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<blockquote data-quote="504RP" data-source="post: 1716922" data-attributes="member: 40335"><p>There is a privately owned vacation refuge I guess what you could call it. Located here.</p><p></p><p>A billionaire bought about 5,000 acres in the foothills. It's wooded with open fields. Built a high fence around it. Put a airport, several nice log houses etc...,</p><p></p><p>Has a full time crew of people to maintain the property. The property is mountainous has alot of sencic views. Thoes people build black top roads, take care of the wild life they raise there. Have a herd of Elk, was told around 100 head. White tailed deer are all over the place. Last time I was there I saw a herd of 75 maybe 100.</p><p>Got black bears</p><p></p><p>And they have their own hatchery where they hatch out quail, pheasant and other game birds.</p><p></p><p>They had a auction a couple years ago saleing off some of their equipment etc..., I bought 4 quail brood boxes that they used to transplant quail from the hatchery into the refuge in order to try and make the quail wild.</p><p></p><p>You can raise several hundred quail per brood house in them. They are designed so that while the quail are still chicks they can go in one half of the brood house like a chicken coop at night to roost. That half also has nipple waters, and feeders, and they can stay out of the rain. The other half of the brood box is a cage so that the chicks can get outside during the day. Hawks and Owls or other predators can't get to them. But the idea is they are exposed to predators at that stage enticing the birds to become wild.</p><p></p><p>The cage has a small door that can be latched open. So after the baby quail have reached a certain size. Someone can latch the release door open after dark when the quail are roosting.</p><p></p><p>Supposedly from that point the quail can come and go from the brood house until they strike out on their own.</p><p></p><p>I plan on using the brood houses to raise quail for the freezer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="504RP, post: 1716922, member: 40335"] There is a privately owned vacation refuge I guess what you could call it. Located here. A billionaire bought about 5,000 acres in the foothills. It's wooded with open fields. Built a high fence around it. Put a airport, several nice log houses etc..., Has a full time crew of people to maintain the property. The property is mountainous has alot of sencic views. Thoes people build black top roads, take care of the wild life they raise there. Have a herd of Elk, was told around 100 head. White tailed deer are all over the place. Last time I was there I saw a herd of 75 maybe 100. Got black bears And they have their own hatchery where they hatch out quail, pheasant and other game birds. They had a auction a couple years ago saleing off some of their equipment etc..., I bought 4 quail brood boxes that they used to transplant quail from the hatchery into the refuge in order to try and make the quail wild. You can raise several hundred quail per brood house in them. They are designed so that while the quail are still chicks they can go in one half of the brood house like a chicken coop at night to roost. That half also has nipple waters, and feeders, and they can stay out of the rain. The other half of the brood box is a cage so that the chicks can get outside during the day. Hawks and Owls or other predators can't get to them. But the idea is they are exposed to predators at that stage enticing the birds to become wild. The cage has a small door that can be latched open. So after the baby quail have reached a certain size. Someone can latch the release door open after dark when the quail are roosting. Supposedly from that point the quail can come and go from the brood house until they strike out on their own. I plan on using the brood houses to raise quail for the freezer. [/QUOTE]
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