CNC, you forgot the "mow" part of throw and mow. You are going to be pissed when you miss a deer because your bullet hits 575 dozen of those stalks on the way to the deer.

Oh my word. No way, I mean no way I could deal with all that trash in a field. I had a couple Johnson’s grass plants in a few plots. I had to go pull them.

Same here I had like 15-20 Jimsonweed plants come up I went and hand pulled them. That’s just pure laziness in that photo

Man in low light conditions there would be several brush deer out there.

What all do you have planted in there?

Pioneer plants. Duh

It got sprayed but didn’t lay down when drug. I couldn’t give a shucks less.
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The deer should feel comfortable walking in all that tall chit. They think they are still hid. The farmer in me will not let me do something like that. If it works for y’all thats all that matters.

It’s cereal rye and crimson clover. I’m just letting it marinate for right now. All of the debris is acting like a bunch of little exclusion cages across the field that gives the young seedlings some cover from browsing and allows the field to bank some forage…. I’ll mow across the top of everything and open it on up for shooting and seeing in a few weeks if the deer don’t beat it down…The buffer around the outside will be left.

Thank goodness we can hunt over corn now!

Throw and mow is for sura an acquired taste. I've got a great stand of pretty green oats growing out of 8inch high bushhog stubble. The feeds there but it sure looks weird with all them sticks standing in it. Trade off for the time and wear and tear on my equipment I saved, I can look at sticks. I just hope the deer don't poke their eyes out trying to eat their oats.

I'll take "weeds" for $500 Alex. JK

You sound like a convert!......

I have been enlightened somewhat but I'll still break ground in some instances.

Most certainly......The key is knowing "when" to do "what" instead of only following any single cookie cutter method.....

Some rain would be nice......Conditions are rarely ever perfect......The best plotting year in a long time turned into a minor drought

Ours were doing really good, but now are needing rain.

Might be the smartest thing I’ve heard you say. Most of the time it’s “my way is the only way”. That being said we picked up a lease on land that was mined 100 years ago by steam shovel. The entire area is nothing but spoil piles and pretty much ZERO topsoil. We ended up doing the throw and mow on a couple of spots with pretty good results. It would be virtually impossible to drill or disc any of these spots due to VW sized rocks right at the surface of the soil. We seeded VERY heavy, as in 3-400lbs/acre but we used cheap seed (feed wheat and oats). I’m pleased with the outcome (it’s green) but doesn’t have near the diversity I prefer having in a food plot.

They look good. Give it a few years for that good biomass to build up and you'll be in bussines.

I agree.....Nice looking plots