2023 Pheasant Poult Prices

[Weihrauch17]

2 hours ago, London Best said:

Maybe the problem is 44 acres of dense scrub?

That is the best bit.

4 hours ago, jall25 said:

Morning

Thats a big shoot !

How many birds do you release ? Maybe try and condense it a bit - to manage over that area i would imagine is hard work

600 most years but last year 400 with the price of Wheat and Poults.  

[jall25]

1 hour ago, Weihrauch17 said:

That is the best bit.

600 most years but last year 400 with the price of Wheat and Poults.  

Im with London Best - thick scrub - in my experience is ok in blocks with nice rides through - some nice sunny spots but 44 acres of it - Im not sure if indeed you do have the right habitat and hence why they are wandering.

 

The best magnet to hold birds that i put in was some small / medium sized ponds - option for you ?

Just now, jall25 said:

Im with London Best - thick scrub - in my experience is ok in blocks with nice rides through - some nice sunny spots but 44 acres of it - Im not sure if indeed you do have the right habitat and hence why they are wandering.

 

The best magnet to hold birds that i put in was some small / medium sized ponds - option for you ?

Maybe ask BASC to come and give it the once over for you ?

[Weihrauch17]

1 hour ago, jall25 said:

Im with London Best - thick scrub - in my experience is ok in blocks with nice rides through - some nice sunny spots but 44 acres of it - Im not sure if indeed you do have the right habitat and hence why they are wandering.

 

The best magnet to hold birds that i put in was some small / medium sized ponds - option for you ?

Maybe ask BASC to come and give it the once over for you ?

Its not all scrub, there are gorges and wooded areas also, it is dense in summer but dies back in Winter.  What we do hasn't changed and it has worked fine for decades until the last 2 years and other shoots have found the same.  I am sure the main issue is the mild winters we now get, we use feeders and they no longer hold the birds like they used to.  We have a pond on it albeit badly silted up but that is being sorted.

[jall25]

12 minutes ago, Weihrauch17 said:

Its not all scrub, there are gorges and wooded areas also, it is dense in summer but dies back in Winter.  What we do hasn't changed and it has worked fine for decades until the last 2 years and other shoots have found the same.  I am sure the main issue is the mild winters we now get, we use feeders and they no longer hold the birds like they used to.  We have a pond on it albeit badly silted up but that is being sorted.

Woods change in decades - would suggest getting the saws out or even the digger if its being used to clear silt in the pond and get the woods opened up a bit (lot)