Pigeons

wildfowler94

Anyone started decoying yet? are they on the crops in your part yet?

charlie10

i am back about three hours from shooting them over fields of oats and barley we had 67 tonight in two and a half hours ,we shot 88 last wednesday and 74 thursday .had brilliant shots and a couple of doubles .crop is still standing and the evenings we arrived 5 or 6 hundred got up off it

Robotack

charlie10 wrote: »

i am back about three hours from shooting them over fields of oats and barley we had 67 tonight in two and a half hours ,we shot 88 last wednesday and 74 thursday .had brilliant shots and a couple of doubles .crop is still standing and the evenings we arrived 5 or 6 hundred got up off it

Really!! Great bag... What county?

cubbyleader

We shot over barley today and yesterday and got about fifty but we haven't found where the big amounts are feeding yet

charlie10

Robotack wrote: »

Really!! Great bag... What county?

rebel county !!! i reckon if i had a magnet i could of doubled that number. in the same field we saw a buzzard going in and out of her nest . you could hear her whistling away it was class ,then saw a hawk hoovering over our decoys.brill evening for them sights alone:D

cubbyleader

charlie10 wrote: »

Robotack wrote: »

Really!! Great bag... What county?

i reckon if i had a magnet i could of doubled that number. and mthen saw a hawk hoovering over our decoys.brill evening for them sights alone:D

Same I put up the gun and then noticed it was a hawk I was lucky I didn't accidentally fire

wildfowler94

is it ripe or just going gold from its milkly green stage?

cubbyleader

Just about ripe where I am

wildfowler94

cubbyleader wrote: »

Just about ripe where I am

yeah is only just yellow here, wonder is it worth a bang in the morning?

dodderangler

I have loads of pigeon shooting and no one to go with

cubbyleader

yeah is only just yellow here, wonder is it worth a bang in the morning?[/Quote]
Give it a go the worst ya can do is pass an hour or two and get nothing

cubbyleader

dodderangler wrote: »

I have loads of pigeon shooting and no one to go with

What county you in ?

wildfowler94

right ill give it ago let ye know how t goes tomorrow.

dodderangler

cubbyleader wrote: »

dodderangler wrote: »

I have loads of pigeon shooting and no one to go with

What county you in ?

Dublin but have the land in Carlow

cubbyleader

dodderangler wrote: »

cubbyleader wrote: »

dodderangler wrote: »

I have loads of pigeon shooting and no one to go with

What county you in ?

Dublin but have the land in Carlow

Put it up on this and someone will want to go with you

dodderangler

cubbyleader wrote: »

dodderangler wrote: »

cubbyleader wrote: »

dodderangler wrote: »

I have loads of pigeon shooting and no one to go with

What county you in ?

Dublin but have the land in Carlow

Put it up on this and someone will want to go with you

Just did lol

TriggerPL

dodderangler wrote: »

cubbyleader wrote: »

dodderangler wrote: »

I have loads of pigeon shooting and no one to go with

What county you in ?

Dublin but have the land in Carlow

Well mate I'm in Portlaoise alot of the time I'd be glad to meet up with ya ,

dodderangler

TriggerPL wrote: »

dodderangler wrote: »

cubbyleader wrote: »

dodderangler wrote: »

I have loads of pigeon shooting and no one to go with

What county you in ?

Dublin but have the land in Carlow

Well mate I'm in Portlaoise alot of the time I'd be glad to meet up with ya ,

Anytime mate
If you have decoys I could let ya shoot away cuz I've to ferret the rest of the land full of rabbits and farmer has crops
So could let ya do it and il get the rabbits kill 2 birds with one stone sort of speak

TriggerPL

dodderangler wrote: »

TriggerPL wrote: »

dodderangler wrote: »

cubbyleader wrote: »

dodderangler wrote: »

I have loads of pigeon shooting and no one to go with

What county you in ?

Dublin but have the land in Carlow

Well mate I'm in Portlaoise alot of the time I'd be glad to meet up with ya ,

Anytime mate
If you have decoys I could let ya shoot away cuz I've to ferret the rest of the land full of rabbits and farmer has crops
So could let ya do it and il get the rabbits kill 2 birds with one stone sort of speak

Sounds like a plan il pm ya tomorrow with my number

wildfowler94

There was about 20 mixed crows and pigeons knocking about when I went for a look, barley is still green in spots, was too wet to shoot, maybe tomorrow.

cubbyleader

wildfowler94 wrote: »

There was about 20 mixed crows and pigeons knocking about when I went for a look, barley is still green in spots, was too wet to shoot, maybe tomorrow.

