Recent content by Joe7296

Do you get a decent stand of rye in the fall when you seed into the existing clover? That was the only thing I thought might be tough but who knows, I’m relatively new to this kind of stuff. I was hoping the fall mowing would make space for a partial fall crop

The only reason I mentioned Balansa is because google told me it was more wet tolerant than Alsike..

That’s what I’m working with for reference

The vegetation was mainly tussock sedge and swamp ferns with goldenrod. There was also some bush honeysuckle and meadowsweet mixed in. The food plot is a 10 to 15ft wide strip that’s about 200yds long. I’m essentially planting my shooting lane so that deer will pause for a bite (movement is...

Cool, I’m glad to see that I’m not off in left field at least! I’ll see how it works.

I have a small remote plot that I throw and mowed with winter rye last fall. Germination was pretty good, however the area I put it in is a bottomland area that is wet in the spring. The area is usually completely dry in the fall but can have some standing water in the spring after periods of...

Sorry I didn’t word that right - the cuttings are ROD, the hazelnut are bareroot. I pot them for a season so they don’t have to be protected in the woods for as long, plus I can guarantee good conditions for the plants when they’re young

On that note - I did some edge feathering yesterday into that brushy wet strip and I have 50 of both ROD and hazelnut cuttings potted up right now to go in there as well

That's good to hear - I haven't really seen bedding set up as layers very much, but I thought that I might just be because I was doing things wrong.. Every place I've ever hunted seems to have bedding based off of pressure and wind/terrain features. I've jumped bucks in weird spots, though I...

I’ve been reading and watching some videos that mention depth of cover being important to bucks, and how a food source resets that. I was wondering if folks find this to be generally true, and if there’s an amount of food that holds a doe group and resets the depth of cover? I’m trying to...

I don’t think there is much pressure to the East - it’s about 3/4 of a mile until a house in that direction. Also I know the trails don’t have to be food but I was leaning that way because 3 or 4 fingers each 15yds x 100yds of food makes the total go from 2 acres (circle plot) to about 3.5 acres...

Also, I'm not sure if I explained the elevation properly. It drops down from the main body to the tentacles. So if there was a thermal it wouldn't be a problem when entering in the afternoon as it would be going opposite of the tentacles (exiting might be a problem if deer havent made it up to...

There isn't much elevation change except for a small 10-20 foot drop where the main 2 acres would meet the tentacles. Either side of that is flat - maybe 10ft drop per 100 yards. A 20ft topo map only shows one line on the entire area I want to turn into a plot. So, I'm not sure if I will get...

Yea I was planning to rent a dozer for a while this summer to make trails, level some plots, pull out some timber, etc.. so I’ll make sure things are in order 👍

haha yes, I'll try to make it tractor friendly (i have a 30hp ford), but some spots might just get clover if I can't easily get grain or brassicas