a fue of them were young ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxwell Posted September 18, 2009 Report Share Posted September 18, 2009 Hi Mike, out last Saturday on wheat stubble, picked up 30 woodpigeon of which 24 were young birds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alanl50 Posted September 19, 2009 Report Share Posted September 19, 2009 Yes same here a lot of young birds about, pigeons before you start Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted September 19, 2009 Report Share Posted September 19, 2009 a round this time of year ,there are a lot round here, aug sep time they seem two about here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fullbore Posted September 19, 2009 Report Share Posted September 19, 2009 If you are going to pick up a birds, a young one is always preferable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proTOM1 Posted September 19, 2009 Report Share Posted September 19, 2009 yes we have been seeing and shooting alot of young birds right now ,was shooting over wheat stubble last weekend and the first few birds where adults but for the rest of the day it was all young birds . I even saw a pigeon making a nest yesterday :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikee Posted September 19, 2009 Report Share Posted September 19, 2009 while sitting here t the pc about 20 mins ago a pigeon dropped into next doors conifers with some straw in its beak, so they are still nesting round here too mikee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lez325 Posted September 19, 2009 Report Share Posted September 19, 2009 I only shot 6 yesterday & 3 of those were young U'ns Les :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerseaDavid Posted September 19, 2009 Report Share Posted September 19, 2009 we only had 3 young birds out of 52 today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye Posted September 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2009 Well i think i will be out again tomorrow to see if i can get a few more... :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky-shot Posted September 20, 2009 Report Share Posted September 20, 2009 (edited) you are all lucky not many birds on my shoots Edited September 20, 2009 by Lucky-shot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wattsowatts Posted September 20, 2009 Report Share Posted September 20, 2009 Out of the 27 birds we had this afternoon 5 of them were very young birds, only recently fledged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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