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Re: Food Plot
[Re: Displaced Texan 01]
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09/07/20 09:23 PM
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Awbarn, AL
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Dances With Weeds
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Dances With Weeds
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The amount needed may be different for each field depending on the acreage, deer density, forage type, and soil condition......Basically its going to be a matter of how much forage are you producing compared the amount of browsing pressure. Also some forages like cereal rye require less nitrogen than ones like wheat. Generally speaking around 50-100 lbs/ac
We dont rent pigs
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Re: Food Plot
[Re: Displaced Texan 01]
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09/08/20 07:26 PM
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Awbarn, AL
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One big consideration is the desired yield….another way of saying that is just the total amount of forage that you need to keep up with the browsing pressure of the deer herd. On my place I typically try to accumulate some growth on my field before late season gets here. As long as the forage is kept healthy and vibrant then it will remain palatable to the deer. It’s a little bit of a misconception that the forage always has to be short in order to be attractive
We dont rent pigs
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Re: Food Plot
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09/08/20 07:43 PM
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Jasper, AL
joshm28
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One big consideration is the desired yield….another way of saying that is just the total amount of forage that you need to keep up with the browsing pressure of the deer herd. On my place I typically try to accumulate some growth on my field before late season gets here. As long as the forage is kept healthy and vibrant then it will remain palatable to the deer. It’s a little bit of a misconception that the forage always has to be short in order to be attractive Not always. Wheat, Rye, etc can get woody and not as palatable. Biggest issue I see is guys planting the field way to early which results in a mature crop that’s not as palatable. Plant around the first couple weeks of October and hit the fields mid December with nitrogen and you shouldn’t have those particular issues. Legumes usually doesn’t have this problem but brassicas will be in the final stages of its growth cycle after a couple months. I MIGHT plant 1-2 fields for bow season a little earlier but I want my big fields optimal around xmas as that’s when our rut starts kicking in.
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Re: Food Plot
[Re: joshm28]
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09/09/20 07:57 PM
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Land of the free because of th...
mike35549
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One big consideration is the desired yield….another way of saying that is just the total amount of forage that you need to keep up with the browsing pressure of the deer herd. On my place I typically try to accumulate some growth on my field before late season gets here. As long as the forage is kept healthy and vibrant then it will remain palatable to the deer. It’s a little bit of a misconception that the forage always has to be short in order to be attractive Not always. Wheat, Rye, etc can get woody and not as palatable. Biggest issue I see is guys planting the field way to early which results in a mature crop that’s not as palatable. Plant around the first couple weeks of October and hit the fields mid December with nitrogen and you shouldn’t have those particular issues. Legumes usually doesn’t have this problem but brassicas will be in the final stages of its growth cycle after a couple months. I MIGHT plant 1-2 fields for bow season a little earlier but I want my big fields optimal around xmas as that’s when our rut starts kicking in. Maybe he needs it to grow as much as possible. That is what I want. As much production as possible, and even then it won’t be enough to grow faster than the deer will eat it.
Last edited by mike35549; 09/09/20 07:57 PM.
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Re: Food Plot
[Re: mike35549]
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09/09/20 08:23 PM
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Jasper, AL
joshm28
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Jasper, AL
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One big consideration is the desired yield….another way of saying that is just the total amount of forage that you need to keep up with the browsing pressure of the deer herd. On my place I typically try to accumulate some growth on my field before late season gets here. As long as the forage is kept healthy and vibrant then it will remain palatable to the deer. It’s a little bit of a misconception that the forage always has to be short in order to be attractive Not always. Wheat, Rye, etc can get woody and not as palatable. Biggest issue I see is guys planting the field way to early which results in a mature crop that’s not as palatable. Plant around the first couple weeks of October and hit the fields mid December with nitrogen and you shouldn’t have those particular issues. Legumes usually doesn’t have this problem but brassicas will be in the final stages of its growth cycle after a couple months. I MIGHT plant 1-2 fields for bow season a little earlier but I want my big fields optimal around xmas as that’s when our rut starts kicking in. Maybe he needs it to grow as much as possible. That is what I want. As much production as possible, and even then it won’t be enough to grow faster than the deer will eat it. We all want that. But there’s a point of diminishing returns. That’s the point I was trying to convey.
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Re: Food Plot
[Re: Displaced Texan 01]
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09/10/20 10:15 AM
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In The Stack
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My best advice is to always put a little more than you need and that goes for fertilizer and seed. If I was planting a thousand acres I would try and keep it tight but if I'm gonna plant 10 food plots I want them right even if it cost a little more money.
"I'd rather go down the river with seven studs than with a hundred ****heads"
- Colonel Charlie Beckwith
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