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Re: Food plots cost per acre
[Re: CNC]
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06/15/20 10:29 PM
06/15/20 10:29 PM
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Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 3,294 Autaugaville
trailertrash
10 point
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10 point
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Posts: 3,294
Autaugaville
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I'm probably running around $60 an acre now I hear ya brother! This thread needed a voice of reason. I don't want to hear any of you guys bitchin' about club dues with the kind of money you spend on doe salad ...
"We aren't here to justify your feelings and give you self worth" - Aldeer Welcome Center
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Re: Food plots cost per acre
[Re: trailertrash]
#3146657
06/16/20 08:25 AM
06/16/20 08:25 AM
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Joined: Jun 2012
Posts: 21,760 Awbarn, AL
CNC
Dances With Weeds
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Dances With Weeds
Joined: Jun 2012
Posts: 21,760
Awbarn, AL
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I'm probably running around $60 an acre now I hear ya brother! This thread needed a voice of reason. I don't want to hear any of you guys bitchin' about club dues with the kind of money you spend on doe salad ... Two bags of cereal grains, 1 bag nitrogen and about 30-40 minutes of tractor time......This year I'm gonna try and go completely fert free and cut out the nitrogen
Last edited by CNC; 06/16/20 08:26 AM.
We dont rent pigs
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Re: Food plots cost per acre
[Re: dagwood]
#3146661
06/16/20 08:29 AM
06/16/20 08:29 AM
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Joined: Nov 2011
Posts: 21,783 USA
Remington270
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
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USA
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We use about 100 lb per acre seed and 200 lb trip 13. A couple of our members are pushing to go to 400 lb seed/acre which I thought was crazy until I saw their plots and they put the club plots to shame. 8 bags of seed per acre? What kinda seed are we talking about?
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Re: Food plots cost per acre
[Re: AlabamaSwamper]
#3146704
06/16/20 09:18 AM
06/16/20 09:18 AM
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Joined: Apr 2014
Posts: 652 SW Alabama
ALFisher
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4 point
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Posts: 652
SW Alabama
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300# 13-13-13. $90
100# wheat/oats/rye seed. $30
Roundup $5
Fuel $10
Lime every few years $25
Worst case $150 on average or less.
What are y’all planting that costs $300+ per acre? I must be forgetting something.
I think you are forgetting tractor time. Even if you don't pay someone to do it, you are forgetting the acquisition cost of the tractor, the maintenance, etc. if you are paying someone to do your tractor work, you are looking at 250-300 an acre.
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Re: Food plots cost per acre
[Re: hallb]
#3146926
06/16/20 03:10 PM
06/16/20 03:10 PM
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Joined: Jul 2010
Posts: 9,166 B'ham
Goatkiller
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14 point
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B'ham
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Spend $30k on a tractor that is only capable of pulling 5 and 6ft equipment. Drive in circles for 3 weekends trying to prep 10 acres. Throw out 300lbs+ of the most expensive seed per acre you can find. Tell someone that knows what they are doing how they are doing it all wrong.
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Re: Food plots cost per acre
[Re: ALFisher]
#3147251
06/16/20 11:21 PM
06/16/20 11:21 PM
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Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 4,168 Florence, Al
AlabamaSwamper
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10 point
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Posts: 4,168
Florence, Al
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300# 13-13-13. $90
100# wheat/oats/rye seed. $30
Roundup $5
Fuel $10
Lime every few years $25
Worst case $150 on average or less.
What are y’all planting that costs $300+ per acre? I must be forgetting something.
I think you are forgetting tractor time. Even if you don't pay someone to do it, you are forgetting the acquisition cost of the tractor, the maintenance, etc. if you are paying someone to do your tractor work, you are looking at 250-300 an acre. I don’t count tractor time. That’s like vacation to me.
BTR Scorer in NW Alabama
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Re: Food plots cost per acre
[Re: AlabamaSwamper]
#3147624
06/17/20 02:24 PM
06/17/20 02:24 PM
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Posts: 8,363 Montgomery
WmHunter
14 point
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14 point
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Montgomery
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I don’t count tractor time. That’s like vacation to me.
+1
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Re: Food plots cost per acre
[Re: hallb]
#3147679
06/17/20 03:59 PM
06/17/20 03:59 PM
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Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 2,775 Florida
jacannon
10 point
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10 point
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Posts: 2,775
Florida
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I guess some of us just don't do many soil samples.
Grandma said...Always keep a gun close at hand, you just never know when you might run across some varmint that needs killing...
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Re: Food plots cost per acre
[Re: WmHunter]
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06/17/20 06:58 PM
06/17/20 06:58 PM
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Joined: Oct 2008
Posts: 30,910 Clanton, AL
Out back
Grumpy Old Man
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Grumpy Old Man
Joined: Oct 2008
Posts: 30,910
Clanton, AL
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I don’t count tractor time. That’s like vacation to me.
