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Habitat Characteristics Associated with Ring-necked Pheasant Use of Winter Food Plots in Eastern South Dakota
… has resulted in placement of numerous winter food plots, primarily of corn, on private lands in eastern South Dakota with the intent to help wintering ring-necked pheasants (Phasianus colchicus) survive. The objective of this study was to evaluate levels of pheasant use of food plots in …
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Food Plot and Habitat Characteristics Associated With Ring-Necked Pheasant Use of Winter Food Plots in East-Central South Dakota
<p>A total of 174 food plots (primarily corn), planted to benefit wintering ring-necked pheasants (Phasianus colchicus), were studied on private lands in east-central South Dakota during winters 1988-89 through 1991-92. The objective of this study was to evaluate the relationship of winter food …
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An Evaluation of Corn and Sorghum as a Winter Food Source for Ring-necked Pheasants
In many localities winter food plots of corn am/or sorghum are used to enhance the over-winter survival of ring-necked pheasants. Yet, few studies have been conducted evaluating the benefits provided by winter diets of com and/or sorghum to pheasants. 1be gut morphology and body condition of 110 …
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Food Plot Effects on Winter Home Range and Survival of Radio-Marked Pheasant Hens in East-Central South Dakota
The establishment of food plots next to winter cover is a common management practice used in South Dakota to provide a readily available source of food and cover for ring-necked pheasants (hasianus colchicus) through the winter months. Pheasant use of food plots during winter and factors …
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Nutritional Ecology of White-Tailed Deer: Assessment of an Index to Diet Quality and a Repellent
… 3%, 5%, 10%, and 20%). Second, I manipulated food plots (n=3) by treating 3 separate blocks with different concentrations (0% [control], 10%, and 20%) of tannins. I monitored feeding preference relative to tannin treatments within food plots three times per week, during mid- (May – July) and …
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Assessing and evaluating the Forest Stewardship Program: promoting and conducting sound wildlife management
… and/or managing snags, creating edge, developing food plots, and establishing mast producing species were recommended most often. A second questionnaire was sent to 300 randomly chosen Virginia FSP participants (1991 - 1993) (response rate 81.3%) who declared "wildlife" as their primary or …
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Deer Preference for Corn Hybrids and Husbandry Practices During the Growing Season
… adult female white-tailed deer (n = 4) in corn food plots to study the effect of herbicide treatments on deer use (treatment vs. no treatment) of corn in 2005, and to document preference among specific corn hybrids in 2006 and 2007. I documented preference based on deer use by plot area in …
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Flightless Giant Canada Goose Depredation Abatement and Disgestibility of Selected Crops in South Dakota
… vegetation visual barriers in conjunction with a food plot. A study site was chosen along an open shoreline on the Whitewood Slough Game Production Area, Kingsbury County, South Dakota. The existing alfalfa field was manipulated to form an alfalfa barrier and adjacent food plot. The objectives in …
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An evaluation of some rabbit management procedures as applied in southeastern Virginia
… Fisheries consist of establishment of wildlife food plots, the seeding of fire lanes and mowing and burning as a means of retarding ecological succession. Results of these evaluations indicated that the annual mixture plot is the type most heavily utilized by rabbits during the fall. Next in …