In the maize and the mud
the end of the game season, a strip of maize, when flailed, can often produce a great day’s pigeon shooting. Recently, as I sat watching a straw-coloured strip with optimism, it was soon apparent there were not as many pigeons feeding there as had been anticipated. On inspecting the ground it was obvious that pigeons and rooks had cleared the bright golden grains of maize as the cobs were smashed by the flail a week earlier.
