Planted Fall Food Plots

[Creature Meadow]

]Good morning OTT, we planted our fall plots on Sunday afternoon, great time with friends and plenty of seat time.

We hunt 450 acres primarily for deer and turkeys, plenty of small game to for the youngsters.

The farmer planted soybeans this year so no fall cover crop as he will not pick them here in NC until mid late November. During years of beans we do food plots other than that he plants us 96 acres of wheat following corn, tobacco, or sorghum.

I have a spreadsheet that I use to determine the amount of see required for each plot. Once they are measured and sq. ft. entered it does the rest for you, I buy the seed and broadcast at the rate indicated. If doing no till much less would be required but we only have the means of broadcast. I could not upload the .xls so if you would like a copy pm me your email and I can send it to you.

I used a disk to break up the soil, broadcast the oats and wheat which was mixed and lightly covered with disk. We then broadcast the rape and ran over with a aerator as we do not have a cultipacker.

This method works well for us and the rates can be adjusted to your preference.

I have attached a few pics.

 

[procraftmike]

That looks good!! Happy hunting!! Archery opens up next weekend in WI. My favorite time of the year!!...

 

[Creature Meadow]

Thank you and we had a fun time planting them as well.

They should pop out of ground by late this week I'll post some follow-up pics.

 

[Creature Meadow]

The week was perfect falling our planting of food plots, some nice weather and several nice slow rains, should have green showing this weekend.

I'll post some pics of it's progress.

 

[bearbait]

Nice job, looking forward to seeing it when it comes up and a couple deer pictures would be good.

 

[Creature Meadow]

I will be at the land this week and will get some pics and check my 3 cameras I have running.

Dang sciatic nerve keeping me from hunting but getting much better so hopefully next Saturday can leave a boold trail in the woods, I love bow season.

 

[bearbait]

Yep, bow season is the best. Can't go this year myself, just not enough strength yet after surgery.

 

[skeets]

And that my little Hiawatha is why they make cross bows,,,just sayin

 

[bearbait]

And that my little Hiawatha is why they make cross bows,,,just sayin

I gave that a lot of thought but after buying a new rifle I think I better wait for rifle season to open, I'd rather the chill stay outside right now.

 

[skeets]

Shyt now I have to clean the screen,,LMAO,, yes sir I can somehow relate

 

[Daren Todd]

I gave that a lot of thought but after buying a new rifle I think I better wait for rifle season to open, I'd rather the chill stay outside right now.

Shyt now I have to clean the screen,,LMAO,, yes sir I can somehow relate

Y'all sound like me at tax time and my wife finds out how much I spent on tools Wife says "Oh....... that's how much I can spend!!!!" I say yes dear, as long as it's tax deductible

 

[Creature Meadow]

I gave that a lot of thought but after buying a new rifle I think I better wait for rifle season to open, I'd rather the chill stay outside right now.

That is funny right their I don't care who you are

My wife works as a therapist at a local university and she has a private practice we use for extra money.

She recently handed me a blank check for a new bow, I said you know they are pricey right like 2K setup and she said yep get what you want. A Hoyt is what I settled on, think I will keep her

 

[Creature Meadow]

Y'all sound like me at tax time and my wife finds out how much I spent on tools Wife says "Oh....... that's how much I can spend!!!!" I say yes dear, as long as it's tax deductible

Buddy of mine has lot of hunting guns for he and his 2 boys and his wife hunts some times.

He told me the other day he sure hopes when he passes that his wife doesn't sal his guns for what he told her he paid for each of them!

 

[DThrash]

Am I looking at that receipt right where it says wheat was $19.00 a bag?

 

[boz1989]

Am I looking at that receipt right where it says wheat was $19.00 a bag?

Sounds about right for treated seed wheat. You could use wheat that was just harvested, and plant at a slightly higher rate for losses. I wouldn't try that with corn or soybeans, especially if they were roundup ready, or other specialty. That is illegal and could cost way more than it's worth.

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[Creature Meadow]

Am I looking at that receipt right where it says wheat was $19.00 a bag?

It is coated seed and when planted correctly I get great germination, I could get it cheaper from a local farmer when harvesting.

But, pigweed is taking over here it is highly likely I would introduce it into my food plots. The more expensive route in the long run prevents me from walking my plots and pulling it by hand before it seeds out and takes over.

Farmers here have their labor walk the fields and pull it by hand then stack and burn it. Roundup does not kill pigweed, the fields around me such as corn, cotton, and beans have just as much pigweed sticking above the plants as does tobacco and taters.

I'll see if I can get some pics and post.

Long answer to your question but the above is my reason for paying more for my seed.

 

[DocHolladay]

Roundup does not kill pigweed, the fields around me such as corn, cotton, and beans have just as much pigweed sticking above the plants as does tobacco and taters.

Use creek/well water and put AMS and crop oil in it, along with the glyphosate/RU. Tap water has things added by your local water treatment plant that can effect how well glyphosate and other similar chemicals work.

Mix 17 lbs of AMS to 100 gallons of water, or 4.25 lbs of AMS to 25 gallons of water (before adding herbicide to the water or it won't do any good)
Mix 2 quarts of crop oil to 100 gallons of water, or 1 pint to 25 gallons of water.

Click it----> Killing PigWeed

 

[skeets]

This little piece from MEN ( Mother Earth News) might be of some interest

https://www.motherearthnews.com/hom...52C25F1058B71D7D2BB593768647EDC5F3BA150E3B7B4

 

[Creature Meadow]

So food plots at deer land looking good will be there tomorrow for some updated pictures.

Planted cover crop yesterday in my garden with the help of my 2 year old, told her we could not afford her planting rates.........

 

[Creature Meadow]

Some updated pics from our fall planting, rain has not been our friend but not looking bad. This is one of our 4 plots.

Preparation

Covering seed

After 10 days