Cranfield Posted August 31, 2009 Report Share Posted August 31, 2009 Now is the time to try to get your Farmer to put some straw bales to one side for Winter hides. The rape is being drilled in my area, so is the wheat. A lot of the fields are completely open, with very little natural cover, apart from the ditches, which will be half full of water in the winter. I will pick out some spots in the next week or so and get the hides out as soon as the rape starts to show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edward Posted August 31, 2009 Report Share Posted August 31, 2009 I made 100 small bales for my hides 7 bales per hide = 14 odd hides Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proTOM1 Posted August 31, 2009 Report Share Posted August 31, 2009 I will be putting my hides on the new rape this week most of my 42 rape fields have been drilled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerseaDavid Posted September 1, 2009 Report Share Posted September 1, 2009 We never use bale hides because we like to be able to move with no trouble and we find that pigeons soon get used to where it is safe to sit etc. + the farmer does not have any spare bales left because they have all been sold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harnser Posted September 1, 2009 Report Share Posted September 1, 2009 I made 100 small bales for my hides 7 bales per hide = 14 odd hides B) I have found that 20 bales make the best two man hide . I use 20 so that I can stack them on their lower sides as this makes them more secure and wont blow over in the wind . Harnser . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George1990 Posted September 1, 2009 Report Share Posted September 1, 2009 I've used 6 round straw bales for a 2 man hide. Turn them up on their end and put them in a circle with a bit of netting rounf the top to give the necessary height Don't often get square ones round here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted September 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2009 Where there is natural cover, like hedgerows, trees, etc., you don't need straw bale hides. However, a lot of my permissions are prairies separated by ditches, with no cover, so straw bales are the perfect solution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delbert Posted September 3, 2009 Report Share Posted September 3, 2009 I used to like straw bales as hide material then the flippin industrialisation set in and now the beggers are huge unlike the ones I used to load on trailers by hand its forklift time!! I'm guessing around 300kgs for the 8ft 'square' bales. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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