Hunting revival care

Every first of the month normally our column about the Revier care. This fits in with our hunting.be tips department and is therefore kept there (hunting.be tips).
With thanks to Paul Wyndaele, author of the book Blijvend Jagen.
In August it should be warm and dry. Too much is not good in both cases. Good weather with some precipitation is good for Jachtheer and farmer.
 
 
 
Small game
Although there is plenty of food (grains, berries, animal food) available, supplementary feeding can certainly help. If only to keep the small game in their own area. But above all, provide drinking water. This for the game birds, but also for the Hares. The Hares now normally have their last litter. For the two-year-old queens, this may be their fourth and largest litter.
Big game
With the start of August, we are in full heat at the Ree. Wait for a warm, sweltering day, and head out into the revier to see cycling goats and floating bucks. While the goats are charmed by the bucks, they leave their kites in the cover. If you know when mowing is going on in your deer area, a round with the pointer can’t hurt. The rut goes hand in hand with quite a bit of walking and running back and forth. Of course, building a number of extra escape routes or opening through brambles never hurts. At the end of August, after the rut, everyone in Reeënland is exhausted, the work is done. And so the territorial boundaries are also starting to fade. As a result, we now see Roe Deer popping up in lesser-known places.
All tips & tricks to prevent mowing victims on our separate page – Preventing mowing victims.
Fieldwork
We will continue to keep the paths and roads short. To feed, but also to give the juvenile animals a drying place after a rain shower. A small effort, but so useful for the growing game. These places and the surrounding cover may group the small game but also attract the predators. Mirror balls and mirrors on the feeders help here. Because of the mirror effect, the birds of prey think that the territory has already been taken and fly off.
Equipment
During the coming holidays we can start some larger fieldwork: Checking and repairing bridges over some streams, transfer stairs over barbed wire, and possibly taking care of the high seats. We place mirrors above feeders or drinking troughs to deter the predators.
If necessary, visit the farmers to explain to them the usefulness of game rescuers and, cfr above, to show them a game-friendly mowing technique.