I have no intention of getting in the middle of this schoolgirl squabble you and 257 have going, but my interpretation of his statement was that hunters on year to year leases may not reap the rewards of soil improvement. Having said this, I agree with 257 in this scenario. If you don't have several years of access guaranteed, traditional planting seems a better use of time. If you fully expect to renew your lease each year, throw and mow could yield good results, but the results will get better with time and there's no shortcut for that.
I have no intention to argue with you….but I’m going to post a response anyways.
Explain how spraying, disking, culipacking, etc..etc…is a better use of someone’s time. If you and I are both looking at the same field of grass and weeds come this fall….why are you better off to spend 3X the amount of tractor time to do it the traditional way regardless of next season?.....A pretty seed bed?
We use to plant at the hunting club in the traditional manner. The first year we spent all weekend long planting and still didn’t get everything done we wanted to. This is in addition to going down two weeks in advance and spending a whole day hauling water and spraying. For the last few years we have switched methods and we get it all done in one Saturday from start to finish. The plots still look great and still serve their purpose. Everything is not just completely about long term soil improvements even though that’s the foundation for the method.
