Recent content by Belo

I was looking into trying some soy beans this year as many farmers around me grow them and the deer are used to them. I know they lose their attraction close to the season. Went down a rabbit hole about varieties and some foodplot companies offer some that are supposed to stay palatable longer...

100% I see the same in upstate NY. I'm not sure there is anything I can plant or anything anyone can do when they've got their nose to the ground. In this case I just noticed that they're gravitating towards cover and where I have some bunches of apples without good mowing underneath so taller...

Yeah that's a good thought too. There's actually a great scrape at that first apple tree... but this was one of those "rarely they don't stop" kinda days that was rare I guess. Looking for an excuse plant stuff too :)

A pond is most certainly on the wish list

oh for sure. it was a wet day and didn't hear him coming. there was a smaller buck already in the apples i was watching. happens fast...

Should have posted a picture. There is the obvious hedgerow to the left and one you don't see at the right. Runs come out to left at about 10, 15 and 30. The gap between the hedgerow and apples is a nice chip shot if they're walking slow, stop to munch on something or come to the apples and...

A bump to this. I have an issue that cost me a dandy buck this year. I have a stand at the corner of a food plot (2 hedge rows/woods). In-between plots are 2 long rows of apples. Early in the season the deer mosey out without a care. Later in the year they move quick from hedgerow to apple...

this is what i do for 2 acres of my plots. But I do a fall plot, nothing with a tractor or drill, just a disc hooked up to my utv, fertilize, and cultipack. Still a bunch more work than the frost seeding and mowing.

thanks, never heard of it. that's not cheap!

I'm guessing there is another variable too, in that guys that spend all the money and time to plot are also more dedicated to hunting and generally that means passing smaller deer, they're more into understanding heard dynamics so they know when and when not to shoot doe. I don't disagree that...

My kunz rough cut mower will mow at a max height of 8". I've found 2 or 3 times a year has done me well. I also do a max arrest spray. As others have said, I think mowing early enough before competitive weeds seed out is more crucial than anything else.

Hey man some of us on here don't need to see these pics and were happy with our plots until we saw these pics! haha great work!

I took a half assed attempt at pumpkins this year. Finding the weeding to be a pain in the ass because of these viny sprawling things grow. Any tips or suggestions? Right now I'm just kind of weed wacking around the 20 or so plants I have in about a 1/4 acre.

Respectfully, the farmer growing the soy or corn is the one using the chemicals. I don't know about you, but 20 gallons of roundup to kill the grass and then some fert in the ground is all I do with my 2 acres of plots. They grow, they will never make the cover of a magazine, but the deer eat...

Depends on how you're applying too. A boom to the ground is pretty low risk once or twice a year. A wand is where I'd be a little more diligent.