Howboutthemdawgs
5 year old buck +
For the average landowner who is mainly fixated on deer? We may never return quail to anywhere close to historic levels but a couple coveys per property could be a major boom for the population.
Personally I have about 3 acres around the house and pond that holds birds. I’m putting it in a rotation to burn every 2 years or so and spraying out any nasty stuff like sycamore. Left a couple sumac trees for shade and roosting. Also a fence row with cedars and other trees they can use. Removing feral cats I’ve acquired.
Leaving ditches in my crop fields fallow. Not letting the farmer encroach or spray them. I sprayed some of the bad stuff out last year and burned one. Will try to burn the others this spring.
Spraying out sericea lespedeza around my fields and letting better forbs come up.
In all reality that’s about the extent of what I am or honestly can do. I’d love to pretend I can manage like a south ga plantation but I don’t have to means or time to do that.
Personally I have about 3 acres around the house and pond that holds birds. I’m putting it in a rotation to burn every 2 years or so and spraying out any nasty stuff like sycamore. Left a couple sumac trees for shade and roosting. Also a fence row with cedars and other trees they can use. Removing feral cats I’ve acquired.
Leaving ditches in my crop fields fallow. Not letting the farmer encroach or spray them. I sprayed some of the bad stuff out last year and burned one. Will try to burn the others this spring.
Spraying out sericea lespedeza around my fields and letting better forbs come up.
In all reality that’s about the extent of what I am or honestly can do. I’d love to pretend I can manage like a south ga plantation but I don’t have to means or time to do that.