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Food Plots #48799
08/20/2019 11:47 AM
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Planted 7 food plots last Monday. Half into clover and the other half into turnips/rape. Got 5 more that will be planted with winter wheat after Sept 25. Time to put up cams and see whats around this year. h.h.


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Re: Food Plots [Re: hornharvester] #48800
08/20/2019 08:56 PM
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Good work. Got all my seed on hand, but need it to stop raining. Rye, wheat, turnip, and radish all ready to go.


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Re: Food Plots [Re: hornharvester] #48855
09/21/2019 11:56 PM
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Wheat plots got planted today. All plots are done. Deer are browsing on the turnips and rape now. Built 2 mock scrapes with two pieces of jute rope hanging down to about 5 ft. Used synthetic forehead gland on the ropes and tarsel gland lure on the scrape...plus I peed in to put some urine smell in. Set cams on both. Nothing like seeing your target deer on cam plus get a rough idea how many yotes are visiting.......shouldnt be many since i snared 7 females last winter off 127 acres. If you aint got your plots planted its time to get them in....h.h.


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Re: Food Plots [Re: hornharvester] #48856
09/22/2019 08:53 AM
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Good job. Gotta love those scrape cams.

Got my wish on the rain to stop here, and finally got some fall plots planted on Aug 30th. Unfortunately after that, it hasn't rained here this month. Some precip is in the forecast for tonight though. Daikon radishes are looking decent so far, but really need some rain to make them blow up and get big:

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Re: Food Plots [Re: hornharvester] #48861
09/22/2019 11:33 PM
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My main food plot looks similar to your picture but twice the height so I broadcasted winter wheat Sat at 100 lbs 1/4 acre, Fills in nice after the turnips thicken up and helps feed thru the winter. I started doing this several years ago and it works very nice. I did it with soybeans too. Watch the beans till first sign of leaf yellowing then broadcast wheat. Leafs fall off and kind of mulch in the wheat. This trick extends the life of the plot. If you really want to get creative, in the spring frost seed your favorite clover blend on top of the winter wheat. Wheat matures in July, mow off the wheat and you have a nice clean clover patch. . h.h.


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Re: Food Plots [Re: hornharvester] #48863
09/23/2019 09:09 AM
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I do similar to your process with the over-seeding. But in the last few years we're running into the problem of being unable to raise soybeans to maturity. Bean plots are less than 2 acres in size and the deer mow them off completely once they get 4-6 inches tall. So we've started over-seeding those bean plots in late Aug with radish or winter grains like wheat or rye. To raise soybeans to a full height, I would probably need to fence the plots.


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