Game crop suggestions

pullandbang

Our local club owns a small pice of ground smack bang in the middle of the club area. We have our main release pen in it. It's about 3 acres and we've just cleaned it up with a view to sowing a game/cover crop.

I know it's gone a bit late in the year for sowing, and we still have about two weeks work left to do, but anyone got any suggestions as to what the best crop to sow would be?

meathstevie

Wheat, barley, peas, cabbage ( pigeons love to mill them in winter ) and maybe plant a couple of berry bushes ? Also a couple of rows of mais isn't a bad idea, you can just knock over a couple of stalks when it's ripe and harvest the rest for feeders. Above all let it run a bit wild... .

pullandbang

Thanks for the info - my worry is are we too late for sowing most crops?

J.R.

BASC site

http://www.basc.org.uk/content/cover_crops_and_pest_cont

J.R.

If you're a member of a gun club with NAGC you may qualify for grant

http://www.nargc.ie/site/conservation/habitat_dev_grants.aspx?language=ENG

Invincible

If you can get your hands on jerusalam artichockes,they're a great crop for pheasant,once planted,they return yearly,will have a look for contact details of Tullamore dealer for you.