Recatching the left over pheasants after a hunt on my Preserve

[Birdhunter1]

Huh - - I've never seen or heard of guided bird hunts. In Alaska we had guided big game hunts but NO ONE ever hoped for the return of a brown or grizzly that the hunter missed!!! Biggest problems here are keeping the pheasants & turkeys out of my yard - they really tend to tear up a yard.

The usual guided bird hunt was a group of duck hunters that had tagged out at a local club that also sold upland hunts as part of a package, Guided waterfowl/upland hunt/lodging etc, and we did the upland part for them.
Or it would be husbands, father/son/grandson kinda groups around Thanksgiving or Christmas. Now and then a Corporate party that entailed a cookout and upland hunt.

The corporate or waterfowl hunter groups were usually the best to deal with, the guys coming near the holidays were usually where the pain in the butt guys came from but it wasn't often they were pains. Most just had a desire to be afield with their family and wanted to have a good time. Occasionally when it got close to the end of the day they'd ask me to carry my shotgun to shoot in case I happened to be in the best place for a shot and they couldn't shoot (as I would be in the way which of course I tried never to be in the way).

Guiding upland hunts on a hunting preserve is not the same kind of guiding as an Alaskan bear hunt.

 

[nybirdman]

Getting lots of practice recatching pheasant.....ice storm brought down one of my big pens.50x150

 

[todd walker]

nybirdman, funny my pens are the same size 10' tall at the wall, I got very lucky and nothing bad happened other then the waters froze for 2 days..

 

[aczlan]

What do you use for top nets? We had someone put a top net on our chicken pen this summer, but the first wet heavy snow took it out.

Aaron Z

 

[nybirdman]

On my pens for top net I use single strand knotted 2in.net.I used to use the poly weave and found the single strand much stronger.As you know one of mine(the older one) came down;with 1/2 of ice on the net you are talking tons of weight.I will try a new cable system this summer,right now all I have is center post about ten ft. apart.Too much concentrated weight on a small area.

 

[aczlan]

On my pens for top net I use single strand knotted 2in.net.I used to use the poly weave and found the single strand much stronger.As you know one of mine(the older one) came down;with 1/2 of ice on the net you are talking tons of weight.I will try a new cable system this summer,right now all I have is center post about ten ft. apart.Too much concentrated weight on a small area.

We have 2 posts ~10' apart with a board between them and then there was ~10' of net down and out to the top of the chainlink. IIRC it was something like this: Bird Netting - Heavy Duty Structural Netting | Bird-X
As I understand it, you used something like this: Bird Netting - Commercial PE Netting | Bird-X

What about using galvanized mesh such as: Amazon.com: Mat 308498B 72-Inch by 150-Feet 2-Inch Mesh Galvanized Poultry Netting: Patio, Lawn & Garden ?

Aaron Z

 

[nybirdman]

I don't like either of those choices.First one will catch snow like crazy,the second is too hard to work with.I use galvanized and plastic coated on the sides ,up to four ft.Like I said(even tho chickens can't fly) for your top net ,single strand knotted netting(2") best bet where snow fall is a consideration.
This type of netting has a stretch one way.I can't remember where I purchased but will look into it if interested.
try:www.cutlersupply.com heavy knotted netting.

 

[todd walker]

www.3tproducts.com

 

[aczlan]

I don't like either of those choices.First one will catch snow like crazy,the second is too hard to work with.I use galvanized and plastic coated on the sides ,up to four ft.Like I said(even tho chickens can't fly) for your top net ,single strand knotted netting(2") best bet where snow fall is a consideration.
This type of netting has a stretch one way.I can't remember where I purchased but will look into it if interested.
try:Cutler Pheasant and Poultry Supplies - Reptiles, Poultry, Beekeeping and Gamebirds heavy knotted netting.

So something like this: Heavy Knotted Netting 2 mesh Heavy Knotted Netting 2 mesh [] - - It's Free! : Gamebird and Beekeeping, Service and Supplies ?

Aaron Z

 

[nybirdman]

That's it.Just pick your size and remember it doesn't stretch a whole lot.My sides are about 8ft.so I bring the top net down to meet the hard wire at 4ft.If building new pens,the plastic coated 1in galvanized wire on the sides is the way to go.Last a lot longer than anything else I have tried.The top net(at least for pheasant) I try to leave a little loose;so they can bounce off.