chadsbritt
New member
Hey Guys,
I'm going to get started on my first habitat project. I live along the northern front range in Colorado. My uncle has some land outside of Hygiene, CO and we're going to try and improve the habitat. It currently doesn't hold any upland birds, but we thougth we'd give it a try. If we can establish some habitat, maybe we can get some birds going. If not it would still be a great place to release birds every year for some planted hunts.
The area seems more naturally suited for Quail. It has several decent sized lakes and a portion of the St. Vrain river running through it. There are tracks of natural grass, but its not very thick. There is also good woody cover along the creek bottom and in one lower lying area that holds more moisture.
Here is a link to an aerial photo. The barren area in between the lakes is about 15 acres and the areas we are considering seeding.
http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=H...40.19232:-105.19183:0:::::/io:0:::::f:EN:M:/e
Our thoughts are to plant the Quail Unlimited brood seed mix (below is what it contains) where the areas of natural grasses are. We were also thinking switchgrass might be a good alternative. It see it everywhere in eastern colorado and it seems easy to grow. We were also going to plant smaller sections of food plots or ragweed. Pheasant restoration sells a ragweed plot and says its great for invertebrates. What is everyones thoughts? Are we on the right track? Has anyone used the quail unlimited brood seed mix?
Western/Low Rainfall (generally, Kansas & westward)
Native grasses:
Little Bluestem (Aldous) - 1.00 pls per acre
Sideoats Grama (El Reno) - 0.50 pls per acre
Big Bluestem (Earl, Kaw, Roundtree) - 1.00 pls per acre
Indiangrass (Cheyenne, Osage) - 0.25 pls per acre
Sand Lovegrass - 0.25 pls per acre
Sand Dropseed - 0.25 pls per acre
Forbs:
Illinois Bundleflower - 2 oz pls per acre
Showy Patridgepea - 4 oz pls per acre
Alfalfa - 10 oz pls per acre
Total - 4.25 lbs pls per acre
I'm going to get started on my first habitat project. I live along the northern front range in Colorado. My uncle has some land outside of Hygiene, CO and we're going to try and improve the habitat. It currently doesn't hold any upland birds, but we thougth we'd give it a try. If we can establish some habitat, maybe we can get some birds going. If not it would still be a great place to release birds every year for some planted hunts.
The area seems more naturally suited for Quail. It has several decent sized lakes and a portion of the St. Vrain river running through it. There are tracks of natural grass, but its not very thick. There is also good woody cover along the creek bottom and in one lower lying area that holds more moisture.
Here is a link to an aerial photo. The barren area in between the lakes is about 15 acres and the areas we are considering seeding.
http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=H...40.19232:-105.19183:0:::::/io:0:::::f:EN:M:/e
Our thoughts are to plant the Quail Unlimited brood seed mix (below is what it contains) where the areas of natural grasses are. We were also thinking switchgrass might be a good alternative. It see it everywhere in eastern colorado and it seems easy to grow. We were also going to plant smaller sections of food plots or ragweed. Pheasant restoration sells a ragweed plot and says its great for invertebrates. What is everyones thoughts? Are we on the right track? Has anyone used the quail unlimited brood seed mix?
Western/Low Rainfall (generally, Kansas & westward)
Native grasses:
Little Bluestem (Aldous) - 1.00 pls per acre
Sideoats Grama (El Reno) - 0.50 pls per acre
Big Bluestem (Earl, Kaw, Roundtree) - 1.00 pls per acre
Indiangrass (Cheyenne, Osage) - 0.25 pls per acre
Sand Lovegrass - 0.25 pls per acre
Sand Dropseed - 0.25 pls per acre
Forbs:
Illinois Bundleflower - 2 oz pls per acre
Showy Patridgepea - 4 oz pls per acre
Alfalfa - 10 oz pls per acre
Total - 4.25 lbs pls per acre
