Re: feeding the pheasants
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01/07/23 01:15 PM
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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
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01/07/23 01:42 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
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01/07/23 07:30 PM
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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.
Last edited by SDB; 01/07/23 07:31 PM.
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Re: feeding the pheasants
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01/07/23 07:42 PM
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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
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01/07/23 09:12 PM
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Re: feeding the pheasants
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01/07/23 10:48 PM
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Re: feeding the pheasants
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01/07/23 10:59 PM
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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
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01/08/23 08:47 AM
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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. 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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