Seems like most on here dedicate their foodplot work to deer. I plant right at 30 acres in the fall for deer and another 16 acres in the spring. But I also target other species with some of my plantings. I plant two, five acre fields of peredovik sunflowers just for dove hunting. Doves like clean ground for feeding - and the hardest part is keeping the fields clean. I dont use Clearfield variety - which would make clean fields easier to achieve - but the cost is really up there. I have to plant soybeans next to the sunflowers to give the deer something more preferable for them to eat, otherwise, they will eat all the sunflowers. I alternate the flower and bean fields every couple of years in an attempt to slow the weeds from becoming resistent to the chemicals. Early fall, I overseed the flower fields with wheat and till it in for organic matter prior to planting in the spring. I also dedicate one two acre WW plot to the summer doves. When the wheat ripens in June, I spray with Gly to keep weeds out and leave the stand pure, mature wheat through the summer. This gives the doves somewhere to feed on while they are nesting, building the population on my place during the summer before the sunflowers ripen.
I also plant quite a bit of millet for the ducks - about 18 acres in four plots. I plant Chiwapa, Proso, or Jap millet - depending on when the water comes off the plot. Chiwapa is planted in early summer - as it has the longest maturity date, proso next, and save the japanese milet for those areas that dont lose their water until August. I also plant one semi upland area with a mixture of millet. This area floods about every other duck season - giving us duck hunting opportunity - and if it doesnt flood, any hen turkeys with broods will use it - if there are any hen turkeys around.
Anyone else plant food plots targeting animals other than deer?
I also plant quite a bit of millet for the ducks - about 18 acres in four plots. I plant Chiwapa, Proso, or Jap millet - depending on when the water comes off the plot. Chiwapa is planted in early summer - as it has the longest maturity date, proso next, and save the japanese milet for those areas that dont lose their water until August. I also plant one semi upland area with a mixture of millet. This area floods about every other duck season - giving us duck hunting opportunity - and if it doesnt flood, any hen turkeys with broods will use it - if there are any hen turkeys around.
Anyone else plant food plots targeting animals other than deer?