Anyone know any where is good for pigeons in mayo?

Martin1979

Looking to shoot few wood pigeons in or round mayo area any one know any good places to go?

223vmax

crop fields. :rolleyes:

deeksofdoom

In august.

cookimonster

deeksofdoom wrote: »

In august.

Have to agree on that, best shooting I get is late summer early autumn.

If there are winter crops or fields still with stubble wait until a good frost and have ago.

There are literally thousands of pigeons on my mates permissions on the east coast and they have no interest in the rape growing there or being decoyed at the moment. Other times there's a whole days decoying in it.

Keep an eye out for beach trees and you may still get a bit of activity around them with birds feeding on the ground.

Martin1979

cookimonster wrote: »

Have to agree on that, best shooting I get is late summer early autumn.

If there are winter crops or fields still with stubble wait until a good frost and have ago.

There are literally thousands of pigeons on my mates permissions on the east coast and they have no interest in the rape growing there or being decoyed at the moment. Other times there's a whole days decoying in it.

Keep an eye out for beach trees and you may still get a bit of activity around them with birds feeding on the ground.

Thanks got a craving for some pigeon. Its yum!!

Martin1979

223vmax wrote: »

crop fields. :rolleyes:

Funny man! Hahaha. Lol was looking 4 winter ones. And not much crops in winter bud!!

Snakezilla

I have a permission with 22 acres of rape and not a single pigeon interested! As soon as the cold frosty mornings arrive itll make for some good shooting

cookimonster

Not exact science but helpful google info:

When and where to go pigeon shooting

■ January Rape and any frosted root crops such as potatoes, carrots, sugar beet and turnips if you have them.
■ February Rape, again, is a strong draw as the pigeon's core diet. Maize and other cover crops if chopped or ploughed in. And in hard weather, frosted crops such as cabbages, cauliflower and sprouts work well. Early spring clover can be a big draw.
■ March Rape will more or less sustain pigeon this month. As the soil warms, watch all spring drillings. Clover should be dragging them in by now.
■ April Late spring drillings and peas can prove fruitful. Tree buds, especially ash, can be great this month.
■ May A tricky month with a lot around to tempt them. Peas and spring-sown rape, which will just be showing. Barring surprises, a sticky month to get under the tap.
■ June Again, this month can be difficult unless they're belting the peas or seeds. That said, last June produced some amazing bags over fields of failed rape, an opportunity not to be missed.
■ July Once again, peas, either growing or harvested, but also laid cereal crops, especially barley or wheat at that milky stage.
■ August Harvest time. Breeding pigeon will be on rape and almost any harvested crop. If hot and dry, remote drinking areas can be good places to find pigeon not busily engaged in attacking the crops.
■ September Similar to August, so don't overlook any freshly ploughed and harrowed land.
■ October A difficult month owing to the weather. Be vigilant with autumn drill but also with wild foods such as acorns and beech masts.
■ November A lot depends on how much wild food is on offer, how well any autumn drilling crops have grown and the timing of harvests such as beet. If wild food is bountiful they seldom leave it.
■ December Rape, mainly towards the month end, as other offers will exist. The odd stubble field may still drag a few in.

allan450

you will be doing well to get big numbers of pigeons their is **** all around here.

sonofthegun

the year is so mild and food is so pleantiful its near impossible to hit on a good days pigeon shooting the birds haven't flocked together so far this year
sonofthegun