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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.

The mower made it 2/3 through the project before a belt failed. I likely hit something.

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.
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.

The mower made it 2/3 through the project before a belt failed. I likely hit something.

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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