Stillsy Posted March 22, 2008 Report Share Posted March 22, 2008 (edited) Many woods have thin bottoms and all gamekeepers will no that to keep pheasants in a wood, it needs to be warm and insulated. However much you feed a wood, the birds wont stay it unless warm. On a couple of the woods, we have cut down loads of useless, old wood down, and stacking it up around the edges of the wood, only 2-3ft high this allows the wind over the top, but not down low, keeping the pheasants warm, this maintains the woods, and will really help to keep the birds there. Hope this helps James Edited March 22, 2008 by Stillsy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurcherboy Posted March 22, 2008 Report Share Posted March 22, 2008 They roost in trees. LB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustyfox Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 They roost in trees. LB think he means a place to go during the day. when feeding etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillsy Posted March 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 completley agree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarka Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 could tru moving some snowberry bushes or some box Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HEAD SHOT Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 Sound advice mate. I was just in the process of creating stick/branch piles for some kind of cover. The westerly wind is prevelent where I live. Shure the dog will love to sniff through it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunnybasher100 Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 you could try planting some western red ceder they make nice warm woods, privet, loraul clear patches so bramble can come up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suffolk shooter Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 You can also put straw bales along the inside of the wood. The birds love to sit on top of them as well as get behind them to shelter. Clearing ground for brambles is good advice as is cutting brashings and piling them in smallish heaps randomly. I have shoot on a shoot with snowberries planted and it worked very well. Laurel is good but tends to kill all around it, bit like certain firs. Planting of cover crops down the prevailing wind side of a wood will also help and will of course provide a focal point for flushing at the same time. Go with a tallish crop like maize with a sorghum strip on the edges of that and you have shelter, feed, protection in one. SS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catroofel Posted March 27, 2008 Report Share Posted March 27, 2008 i find abit of that japanese honey suckle (lonicera) usually dies the trick as it's warm and provides dusting for the birds and also acts as a great flushing point if put in the right places :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferretboy111 Posted March 27, 2008 Report Share Posted March 27, 2008 I have thickened my woods by cutting down trees such as hawthorn and elders and piling them up along the edges. This then allows for the undergrowth to grow up aswell with the light available. Im lucky that all but 1 of my woods are thin on the ground of cover etc. All the other suggestions above are very good. Alex :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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