Whoaaa!

Economically planned feeding and a new piglet gang at the feeder. Yesterday I refilled the feed again, since the automatic feeder heads were already spinning empty – a clear sign of depleted stock. From this the following management data can be drawn: The previous refill, on May 10th, was done with 150 kg of grain…

A Saturday evening game of patience After the work I did early Saturday morning at my wildlife management setup, the day naturally ended with a hunt from the stand. The weekend hadn’t started off lucky to begin with: after covering about 200 kilometers, I realized I’d left my cold-weather stand pants and my boots at…

Life is starting to return to the Big Green Wallow . . . Today at 04:36 – while the camera was still in night, black-and-white mode – these fine young pigs arrived and spent more than an hour here, methodically picking up even the weekend’s few handfuls of corn. It’s been a long time since…

To refill and maintain my roughly 200-220kg automatic feeder, check the spreader heads, set the timers, . . . it would be useful to lower the tank and then lift it back up to the 5m height. Some kind of winch solution is the most practical way to raise and lower the load. The inconvenience…

It seems there’s a healthy, strong doe with her calf who has taken a liking to this hidden, undisturbed, quiet little spot, because lately the camera has been sending me pictures of them more and more often. And now this curious calf has come to introduce itself . . .

Wildlife feeders as micro-ecosystems: ecological effects and species community dynamics Introduction Wildlife management facilities, particularly feeding stations and feeders, are indispensable elements of modern game management. Although these facilities are primarily designed to keep economically valuable big game (Cervus elaphus – red deer, Capreolus capreolus – roe deer, Sus scrofa – wild boar) within a…