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is helps protect the platform from rot and This will attract the birds to the secure winter <br /> so keeps the crib out of the snow. But cover area. <br /> remember, pheasants are accustomed to Be sure to let some of the corn spill on the <br /> finding their feed on the ground. Do not raise ground and platform adjacent to the crib. <br /> the crib more than eight inches off of the Pheasants will feed on this corn first and <br /> ground. become accustomed to the crib. • <br /> --i, 1 POINTS TO REMEMBER <br /> ;,;),---](- <br /> ,____r-----Y--ir-----___ ,- 8 <br /> �F--���_ 1. A managed food plot is the best way to <br /> ,L✓ '_-4 )I_, ,7-.SIC provide a reliable food source. <br /> �� �� Lr� 2. Feeder-cribs are one way of placing a <br /> r-� A��__' _.Iftfood source near an existing cover area <br /> - � A __��_ where such food is lacking. However, the <br /> �- f ' -�1 ��� greatest problems usually facing <br /> •,-, ----='4,{-.--L4,-=-9,__ I (L]Lir_ , Minnesota pheasants are the loss of <br /> fl T nesting cover and winter cover. <br /> _ _ 3. Place the feeder-cribs in an open, <br /> ....,; _,_ ,.- windswept area <br /> : ::: rten <br /> iii _ z row shelterbelt or shelterbelts containing <br /> at least four rows of evergreens. <br /> 4. Fill feeder-cribs with ear corn before <br /> winter, no later than November 15, and <br /> refill until spring snow melt. <br /> 5. Feeder-cribs are best used as an annual <br /> Materials needed: management practice but adapt well to <br /> Woven-wire fencing emergency use. , <br /> (39"height,6"stays, 12'long) 6. Depending on the severity of the winter, <br /> Wood platform(4'x 4') cribs should be checked periodically to • <br /> Cement blocks or rocks <br /> Fencing staples(4) make sure corn is available. <br /> Nails 7. Deer also make use of feeder-cribs, and • <br /> can consume a lot of corn. In such areas <br /> the cribs will require constant replen- <br /> FILLING THE CRIB ishment during the winter if food is going <br /> to remain available for pheasants and <br /> other small game species. <br /> The cribs should be filled in the fall about <br /> the time farmers are harvesting their corn. It <br /> is important to fill the cribs before winter sets <br /> in so it is there for the birds to find after other - <br /> ood sources are eliminated by fall plowing. <br /> 0 <br />
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