Lawnmower Plot 2025

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5 year old buck +
In 2022, Native Hunter posted a thread about his Lawnmower plot. Rather than revive that old thread, I thought I would start a new one for those using this simple, but often effective, method for food plotting.

With limited time, I took advantage of work taking me 1 1/2 hours from our cabin.
Step 1 (After airing up the tire in the D100 mower) was to head down the (rough) trail to mow the hidey hole foot plot. I didn't count on a tree having fallen over the trail, nor three tree having fallen in the food plot. Working around those, I was about 2/3 way through the project when the belt after hitting a stump.
Step 2 was to spray the plot with glyphosate. This step was uneventful, and less than 2 hours after arriving at the cabin I was showered up and on my way home.

Step three will be trying to get to the cabin prior to a nice rain. Hopefully I'll have time to remove the fallen trees on that trip. For the plot itself I'll be broadcasting a blend of Whitetail Institutes Bowstand along with some extra radish and clover on the edges.
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The mower made it 2/3 through the project before a belt failed. I likely hit something.

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The plot was sprayed with glyphosate to prepare the seedbed. Now I just need rain (and an opportunity to get back to the cabin).

Once I broadcast the seed, I'll use a homemade harrow pulled by the side by side to ensure seed/soil contact.

I am sure there are others doing similar variations of this "mow then throw" method.
 
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Debating whether to bring the tow dics to camp this year. Found out last year using a tire drag with logs ontop of it makes it alot better. Got some dry weather to be able to spray, but not alot of rain in the week after that. Might just spray, seed the spots, and maybe save one or two of the nicer plots for seeding in 2 weeks after spraying.

One weekend plots with spraying is very doable for folks on limited timeframes. Even to spray works decent too. Had to do that the past 2 years, every weekend in august was wet.
 
Debating whether to bring the tow dics to camp this year. Found out last year using a tire drag with logs ontop of it makes it alot better. Got some dry weather to be able to spray, but not alot of rain in the week after that. Might just spray, seed the spots, and maybe save one or two of the nicer plots for seeding in 2 weeks after spraying.

One weekend plots with spraying is very doable for folks on limited timeframes. Even to spray works decent too. Had to do that the past 2 years, every weekend in august was wet.
In our area, every weekend in August 2023 & 20424 was dry, as we were in a serious drought. This year should be better (although no rain is in the current forecast). I’ll try to get the seed on the ground by Mid-August for this hidey hole plot. If so, we should be fine.
 
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Got 2 spots where its shady I food plot. 2 week earlier with the small grains helps with lower light. Using less fertilizer overall, but I keep fertilizer 20 feet away from trees in shady areas. Just going to make things harder in the long run.
 
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