I have a similar question to the original post. I saw Bill Winke used this approach on youtube, where he disked an area then broadcasted acorns and disked again. My question is, I have a large number of sawtooth acorns that I want to try his method with. Am I better to do this now (September...
Hoping to create more cover on our property. We have very few trees to hinge cut so that is not an option. I'm planning to plant some conifer, switchgrass, spray out brome grass and allow early successional growth. Wondering if it would be a bad idea to intentionally plant some goldenrod seeds...
Trying to thicken up this area. Any open space is covered with Brome Grass and provides zero cover or food value. I'm planning to spray and kill the grass and I'm wondering if I should plant some turnips and radishes to provide some food and help break up the sod base and then frost seed the...
I should add the 5 acre corn plot is to the EAST just off our property boarder and any areas I have sprayed or disturbed in the past seem to pop up in thistles, thistles and more thistles. Cereal Rye and Brassicas seem to grow well and the deer hammer them here.
A lot of awesome input from everyone!! I bow hunt deer. No plans to build and there are a couple people who turkey and shed hunt but generally just me September- Late November. Some gun pressure in late November-December in all 4 directions. The property is roughly 270 acres but the only...
Looking for advice on how to set up this property in the Midwest. Big agriculture country, rolling hills and little cover with a small creek. Where to put food plots and where to put cover.
White dots= current bedding. Green X's -rotating crops of beans and corn (harvested before November...