Foggy's Deertopia Proving Grounds - Happenings

[Foggy47]

Fire can play a role here. It will set back your specific areas and not let it progress into timberland. If you can maintain a few firebreaks by mowing, the burning gets easier. There’s a group in your area putting together a prescribed burn association. We have a burn trailer that has gas powered water pumps, ATV water pumps, backpack sprayers, hand tools, etc. to do the burn right. I have been involved in 3 burns including my own property where we burned roughly 20 acres in four different parts of the property. It set back my hazels. It’s a volunteer group that assists landowners in burns. Let me know if you are interested in learning more.

I might be interested in this.

 

[Ben.MN/WI]

I also get pissed when my food plots or tree plantings don't go as planned, but my hunting success doesn't seem to be tied to how good my food plots and trees do that year. My worst food plot years sometimes match with some great hunting, and the opposite is also true.

I'm betting you will see a bunch of switchgrass next year in those areas. You could always frost seed those areas early next spring to give them an extra shot of switchgrass seed if you aren't sure. My CRP blend that contained switchgrass was a solid mat of oats, clover and perennial grasses the first year. It was way thicker than your weeds pictured, and I couldn't clearly see any switchgrass in that thick mess of grasses, clovers and weeds. Then the next year the switchgrass really took off and it looked like I knew what I was doing.

 

[Foggy47]

I also get pissed when my food plots or tree plantings don't go as planned, but my hunting success doesn't seem to be tied to how good my food plots and trees do that year. My worst food plot years sometimes match with some great hunting, and the opposite is also true.

I'm betting you will see a bunch of switchgrass next year in those areas. You could always frost seed those areas early next spring to give them an extra shot of switchgrass seed if you aren't sure. My CRP blend that contained switchgrass was a solid mat of oats, clover and perennial grasses the first year. It was way thicker than your weeds pictured, and I couldn't clearly see any switchgrass in that thick mess of grasses, clovers and weeds. Then the next year the switchgrass really took off and it looked like I knew what I was doing.

Yep. I am still holding out hope on that to happen. My problem with frost seeding is that I am in AZ until mid May each year. Thus the need for this to go.

 

[Catscratch]

I'd jump on the offer to help burn Foggy! That's a very generous offer and... man does burning help! Increases plant nutrition and palability.

Very short video. Worth the watch. Living with cattle and deer I observe deer mimicking the cattle's love of burns.