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[Howboutthemdawgs]

Ehh, gun season here screws up November pretty good, I don't think there was much harm in me spraying it yesterday. Supposed to hit some prolonged colder weather later this week, will be interesting to see the level of kill I get this close to winter.

For sure. My issue is time. It gets dark at 4:45. So if you hunt till 10-11 in the am I like to eat and be back no later than 1 since I have been seeing good midday movement. But i honestly think your method is the only way to rid yourself of cool season grasses. One year I’ll get on the program

 

[Brian662]

It was still nice and green yesterday? I have sprayed a couple brome areas this fall and they're brown and out - I'm pretty sure from the spraying, but it being later in the growing season always makes me second guess if it's otherwise naturally dying off.

It seems like the stuff goes dormant in stages or there are multiple varieties of grasses because there was green stuff under the brown stuff.

The stuff I sprayed last fall was dead as dead could be this spring. I mixed some tree seeds up and tilled them, only thing that seemed to grow there was foxtail and some goldenrod for year 1. We'll see what year two brings.

 

[Brian662]

For sure. My issue is time. It gets dark at 4:45. So if you hunt till 10-11 in the am I like to eat and be back no later than 1 since I have been seeing good midday movement. But i honestly think your method is the only way to rid yourself of cool season grasses. One year I’ll get on the program

I hear ya.

While there is nothing like the feeling of arrowing a 150 class buck, I definitely enjoy the habitat journey that leads up to it nearly as much.

Where this property is at in terms of huntability and mature buck holding potential, I'm probably a few years away. I can't wait to get there, but some stuff happens slowly in this habitat game. I've only been deer hunting for about 10 years and the first 5 of those years I thought food plots were all that was needed to kill nice bucks. Wish I would have been establishing better cover 10 years ago.

 

[Howboutthemdawgs]

I hear ya.

While there is nothing like the feeling of arrowing a 150 class buck, I definitely enjoy the habitat journey that leads up to it nearly as much.

Where this property is at in terms of huntability and mature buck holding potential, I'm probably a few years away. I can't wait to get there, but some stuff happens slowly in this habitat game. I've only been deer hunting for about 10 years and the first 5 of those years I thought food plots were all that was needed to kill nice bucks. Wish I would have been establishing better cover 10 years ago.

Totally agree. I’m pulling stuff out of food for more cover. In our ag world they have plenty of food. To keep them alive they need to have the ability to be hidden

 

[T-Max]

This would be very anecdotal, but fall spraying has been super effective for me. Spring spraying definitely knocks it back, but I seem to have more come back.

 

[T-Max]

It was still nice and green yesterday? I have sprayed a couple brome areas this fall and they're brown and out - I'm pretty sure from the spraying, but it being later in the growing season always makes me second guess if it's otherwise naturally dying off.

In my experience it looks different when it is dead than when it is dormant. Rain really shows it. Dead grass will be dark brown and almost turn black when wet. Dormant has a golden color. I may not be describing it perfectly, but I see a distinct difference in the two.