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5 year old buck +
Our home & farm is in Clinton County, which is the same latitude as Pike County.
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5 year old buck +
April 25, 2026: This weekend I am putting in 1.25 acre sunflower plot for doves. This is my first attempt at growing sunflowers, and is part of the 10% CRP food plot allocation. I pre-treated with the area with glyphosate in late March and again today. The field is still a little too wet for planting, so I plan on drilling the seeds tomorrow afternoon using regular (not Clearfield) seeds in 15" rows at a rate of 20# acres. I will follow with an application of Sulfentrazone as a pre-emergent. Hopefully the 1" rain forecast for Sunday night holds true.
Last year with the first time I hunted doves, and it was fun and fruitful. We have lots of doves in the area, a power line just north of the plot and the pond to the south. This should give a good setup to harvest some "airborne bacon-wrapped, jalapeño stuffed delicacies."
While waiting for better planting conditions, I tackled what turned out to be 2 acres of invasive honeysuckle that were growing in the pollinator plot planted in 2021. What I had thought was about 1/2 acre of honeysuckle was more extensive than anticipated. Last season I did a foliar spraying on some of the growth, which was fairly successful, but never got back to finishing the project. While I will need to re-visit the fields this fall, I am hoping the spring treatment of brush-hogging small sections, followed by an application of 20% glyphosate, will allow the NWSG to return. A lesson for others and for the future--treat easier than later. This project burnt though 10 gallons of glyphosate ($200 on sale) plus gas and time. A foliar spraying last year would have been a quarter of the cost for the same area.
Last year with the first time I hunted doves, and it was fun and fruitful. We have lots of doves in the area, a power line just north of the plot and the pond to the south. This should give a good setup to harvest some "airborne bacon-wrapped, jalapeño stuffed delicacies."
While waiting for better planting conditions, I tackled what turned out to be 2 acres of invasive honeysuckle that were growing in the pollinator plot planted in 2021. What I had thought was about 1/2 acre of honeysuckle was more extensive than anticipated. Last season I did a foliar spraying on some of the growth, which was fairly successful, but never got back to finishing the project. While I will need to re-visit the fields this fall, I am hoping the spring treatment of brush-hogging small sections, followed by an application of 20% glyphosate, will allow the NWSG to return. A lesson for others and for the future--treat easier than later. This project burnt though 10 gallons of glyphosate ($200 on sale) plus gas and time. A foliar spraying last year would have been a quarter of the cost for the same area.
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