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