Game Cover Seeds & Mixtures

Hurrell & McLean seeds are nationwide suppliers of bespoke Game Cover Crops, Game seed and brood rearing cover strips, to many UK Shoots and have a generation of experience with Yorkshire Shoots.

Whatever your requirement we offer solutions, with experience and technical expertise, that will assist any type of shooting site.
Hurrells can help not just your shoot with cover but with any environmental or conservation project that you may have in mind and can assist you with habitat creation.

We also have relationships in some areas with contractors, who may help with soil testing and even seed drilling services for the shoot.

Hurrells wide ranging relationships with international firms, means we are able to market and supply a complete range of Gamecover seed products – many of which are completely unique to Hurrells.

Our unique gamecover perspective gives us a keen insight into the suitability of the species to the site – whether the seed type may provide good cover, and also whether there is also a feed source for wild birds. In short we are Game Cover Specialists

The following types are specially noteworthy

Carmen Quinoa the only Quinoa variety in the UK.
Carmen has plant breeder rights that mean the seed that is sown is of a much higher ‘certified’ quality – giving much more reliable results.

As well as giving good ‘cover’ Carmen is capable of dropping 1000 kilo per acre of viable feed to game birds and is highly compatible to be companioned with kale.

Bicaulor Red Shooting Kale a hybrid winter hardy, 2 year shooting kale, with very good early vigour at establishment that ticks all the boxes and has a large leaf canopy for a ‘warm’ cover ideal for Pheasants.

Cottondale Game Mix as used by Mr Terry Harper owner of the Cottondale shooting Grounds, who has grown this mixture personally and comments ‘‘the best cover we have ever had…this greatly improved our shoot” The Cottondale mix will last several years and has both Chicory and Yellow Blossom clover that turn to superb game cover species from the second year onwards.