gwstang

Well-known Member
Well, I used the disc harrow on my biggest deer plot this morning. Going to pick up a couple of bags of the seed mix tomorrow. Those are $20 for a bag of 50lbs now. Those dang deer are getting expensive to feed..lol. I wish I would have run the bush hog over it first as the grass had gotten quite tall and did not disc down as much as I like for it too. I had the hog on this morning cutting some of the trails so it would have been easy to do. Dang Nab It!

Anyone else working on their plots yet? I know it is cooling off up north, but still hot as blazes down here in the 90's F every day.
 
We put one in about 3 weeks ago which is probably too late to get much growth before freezeup.
We'll see. It was mostly clover though so it should come back next year.
It's just about 3/8 acre - small enough that we just drove round and round on it with the tractor to press the seed in.
My hunting buddy Mike did it while I was buisy with other things. He loved his time in the seat.
The countdown has started here. 60 days till the rifle opener.
Tractoring and deer plots/hunting are closely intertwined here.
Hope you don't mind if my photos aren't of Ns.

IMG_20140823_091023.jpg
 

Looks nice. It has rained a bunch down here the last week and I was afraid that I was going to get stuck for sure. I had to go straight up and straight back. If I had gone in a circle, it would have been stuck for sure...lol. Of course I had to stop a couple of times and add air to the leaky front tire. One odd thing was that there were two pumpkins growing there. :shock: I guess maybe a deer or bird had eaten one from last year and dropped the seed in there later. I did have a few, but not planted there. They both got nice sized. A little early for Halloween though.
 
We planted in June. Clover blend, turnips,
giant rape, brassicas all mixed. We disced
and planted. Defiantly regret not spraying
after discing and it greening up. We have
extremely sandy soil at the cabin. But
once again have weeds. The clover is
looking better now but we will start all
over again next year. Got some Bobcats on
camera again this year. I believe this is
the same mom from the last 3 years we
caught on camera. This is my last year bow
hunting. Next year I'm rifle hunting.
a168441.jpg
 
Add a little rye or winter wheat to your clover and it gives it a little protection, deer love it this fall, and clover will grow good next season.
 
i planted 2 acres of ground hog radishes 3 weeks ago. also have an acre of oats, winter rye, forage peas,clover,turnips and sugar beets. i have one more plot to put in and that will be winter wheat.bow season start oct 1st and i'll be ready! also have a plot of ladino clover that has been going for a few years now. deer have been hammering my 10 crabapple trees.
 
I use Ladina clover and mow it at least twice a season. I dont scalp it, I leave it about 5 or 6 inches when I mow. I have let the rye seed out, mow it when it ripens and it reseeds itself with a light discing. A lot depends on the growing season moistures, and I think yours are similiar to mine.
 
Just a little nugget of information. The deer plot mixes sold at a lot of shorting goods and farm supply places are mostly reject seed for actual farming operations. If you check with local elevators some of them mix their own out of top quality seed for about the same cost.

I like a mix of white clover and other goodies the deer like. Now I know this one is going to be hard to swallow but I drove bus for a few years. Guess where I saw deer at in the mornings. In the soy bean fields. I actually saw deer in places like that with a corn field right next to the beans. Now later in the year they will be in the beans as well as in the corn once the ears are formed.

Rick
 

That's the problem where our hunting land is....its surrounded by bean fields...and they don't work them up after harvesting..guess where most of the deer are. Deer also like sugar beets which we have plenty of around here
 

We sell tractor parts! We have the parts you need to repair your tractor - the right parts. Our low prices and years of research make us your best choice when you need parts. Shop Online Today.

Back
Top