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feeding the pheasants #7765313
01/07/23 02:05 PM
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Every morning and evening, the pheasants pour in 50 to 60 on average

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Re: feeding the pheasants [Re: SDB] #7765320
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Very cool! I saw more pheasants on our trip to SD this year than I have ever seen. I even managed to hit a couple.


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Re: feeding the pheasants [Re: SDB] #7765321
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I like the pic . It you have a little bit of space some sorghum or standing corn would provide some cover as they are feeding I grew up hunting wild ring necks .Thanks for posting

Re: feeding the pheasants [Re: SDB] #7765336
01/07/23 02:42 PM
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GFP guy said if your going to feed them the cheap bird seed should be on the menu as the harder seeds work like grit for them, if they can’t get to grit they can’t grind what they eat. We have feeding areas on both sides of the house lots of pheasants and rabbits in those areas day and night.


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Re: feeding the pheasants [Re: SDB] #7765341
01/07/23 02:49 PM
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Nice, we used to have pheasants frown ..Got to be cheaper then feeding 50 turkeys too. I have them lining up to the buffet bar twice a day....I had to put them on a diet....

Re: feeding the pheasants [Re: SDB] #7765346
01/07/23 02:52 PM
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Thanks SDB!! I’m not sure of your location but they definitely need fed this year! We had great numbers up around our farm and they took a beating the past 3 weeks. Dad used to feed 150-200 on bad years.

Re: feeding the pheasants [Re: SDB] #7765616
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corn and sunflowers on the menu. They have access for grit along the gravel driveway. I feed a lot of deer and pheasants, every year. Lots of snow this year. Food plots are buried and cover is at a premium. Love watching them.

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Re: feeding the pheasants [Re: SDB] #7765632
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Nice. We have very few pheasants around here, not enough feed and deep snow. If I put food out I could have a couple hundred turkeys (AKA avian rats) in no time. I would love to have pheasants and more quail.


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Re: feeding the pheasants [Re: 160user] #7765697
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With the bumper 160?

Re: feeding the pheasants [Re: SDB] #7765749
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Nice work.

Re: feeding the pheasants [Re: SDB] #7765752
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I have been feeding a few in my yard. Cracked corn. 2 cocks and 6 hens..


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Re: feeding the pheasants [Re: SDB] #7765910
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nice we use to have a few but none now

Re: feeding the pheasants [Re: SDB] #7765949
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Its amazing to me how many people in other states say "they used to have wild pheasants." I cant imagine not havimg them around. Shame on us for allowing it, I guess. Lots of good memories and more to cpme.

Re: feeding the pheasants [Re: SDB] #7765953
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Our state DNR's sure have a double standard regarding invasive species.

Re: feeding the pheasants [Re: SDB] #7765961
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An old friend in Ossian Iowa,farmer trapper told me 30 yrs ago that to them they were just a nuisance. Saw 2 this yr here and those are the first in many yrs in Ohio. At least my son got to see one.

Re: feeding the pheasants [Re: SDB] #7765983
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They are all over on the road edges lately eating gravel

I have seen a couple dozen on my land this fall/winter


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Re: feeding the pheasants [Re: SDB] #7765989
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We fed some a few #5's last week
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Re: feeding the pheasants [Re: SDB] #7765997
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That's a great picture! cool

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Frame that Picture !!!


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Re: feeding the pheasants [Re: SDB] #7766002
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Originally Posted by SDB
Its amazing to me how many people in other states say "they used to have wild pheasants." I cant imagine not havimg them around. Shame on us for allowing it, I guess. Lots of good memories and more to cpme.

Thankfully we still have plenty around here. Probably more now than in many years. A series of mild winters and dry, warm springs has been easy on them.

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