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I'm going on year 3 of plots with all my knowledge coming from this forum and others like it. If I had 4 half acre plots this spring I would spray them at first green up or mow them down and not plant until fall. A fallow field is providing food, but spraying early and then before planting will...

Depending on how big of an area it is, I would provide some diversity inside the patch. From the picture to me, it all looks very similar in both plant makeup and density. Lots of options. Bush hog a few strip through to allow new growth to start. Clear some patches and plant some evergreens...

I had the same issue a few weeks back when the blackberries came to life this spring. The new sprouts were chewed to nubs but less and less browse on my durana clover that was full and green for weeks.

Nice, I have the same combo but have more rye in mine than clover. Will adjust to hopefully look like yours next spring. Sent from my SM-G920V using Tapatalk

How does this stuff work on no-see-ums, see-me-nots, and other invisible bugs that eat deet with their breakfast? If it can keep them away I will soak my fishing shirts in it as well.

What will grow in their place naturally? If you have to re-plant, I know Red osier dogwood does very well in wet swampy areas.

On a tangent: Something I struggle to both understand and apply to my way of thinking is how truly complex the animals that we hunt and fish really are. We like to look at food, water, habitat, and a mate. But there are so many relationships between the organisms we pursue and the other 1000...

No science to back it up, but I was told to feed oyster shells to chickens as they use the calcium for egg laying. I assumed it would be the same with turkeys as well as it being beneficial to grinding up their food. H2OFowler, have you seen the birds attracted to the oyster shells?

Did not know that about coyotes increasing turkey populations. Makes sense when you think about it though. Either you have skunks, possum fox and all sorts of animals eating eggs or just coyotes. Overall, coyotes help the turkeys

I've heard deer further north favor hickories where there are large forests of them. My old stomping grounds in the piedmont of NC, they wouldn't touch them. Didnt turkey hunt then, so didn't pay attention to see if turkeys fed on hickories. I like the oyster shell idea, given they scratch for...

Thats what i'm looking to do! I have 3 1/2 acre food plots on 35 acres. Im working to slowly expand these out to 1 acre each, divided by fruit and nut trees. I teach drivers ed in afternoon for spending money so i normally get to the farm 1 day a week.

I have 2 of those areas, 1 was started fall of 2015 and is now only white clover. The other was started fall 2016 and has rye and clover growing in it still. Last spring is the only time I have been on the farm during spring. I left a cam on it through season and had one hen late march come...

Ive heard of it, never used it. Pretty sure he used it the same way as you, on logging roads and in thinned pines with sandy, low pH soil and not alot of sunlight

Thanks for the info, I am very limited in oaks. I may look at the surrounding properties more, specifically the ones holding spring birds, and adjust that plan. I just assumed thick cover was the difference in birds using the properties, since it is the most visible difference.

Teacher here too! Biology, Chemistry, Marine Science and NC wildlife. Last year we saw a steady dropoff in daylight sighting of deer and we are just trying to cut back where we can during prime times. Last month we cooked hot dogs over a fire, shot skeet and rode atvs, so its not off limits...

Turkeys around me around similar to yours, and do use lots of mixed age pines and a very wide variety of habitats. But my 35 acres is almost all thick cover, with very little openings. Because of this I believe they skirt my property for better properties around me. My county is Top 5 in the...

Turking is how us beach rednecks shorten turkey hunting into 1 word, jk! Spring is definitely busy around here, I just have to take every chance I get to be outside hunting. I squirrel and rabbit hunt in january and feb, but after taking march off from hunting, im ready to get back at it. After...

I enjoy turking hunting, it bridges the gap from hunting season to fishing season nicely! I definitely believe there will be tradeoffs when managing for one versus the other.

I planted buckwheat followed by the mix you mentioned and it did great. My deer actually browsed the buckwheat heavily and forced me to plant fall mix a little early. Be sure to check on it late season, I was on the verge of developing weeds and bare dirt.

I just started considering turkeys in my management plan. I started a thread so feel free to include what you guys do for turkeys as well.