What Do Your Clubs Do

[Johnlurcher 35]

We have started a new club in our area because the old club was full of people who didn't want to spend money or put in any work! So we have started a fresh new start, our area has a range of different land, mainly rough grass land and wood areas, so how do your clubs make sure that there is a good number of birds released, do you rear from a day old, buy poults or adult birds? And releasing them! What's the best time and any info on how you do it and what works for ye? Please

[neil cooney 10,416]

When you say clubs John do you mean Gun Clubs as in Eire ?

[Johnlurcher 35]

Yes I do ?

[neil cooney 10,416]

Will you be affiliated to the NARGC ?

And the land you's have is it already belonging (the shooting I mean) to another club ?

 

Our club buys mostly 16 week old poults which we release around the gun club lands. We buy around 300.

After the season we buy 20 or 30 adult cocks and around 50 or 60 hens. Folk say that released hens don't have a high breeding rate but I released 50 last Saturday and on Monday I seen some of them with wild cocks. After a few years of releasing hens I think it's paying off and weather permitting we have plenty of wild clutches about every year.

We put out plenty of feeders.

It goes without saying we do as much vermin control as possible.

 

If your club is a member of the NARGC make sure you look at anything your club might be entitled too, ie. vermin control equipment, birds and crop cover etc.

 

I think most clubs nowadays buy and release reared birds but there are still a few clubs who buy in young poults and rear them in pens, releasing them when ready.

But it's hard to get members who'll dedicate a lot of their time to building pens and feeding birds and even though most clubs have 30 to 50 members I think you'll find it's always the same 3 or 4 lads who do all the hard work.

Personally I prefare it that way.

[neil cooney 10,416]

I agree Wideboy. Most hens that you'll buy over here now are Michigan Blueback crosses anyway which they say are the best mothers.

Pity they prefare the neighbours land though, LOL.

[Johnlurcher 35]

Will you be affiliated to the NARGC ?

And the land you's have is it already belonging (the shooting I mean) to another club ?

 

Our club buys mostly 16 week old poults which we release around the gun club lands. We buy around 300.

After the season we buy 20 or 30 adult cocks and around 50 or 60 hens. Folk say that released hens don't have a high breeding rate but I released 50 last Saturday and on Monday I seen some of them with wild cocks. After a few years of releasing hens I think it's paying off and weather permitting we have plenty of wild clutches about every year.

We put out plenty of feeders.

It goes without saying we do as much vermin control as possible.

 

If your club is a member of the NARGC make sure you look at anything your club might be entitled too, ie. vermin control equipment, birds and crop cover etc.

 

I think most clubs nowadays buy and release reared birds but there are still a few clubs who buy in young poults and rear them in pens, releasing them when ready.

But it's hard to get members who'll dedicate a lot of their time to building pens and feeding birds and even though most clubs have 30 to 50 members I think you'll find it's always the same 3 or 4 lads who do all the hard work.

Personally I prefare it that way.

thanks for that and no we will join the IFA Countryside the other club are with the nargc ?

[neil cooney 10,416]

OK John, I hear plenty of good things about the IFA .

Normally when a new club sets up beside an existing club there'll be some bad feeling so good luck with the new club.