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Thread: releasing pheasant or some other birds that don't travel far

  1. 06-04-2015, 10:14 PM #1
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    releasing pheasant or some other birds that don't travel far

    what will live close to the coast in otago ?

    got a 100 acea block that I've been told i can left stuff go on
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    Seals?
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  5. 06-04-2015, 11:02 PM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gibo View Post
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    I said the coast not patearoa
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    You can let pheasant go, they need cover and food plants though. To keep them in the area you would need to get an automatic feeder, chap breeds them was telling me can get them for about $150. Not all the released hens will nest, and of course if there are stoats and wild cats they will prey on the youngsters so that will cut numbers down too, but if conditions reasonable for gamebirds some will survive and hopefully increase the population.
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    Quote Originally Posted by dskd View Post
    what will live close to the coast in otago ?

    got a 100 acea block that I've been told i can left stuff go on
    free range mountain folk
    what sort 0f cover ie scrub gorse blackberry trees does the block have ??
    im guessin pheasants but then you got predators wheather extremes to factor in what ever you put down
    anything there already you can help along?
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    Predator control is the single best thing you can do for released birds. A paddock of kale or other brassica is great to release into, they eat the aphids and caterpillars off the plants. It is very rewarding rearing them from eggs to releasing.
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    are pheasants on the game list in otago ?
    always thought they would do well around alex.
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    Partridges are really cool. I see a few here in Hawkes Bay and they don't appear to go far from the same spot. Mind you, this is right next door to a game bird breeder so this could be way off normal.
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  11. 09-04-2015, 12:10 AM #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by gsp follower View Post
    free range mountain folk
    what sort 0f cover ie scrub gorse blackberry trees does the block have ??
    im guessin pheasants but then you got predators wheather extremes to factor in what ever you put down
    anything there already you can help along?

    lots of gorse , pine trees , and other bushes
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    Quote Originally Posted by dskd View Post
    lots of gorse , pine trees , and other bushes
    pheasants then quail are notoriusly hard to release get some advice from who ever you get the birds from and others on here who are doing the same.
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