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"Rides" are the access tracks that run through woods, but I also put them in the rides I cut through covers. You can pretty much just drop a bale and cut the strings, within a few days the birds will have spread the straw by themselves. You throw food onto them (sparingly, make them work for it) and it keeps the birds occupied rather than going to a feeder, eating a crop full and wandering off.

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Basically a footpath,through a wood or cover crop that has the floor covered with straw.

 

Helps keep the birds active as they have to scrat for food that has been chucked onto straw and fell through, and on cover crops stops thier feet getting all caked up with mud,

 

Hope this gives you the picture.

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Sorry if this sounds a silly question, but what exactly is a straw ride? As just had my first shoot day and someone mentioned I should use straw rides to keep the birds busy

 

Rides are usually gaps in woods and forests traditionally left for those on horseback to ride through the woods. Now the term can be used for any gap through scrub, bush or woodland; a fire break for example.

 

You can put straw down at the side of woods, walls or in clearings. As has been said the idea is to get the birds to spend some time there so putting the straw in sheltered or sunny areas would be better than in cold, damp or windy spots. They are easy to do; just put the bale down on its side, cut the strings and unroll it. Simple, but can be expensive with the price of straw and transport.

 

If you have a problem with grey squirrels scattering wheat around the feeders it might pay to put straw down all around the feeders so that the scattered wheat doesn't rot on the ground but is available for pheasants to root and peck at.

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