Field layout advice

[HAPPY DAD]

So i have a 5 acre field that I normally plant in RR corn to leave standing for deer season.

A lot of times I will leave strips to plant my fall blend in to encourage the deer to come out of the corn to eat from time to time and not always stay in the corn eating.

Well this year I was thinking about incorporating sunflowers into this somehow. I have 2 acres beside my house that I plant sunflowers in and we shoot some birds but I would like to have more feed and more room for friends to shoot.

I figure plant my corn in some type of layout and in the other spots plant sunflowers. Then around mid to late September either turn under the sunflowers and plant my fall blend or throw and go the fall blend prior to a rain to fill those areas with a pretty fall plot.

Field is within the blue circle, and the yellow dots are existing deer stands.

Feel free to add your own markups, visuals help a slow fella like me. Thanks guys

 

[HAPPY DAD]

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[Bowsnbucks]

No farmer here, but given the top yellow stand site in your pic, I'd maybe plant some corn in lines radiating out from the stand location. Plant corn in 3 or 4 rows, so you can still see deer if they're feeding on corn - then plant your fall greens between the rows. Similar to the lower field in your pic. Many angles to see deer, while still giving them a bit of cover with the corn rows. Just my opinion ..... others will certainly have ideas too.

 

[Hoytvectrix]

How has the timing been with your sunflowers compared to a fall blend? From my experience, sunflowers are still providing value when you would want to get most fall blends seeded.

Have you looked at sorghum? It is incredibly popular on our farms for deer and birds. Our biggest issue is getting it to last into the deer season with our high deer numbers.

 

[HAPPY DAD]

How has the timing been with your sunflowers compared to a fall blend? From my experience, sunflowers are still providing value when you would want to get most fall blends seeded.

Have you looked at sorghum? It is incredibly popular on our farms for deer and birds. Our biggest issue is getting it to last into the deer season with our high deer numbers.

Well in the past I just used the 2 acres beside my house as my dove field. Was hoping since my back field is bigger, I may could get more dove food and maybe more birds for the opener at least