MadMadHoosier
5 year old buck +
Well my farmer just called and told me he is only willing to plant my big north field (50 acres circled in blue) this year. His soybeans did terrible in the smaller fields last year and I guess he does not want to bother with corn in them the coming year. I already know the only other farmers (2) in the vicinity are not interested. One is too big for my small fields, and the other is about to retire and stop farming all together.
I live in Florida and visit the Kentucky farm as much as time and the wife will allow, and I was hoping to find enough time to food plot the handful of acres (circled in yellow with two bigger plots that flood just northwest and off the map). Now there is another 20 acres (circled in pink) that I'll need to mow, food plot, or ????. I'd like to avoid spraying all together, or at least keep it to a minimum. I'm on my 2nd year with a genesis 5 no-till drill and last years "LATE" plantings of turnips, radish, and jap millet were looking pretty good until the frost hit them. I was late because even the time I do find for the farm, is not always the time I need to be prepping or planting for best results.
A couple of previously mowed hillside strips between the pink fields were let to go wild 4-5 years ago and are quite thick with what ever trees mother nature allowed. I kind of hate to let more go wild, but that is an option. I have two 4 series tractors, a rotary mower, offset flail mower, and a rototiller that has not been used since I got the G5 drill.
The 550 acre farm is used mostly for ATV/UTV recreation, deer hunting, and very little turkey hunting. Years ago it would have a couple covey of quail each year, and I'd love to get them back. And perhaps do something to attract dove, but I think the coyotes and hawks will make that difficult.
Any suggestions, remembering my timing could really muddy the plan? Thanks, Steve.
I live in Florida and visit the Kentucky farm as much as time and the wife will allow, and I was hoping to find enough time to food plot the handful of acres (circled in yellow with two bigger plots that flood just northwest and off the map). Now there is another 20 acres (circled in pink) that I'll need to mow, food plot, or ????. I'd like to avoid spraying all together, or at least keep it to a minimum. I'm on my 2nd year with a genesis 5 no-till drill and last years "LATE" plantings of turnips, radish, and jap millet were looking pretty good until the frost hit them. I was late because even the time I do find for the farm, is not always the time I need to be prepping or planting for best results.
A couple of previously mowed hillside strips between the pink fields were let to go wild 4-5 years ago and are quite thick with what ever trees mother nature allowed. I kind of hate to let more go wild, but that is an option. I have two 4 series tractors, a rotary mower, offset flail mower, and a rototiller that has not been used since I got the G5 drill.
The 550 acre farm is used mostly for ATV/UTV recreation, deer hunting, and very little turkey hunting. Years ago it would have a couple covey of quail each year, and I'd love to get them back. And perhaps do something to attract dove, but I think the coyotes and hawks will make that difficult.
Any suggestions, remembering my timing could really muddy the plan? Thanks, Steve.