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Back at the Home, I took advantage of the forecast of rain to broadcast forage oats over the failed food plots. The forecast was right this time, and we had 1" of rain over night, with another 1/2" forecast for today and 2 1/2" this week. There is more thatch on the ground than I would have liked, since these were NT drilled back in early August (then germinated with rain that night, and none to follow). The two No-till plots I planted on September 7th should be fine as those seeds were in the ground and covered.

 

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My experience with TnM is that those seeds will work their way down through the thatch. Then under the right conditions they'll reach quite a ways to find soil. Good luck (and I'm hoping I'm getting the same rains you are counting on)!

 

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While the drought seriously set back the food plots, the seeds that were drilled finally showed some signs of life once the November rains came.


One of the cameras caught me heading out to a stand for a little “blind therapy.” While in the blind I saw a covey of quail, which was the first for this part of the property.

 

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I am deploying the portable blind for late season. With the drought causing both the fall food plots and the late season “Hail Mary” plantings of forage oats and rye to fail, I am positioning this blind off a travel quarter to bedding. Access will be the challenge, but it’s down to the wire for this season.