+1 Y'all must have them fancy air-conditioned tractors. It damn sure ain't a vacation for me. 🤔
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Re: Food plots cost per acre
[Re: hallb]
#3148451
06/18/20 01:46 PM
06/18/20 01:46 PM
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Joined: Mar 2017
Posts: 394 Auburn, AL
Antlerfluke
4 point
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4 point
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Posts: 394
Auburn, AL
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Oh, I love doing tractor work. It's therapy and I LOVE it. HOWEVER, I ain't made of money and it has become very apparent that the hunting members that don't own tractors have not one clue the costs of running a tractor and implements and the TIME it takes to get the job done. One .50 cent pin/bolt/part can cost you an entire day or weekend and if you have to work for a living, you have to postpone whatever it is you're doing for 6-7 days 'til the following weekend. And, with my luck, it's going to rain on day 4 or 5 and then, you can't get on the food plots 'cause it's too wet! Everything bad that can happen, WILL happen. There needs to be a whole new thread dedicated to tractor work cost and the hunting club members that own tractors and do the work and spend their own money on upkeep of their tractors and implements and the many hours they volunteer!
Last edited by Antlerfluke; 06/18/20 01:50 PM.
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Re: Food plots cost per acre
[Re: AlabamaSwamper]
#3153055
06/24/20 09:15 AM
06/24/20 09:15 AM
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Posts: 25,687 South Alabama
Rebelman
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
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South Alabama
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300# 13-13-13. $90
100# wheat/oats/rye seed. $30
Roundup $5
Fuel $10
Lime every few years $25
Worst case $150 on average or less.
What are y’all planting that costs $300+ per acre? I must be forgetting something.
100 pounds of seed may be ok if you are drilling it. It if you are broadcasting you better bump it up to at least 300 pounds (of cereal grains). You are only going to burn $10 of fuel to lime, spray, bushhog, disc, spread, and cover per acre? Not hardly. $10 won’t get most people’s tractor to the camp house.
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Re: Food plots cost per acre
[Re: hallb]
#3153094
06/24/20 10:06 AM
06/24/20 10:06 AM
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Joined: Jul 2010
Posts: 9,166 B'ham
Goatkiller
14 point
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14 point
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B'ham
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I do about 40 acres. It would cost me $12,000 at $300 per acre. I am not spending anywhere near that and mine look like a green carpet. It would take a propane cannon to keep the deer out of them.
So, how you are supposed to be doing them vs. what works is the real question. Who's doing it wrong? Maybe it's neither side of this debate.
If someone wants to spend $300 it's not my money.
The cost of the equipment is relative. I have big stuff with dual tires and folding implements. I can break 40 acres of plots by lunch. I will guarantee everyone I have less $$ sunk into my stuff than someone has in a 35hp glorified lawnmower and can get work done 10x faster. It's old and that God awful green paint is faded but I don't have the time to spend playing around out there. There is no club and no workday. The vast majority of the work I do by myself. I couldn't turn my stuff around in most people's food plots. If they are doing 10 acres @ $300 that a whole different scenario with different requirements. A little tractor and some time is all you need.
So maybe the true answer is... there is no right or wrong answer. This isn't a cash crop. And this isn't rocket surgery either. Plot seed sprouts in my truck bed every fall. And I could run out of bullets hunting over them.
No government employees were harmed in the making of this mess.
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Re: Food plots cost per acre
[Re: Out back]
#3153104
06/24/20 10:29 AM
06/24/20 10:29 AM
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Posts: 2,462 Guadalajoover
joe sixpack
10 point
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10 point
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Posts: 2,462
Guadalajoover
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I don’t count tractor time. That’s like vacation to me.
+1 Y'all must have them fancy air-conditioned tractors. It damn sure ain't a vacation for me. 🤔 Got a stereo in ours too.
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Re: Food plots cost per acre
[Re: hallb]
#3153145
06/24/20 11:31 AM
06/24/20 11:31 AM
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Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 2,462 Guadalajoover
joe sixpack
10 point
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10 point
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Guadalajoover
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I don’t count tractor time. That’s like vacation to me.
+1 Y'all must have them fancy air-conditioned tractors. It damn sure ain't a vacation for me. 🤔 Got a stereo in ours too.
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Re: Food plots cost per acre
[Re: Rebelman]
#3153249
06/24/20 01:32 PM
06/24/20 01:32 PM
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Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 3,294 Autaugaville
trailertrash
10 point
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10 point
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Posts: 3,294
Autaugaville
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300# 13-13-13. $90
100# wheat/oats/rye seed. $30
Roundup $5
Fuel $10
Lime every few years $25
Worst case $150 on average or less.
What are y’all planting that costs $300+ per acre? I must be forgetting something.
100 pounds of seed may be ok if you are drilling it. It if you are broadcasting you better bump it up to at least 300 pounds (of cereal grains). You are only going to burn $10 of fuel to lime, spray, bushhog, disc, spread, and cover per acre? Not hardly. $10 won’t get most people’s tractor to the camp house. 300 pounds to the acre for cereal grains? You may be doing something wrong. Seriously. Maybe a better drag (not enough seed covering) or less disking (too much seed covering). I've never gone over 100# broadcast and covered over with a drag.
"We aren't here to justify your feelings and give you self worth" - Aldeer Welcome Center
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