Possibilities to increase quality and quantity of green fodder for roe and red deer in hunting areas

Abstract

With the appropriate agro technical measures, above all with melioration of flood areas and wetlands, also with cultivating, fertilizing and cutting, it is possible to achieve changes in floristic composition in parts of hunting areas, and in that way to increase quality and quantity of natural food. It is also possible to produce plants with the purpose to obtain better feeding for game. The seeded areas should be formed in several separated and distant places in the hunting area, which allows for the natural distribution of animals searching for food. The seeding of crops should be organized in the system of "green conveyer" in order to obtain continual appearance of fresh green feeds during the vegetation period. Seeded fields should have a fence if possible, and animals should be allowed to enter them only when plants reach the optimal phase for utilization. If animals are kept in gutters or pens the additional feeding with freshly cut green mass is possible.

Odgovarajućim agrotehničkim merama, pre svega hidromelioracijom vodoplavnih i vlažnih zemljišta, zatim drljanjem, đubrenjem i košenjem može se postići promena botaničkog sastava u područjima lovišta, i time povećati kvalitet i kvantitet prirodne hrane. Pored toga, u lovištima se mogu planski gajiti kultivisane biljne kulture u cilju proizvodnje kvalitetnije hrane za divljač. Zasejane površine treba formirati na više međusobno udaljenih mesta u lovištu, kako bi se time izvršila i prirodna disperzija životinja u potrazi za hranom. Setva kultura treba da bude organizovana po modelu zelenog konvejera, da bi se omogućilo kontinuirano pristizanje zelene hrane u toku vegetacije. Polja sa zasejanim kulturama treba po mogućstvu ograditi, a divljači dopustiti ulazak tek kada biljke stignu u optimalnu fazu za korišćenje. Ukoliko se životinje drže u gaterima i oborima, moguća je i dodatna ishrana u vidu nakošene zelene mase.