I'm just back from a bit of a walk with the dog and I found where there feeding there was about 3 or 4 hundred pigeons and 2 hundred crows all I need now is cartridges

wildfowler94

cubbyleader wrote: »

I'm just back from a bit of a walk with the dog and I found where there feeding there was about 3 or 4 hundred pigeons and 2 hundred crows all I need now is cartridges

id love to go at that!:rolleyes::o

cubbyleader

There was someone else there yesterday so I hope there not there tomorrow

charlie10

piece of advice buy good shells i used eley before and had alot of runners and flappers ,then changed to hull soveriegns and had a better shell/bird ratio and the slab was 10 euro dearer. both were 28g 7.5s . just my 2 cents.also find the highest three in field and set up underneath always seems to draw the birds

cubbyleader

charlie10 wrote: »

piece of advice buy good shells i used eley before and had alot of runners and flappers ,then changed to hull soveriegns and had a better shell/bird ratio and the slab was 10 euro dearer. both were 28g 7.5s . just my 2 cents.also find the highest three in field and set up underneath always seems to draw the birds

I use eley 7.5 28g and get on fine with them and I usually set up under an oak tree as my nets and jacket blend in well

charlie10

i still have good results dont get me wrong but i have serious range with the hull thats all im saying

cubbyleader

charlie10 wrote: »

i still have good results dont get me wrong but i have serious range with the hull thats all im saying

I bought two boxes of gamebore 7.5 28g a couple of months ago and got great range too I was dropping crows at 35 or 40 yards

hedzball

charlie10 wrote: »

piece of advice buy good shells i used eley before and had alot of runners and flappers ,then changed to hull soveriegns and had a better shell/bird ratio and the slab was 10 euro dearer. both were 28g 7.5s . just my 2 cents.also find the highest three in field and set up underneath always seems to draw the birds

funny I would of classed Eley as one of the better rounds in my sxs

sonofthegun

we had 56 friday 68 saturday and 108 sunday between 3 of us all in the same feild and they are still flocking into it but we will be a bit more oraganised with flight lines better hide placement this weekend if they are still on it we would be hoping for a serious bag
sotg

cubbyleader

Just back from a days decoying got 38 sharing a gun with my brother

viper123

dodderangler wrote: »

I have loads of pigeon shooting and no one to go with

I'd love to head along as well if you're ever stuck, I don't live too far from the dodder myself :-)

meathstevie

They haven't started coming into the cereal crops down my neck of the woods yet, it'll be another week or so by the looks of it.

pheasntstalker

ah pidgeons,ive gota get out soooon for a shot at them, ive just looked at me cartridge cans and there lookin fairly low, ive bein watching 2 wheat fields that are back to back an there starting to turn yellow but i dont see decent enough flocks yet, and some piss head robbed my decoys and my mates decoys from his shed last nite:mad::mad: along with a few other things,so have to sort out new ones, but ill hammer columbus polumbus yet:D;)

Browning2010

Any pictures lads? Or do yous just like talking about it?

dodderangler

Was gonna ask the same aswell
Need to see pics or else GTFO

Stevegeraghty

viper123 wrote: »

I'd love to head along as well if you're ever stuck, I don't live too far from the dodder myself :-)

If we're getting a posse together :D:D

dodderangler

Jaysus if I brought yas all there'd be no pigeons left in Ireland ha
Yas may help me do the ferretin aswell then

flanum

are they in season yet? when does the pigeon season start?

meathstevie

The actual season doesn't start till 1/11 but they can be shot all year round under derogation for crop protection.

hedzball

Any good link on how and where to set up in a field?.

Never really tried it tbh but really looking into doing it!.





'hdz

dodderangler

flanum wrote: »

are they in season yet? when does the pigeon season start?

1st of January till 31st of December :P

wildfowler94

dodderangler wrote: »

1st of January till 31st of December :P

no!! November 1st-January 31st their a game bird and can be shot anywhere anytime.
every other time of the year they can be shot if damaging crops!

Browning2010

hedzball wrote: »

Any good link on how and where to set up in a field?.

Never really tried it tbh but really looking into doing it!.





'hdz

The first thing you want to be doing is get out and do some recce.

Look for fields with barley, wheat, oil seed rape, see what flight lines the pigeons are using and set up under them.

Get your rotary machine and plastic decoys out and see what happens, be prepared to move if you see the birds are coming in a different part of the field.

dodderangler

wildfowler94 wrote: »

dodderangler wrote: »

1st of January till 31st of December :P

no!! November 1st-January 31st their a game bird and can be shot anywhere anytime.
every other time of the year they can be shot if damaging crops!

Don't think ya got the joke there mate!

pheasntstalker

as an op stated do a recce , i have bein watching 2 wheat fields dis last 2wks as i walk the road between them every morning out with the springer and again in the evening i know roughly there flightline,and id spend awhile with the bino,s scanning ,but honestly cant see decent enough no,s hitting it on both fields,just a thought but would the crappy weather influnce there feeding habits? as there isnt even a handfull droppin down to feed,i dont want to throw out deeks and maybe get a handifull and its all over in half an hour,anyone else coming across this ,i should have stated the wheat is starting to fairly ripen,i would have thought they would start attacking it now, even the farmer is surprised there isnt much activty with them yet

wildfowler94

dodderangler wrote: »

Don't think ya got the joke there mate!

sorry :P i do now!!:o