roymunson
5 year old buck +
So the new piece has a slope facing south and east thats 20+ acres. It was farmed in the past, but I want to turn a portion of it into cover. I have other fields designated as feeding fields, but this is a middle of the farm area that I think I can hold deer on safely, and hunt the edges. I want them to bed here.
NWSG is what I'mthinking, along wiith allowing some of it to go feral and essentially turn into old field growth (briars, multiflora rose, etc)
So in the NWSG I'm thinking switchgrass of some sort, but in reading on here, I don't think I want a monoculture of it. Local seed place will mix whatever I want, and I'd probably have pheasants forever come drill it in. What mix are you guys doing? Plan is to plant it as a perennial grass field. Hope to let it stand for the forseeable future.
1/3 Switch, 1/3 big bluestem, 1/3 indiangrass? What is your favorite mix? Or how would you do yours differently today, if you could?
NWSG is what I'mthinking, along wiith allowing some of it to go feral and essentially turn into old field growth (briars, multiflora rose, etc)
So in the NWSG I'm thinking switchgrass of some sort, but in reading on here, I don't think I want a monoculture of it. Local seed place will mix whatever I want, and I'd probably have pheasants forever come drill it in. What mix are you guys doing? Plan is to plant it as a perennial grass field. Hope to let it stand for the forseeable future.
1/3 Switch, 1/3 big bluestem, 1/3 indiangrass? What is your favorite mix? Or how would you do yours differently today, if you could?