cyclonenation10
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Hello all,
Our family recently purchased 175 acres of land in eastern Iowa with the intent to enroll as much as possible in different programs. The only focus of this property will be for pheasants.
A creek winds through the entire property and there are only about 50 acres or so not considered to be in the flood plain. Along the creek, there is plenty of very thick shrubs/iron weeds/slough grass etc. I don't think that there is any lack of wintering cover, but outside of that, everything else has been in crop ground. My thought is that nesting cover is where our primary focus needs to be. There are a few birds on the property right now, which will be good for seed.
My question is, where would you start with a property like this? Is there a way to try and get the hens to nest on the parts of the property that don't typically flood? IF so, what would be the best way to go about doing so?
There are also a number of trees on the property that look like ideal spots for predators to perch. Would it be worthwhile spending some time with the chainsaw and knocking down these trees? Where would you start with this?
Thanks for any input, I am interested to see what we can do!
Here is the google map image, the white lines indicate the borders, the west side border is the road
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Our family recently purchased 175 acres of land in eastern Iowa with the intent to enroll as much as possible in different programs. The only focus of this property will be for pheasants.
A creek winds through the entire property and there are only about 50 acres or so not considered to be in the flood plain. Along the creek, there is plenty of very thick shrubs/iron weeds/slough grass etc. I don't think that there is any lack of wintering cover, but outside of that, everything else has been in crop ground. My thought is that nesting cover is where our primary focus needs to be. There are a few birds on the property right now, which will be good for seed.
My question is, where would you start with a property like this? Is there a way to try and get the hens to nest on the parts of the property that don't typically flood? IF so, what would be the best way to go about doing so?
There are also a number of trees on the property that look like ideal spots for predators to perch. Would it be worthwhile spending some time with the chainsaw and knocking down these trees? Where would you start with this?
Thanks for any input, I am interested to see what we can do!
Here is the google map image, the white lines indicate the borders, the west side border is the road
View attachment 7785
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