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Before you cut the silage!

mallards · 2009-06-05 18:08:25

If you know someone with a good hunting dog, get them to run the dog through the field before its cut. They may come across a pheasants nest or maybe a young deer. It's well worth the effort and you won't do any harm to the silage. Alternatively cut a line up the center of the field before you start cutting from the…

05-06-2009 6:08pm

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If you know someone with a good hunting dog, get them to run the dog through the field before its cut. They may come across a pheasants nest or maybe a young deer. It's well worth the effort and you won't do any harm to the silage. Alternatively cut a line up the center of the field before you start cutting from the outside in. This will give animals with young a chance to escape quickly before being killed. Again it will do no harm to the silage.
Shooting lads would love the opportunity to work their dog in the summer months and you won't have any dead animals in the silage to spoil it.
Plus there will be a lot more wildlife around the farm!

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