Pheasant habitat
- Thread starter Brian662
- Start date
Turkey Creek
5 year old buck +
We had our 3rd bobcat this morning. I am sure we aren't really making a dent though as they travel alot of ground and I doubt anyone else is putting much effort into harvesting them.
bwoods11
5 year old buck +
Mowed out ? They required it to be mowed ?Much of that area has been great cir switch that had to be mowed out for the new program.
Perhaps some will grow back in the new planting
Not required, but I need my no till planter to get decent ground contact and there were/are still lots of weeds that I don't want to fight after planting that many acres of seeds that I don't want to spray after germination.
There's still some areas that I may till to smooth them out and get a better seed bed.
Brian662
5 year old buck +
It'll be back I'm sure, probably in just the right amount tooMuch of that area has been great cir switch that had to be mowed out for the new program.
Perhaps some will grow back in the new planting
That's what I'm hoping. There is a small amount of Indian grass and Big Bluestem in the required mix. The pheasants sure do like my switch along with all the berries and shrubbery.
bigboreblr
5 year old buck +
Male sure they got a spot on the ground the coyotes have trouble getting to them. Downed trees, or dumping some braches under the base of spruce trees. They do roost at night at times, expecially the new ones from the farm. Close to 100% chance fnding one in a juniper bush here in NY.
I trainedm y dog to be the clean up crew, find the ones the field runners go right past.
I trainedm y dog to be the clean up crew, find the ones the field runners go right past.
Badgers80
A good 3 year old buck
Thought I'd share some pics from this weekend's pheasant hunt.
Temps were warmer (30's, 40's) than they had been, so I thought birds could be in any cover. But, I found them all close/in the cattails. My GSP flushed 2 separate hens off her nose just outside the cattails as we headed toward them. I say flushed off her nose since she naturally is a bit wild and doesn't like to point when she's on a trail - I'm ok with it, I'm used to labs. We continued toward the thick cattails and she got hot and burst in. Within seconds, a hen flushed. Then, the rest of the clan joined in and 5 more birds flushed almost simultaneously. I was a little far away and thought they all looked like hens. Of course, a rooster let out some cackles as they were 50+ yards out. I headed across the cattails and flushed a rooster 5-10 yards away. He was headed in the direction of a house, so I let him go. Went home empty handed, but it was a fun hunt.
Took some pics as I walked. I've always enjoyed looking at the makeup of the land and looking at habitat changes I could make. I snapped pics of the lowlands mostly, a mix of cattails, red osier dogwood, tag alder, reed canary. Anyone have an ID on the 3rd shrub with the bulbs? Or the second to last pic of the shrub? (elderberry?)
Temps were warmer (30's, 40's) than they had been, so I thought birds could be in any cover. But, I found them all close/in the cattails. My GSP flushed 2 separate hens off her nose just outside the cattails as we headed toward them. I say flushed off her nose since she naturally is a bit wild and doesn't like to point when she's on a trail - I'm ok with it, I'm used to labs. We continued toward the thick cattails and she got hot and burst in. Within seconds, a hen flushed. Then, the rest of the clan joined in and 5 more birds flushed almost simultaneously. I was a little far away and thought they all looked like hens. Of course, a rooster let out some cackles as they were 50+ yards out. I headed across the cattails and flushed a rooster 5-10 yards away. He was headed in the direction of a house, so I let him go. Went home empty handed, but it was a fun hunt.
Took some pics as I walked. I've always enjoyed looking at the makeup of the land and looking at habitat changes I could make. I snapped pics of the lowlands mostly, a mix of cattails, red osier dogwood, tag alder, reed canary. Anyone have an ID on the 3rd shrub with the bulbs? Or the second to last pic of the shrub? (elderberry?)
Attachments
BuckSutherland
5 year old buck +
I was driving up north last Thursday. South of Kingston there are a couple nice patches of CRP. One of them had a nice crab apple tree a couple hundred feet off the road. There were 4 big roosters in the tree going to town on the little apples as I drove by.
Badgers80
A good 3 year old buck
That’s fun to see! I really didn’t know much about crabapples until this site. Now, I have 25 to plant this spring
