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Millet/Doves
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03/19/14 04:48 AM
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I know this is the deer forum but thought some of you greenthumbs could help me anyhow. I'm putting about 5 acres of proso millet in the ground Memorial Day weekend. I have all of my burndown, pre and post emerge herbicides lined up and ready to go. My question, having never planted millet before, is about the timing of manipulating it. After it matures, will it dry out? Should I spray with Gly? Should I bushhog? Should I burn? If bushhogging it, do I do that while it's still green? As you can see, I'm a novice at this. It should mature around 8/15 and our opener will be 9/6, giving me about a 20 day window to do what I want with it.
I'm all ears to you guys that have done this in the past and look forward to the responses. If you have pictures of the process I'd love to see them as well.
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Re: Millet/Doves
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03/19/14 05:24 AM
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Will it dry up enough to burn by then or will I need to spray first?
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Re: Millet/Doves
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03/19/14 01:49 PM
03/19/14 01:49 PM
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Be careful with your pre herbicides.
Quietly killing turkeys where youre not!!! My tank full of give a fraks been runnin on empty I'm the paterfamilias
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Re: Millet/Doves
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03/19/14 02:37 PM
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Didnt do pre em and had a great stand. We had the luxury of it being in a hay field and he cut it once mature, let it dry for a couple of weeks and then went thru it with a hay rake. Then burned it. They hammered it for several weeks which worked out great for us Planted an acre of sunflowers also which is what they preferred between the two as a fyi
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Re: Millet/Doves
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03/19/14 03:54 PM
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Thanks for the help guys, keep it coming. Steiner, good info on maturity times and methods of cutting/burning. I'm not an Internet GW, but the way I interpret the law, you might not be legal. Personally I don't care, just would hate to see you get ticketed if you thought you were in the right. If your disked strips weren't originally in millet you would be fine, but only seeding at a lesser rate (maybe 150/acre?). Just a heads up, and even so, I might be in the wrong on my interpretation. I don't think the deer will let the sunflowers make, but I plan on giving a few strips a try. Looking forward to getting things going in the next month or so.
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Re: Millet/Doves
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03/19/14 04:01 PM
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Gotta be careful with the way you prepare the field.We got busted on a pay hunt a couple years ago I believe the baiting ticket was $50? It looked fine to me but there was too much wheat or something like that. Best dove shoot I've ever been on i would have paid the extra 50 up front
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Re: Millet/Doves
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03/21/14 01:42 AM
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Yea, it has to be broadcasted, and i think it is 200lbs/acre. It's such a stupid law. They tell you that you can do it, but if you have a couple too many seeds in the ring, your getting a ticket. Like those extra seeds, made a difference. You can't kill but 15 birds, why do they care if you do it in 15 minutes or 4 hours? Enforce the limit law, and do away with the baiting, and having your gun plugged. YOU CAN'T KILL BUT 15! Enforce that law, and forget about the others.
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Re: Millet/Doves
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03/21/14 03:27 AM
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YOU CAN'T KILL BUT 15! Enforce that law, and forget about the others. Couldn't agree more.
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Re: Millet/Doves
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03/21/14 04:58 PM
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YOU CAN'T KILL BUT 15! Enforce that law, and forget about the others. Couldn't agree more. But then they would have less things they could write you a ticket for duh.
Would walk over a naked woman to get to a gobblin turkey!
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Re: Millet/Doves
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03/21/14 05:43 PM
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It is 200 lbs per acre according to the DNR! Had no idea it was that high. Where we are in Miss it's 90lbs/acre. Crazy difference in amounts.
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Re: Millet/Doves
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03/21/14 05:46 PM
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They could drop the limit to 10 and I'd be fine! I can't carry over a case of shells into the field with me so no chance of being over the limit!
Adopt the pace of nature, her secret is patience. Emerson
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Re: Millet/Doves
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04/03/14 06:07 AM
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IMO your planting a little too early. I did the same 2 years ago but waited till Mid June last year with much better results. I bush hog mine then run across it with my finish mower, then burn it. They killed it after we burned it. Doves really like going down on fresh dirt and they can find the seeds much easier. This will be my 3rd year to plant my field and we had a bloodletting on it opening day last year. It is about time to plant sunflowers however. I plan to do this on the weekend hopefully. If they dry out early it starts bringing in birds mid summer.
Its not the will to win but the will to prepare to win!
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Re: Millet/Doves
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04/03/14 06:16 AM
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Just got mine sprayed, when it dies I will burn off the grass and drill it.
"You do and it will be the biggest mistake you ever made, you Texas brush popper" John Wayne
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Re: Millet/Doves
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04/06/14 04:40 PM
04/06/14 04:40 PM
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Dove proso millet, or white millet is probably the best thing I have ever seen to pull in doves. You are likely to have an AWESOME shoot. I've planted it and brown top. It's much better than brown top. It makes a ton of seed.
If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14
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