Game cover crop question

Pat McGroin

Hi lads .

I was just talking to the old fella there and he's been flat out at the hay the last few weeks . Before he cut the meadows he went through them with the dogs and he said they were crawling with pheasants.
Now I'm looking for a bit of info on what kind of cover crop he can sow this late in the year to hold them around the place . We have a strip of land that backs onto a bog that would be ideal to sow ,
Any suggestions as to what we should sow?

Thanks

Spunk84

Pat McGroin wrote: »

Hi lads .

I was just talking to the old fella there and he's been flat out at the hay the last few weeks . Before he cut the meadows he went through them with the dogs and he said they were crawling with pheasants.
Now I'm looking for a bit of info on what kind of cover crop he can sow this late in the year to hold them around the place . We have a strip of land that backs onto a bog that would be ideal to sow ,
Any suggestions as to what we should sow?

Thanks

Are you a member or NARGC or any other organisation ? If so there selling cover crops quite cheap and supposed to be really good

jap gt

have a look at mac eoins site, he is based in dingle, very sound to deal with

sonofthegun

An old farmer gave me a bag of jerusalem artichokes and we planted them at the edge of a very old wood that hasnt had pheasant in it for years it was an area we are trying to keep stocked but seemingly phesants go mad for these there like sweet potatoe and will come back every year if you leave tubers in the ground cant wait to see how it works out
stog

meathstevie

I'd suggest you let it grow wild for the autumn now and use it for game and cover crops in spring and feed it through winter.

Pat McGroin

I tried McEoin's and theyre all sold out of their packs , I'm a member of a gun club so might try the nargc and see what they say . I really only want it to hold a few birds to get the dogs working right in it .

Spunk84

Pat McGroin wrote: »

I tried McEoin's and theyre all sold out of their packs , I'm a member of a gun club so might try the nargc and see what they say . I really only want it to hold a few birds to get the dogs working right in it .

As I said above bud, Bags of game crop are available €65 per bag.........60% subsidy available from nargc .......contact your club secretaryÂ*for details regarding. 60% reduction is great,

Birdnuts

Been to the South of France recently(Dordogne) and crops like flax,alfalfa and sainfoin all appear to support large numbers of quail and partridges. This area appears to have been spared the worst excesses of intensive agriculture(eg.over use of pesticides, removal of traditional farm habitats etc.:() and still supports an abundance of wildlife and game. Indeed it reminded me of how my father described the Irish countryside when he was a lad.

meathstevie

Birdnuts wrote: »

Been to the South of France recently(Dordogne) and crops like flax,alfalfa and sainfoin all appear to support large numbers of quail and partridges. This area appears to have been spared the worst excesses of intensive agriculture(eg.over use of pesticides, removal of traditional farm habitats etc.:() and still supports an abundance of wildlife and game. Indeed it reminded me of how my father described the Irish countryside when he was a lad.

That's what it all boils down to; good habitat. Hedgerows, a bit of an overgrown field or ditch here and there, and a good variation of crops and surprise surprise game and other wildlife in abundance....