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re: Planting bow plots
Posted on 7/26/14 at 8:27 am to Judge Smails
Posted on 7/26/14 at 8:27 am to Judge Smails
I was looking into the same thing. Where I usually hunt is a good walk, cant get a 4wheeler back there. Besides just clearing out a small area, is there anything you can just throw on the ground that would grow instead of having to plow up the dirt first. Alabama does not let you use deer feeders, or that is what i would have done. Does the "throw and grow" products actually work or is it just marketing BS.
This post was edited on 7/26/14 at 8:56 am
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Posted on 7/26/14 at 10:21 am to sonoma8
The best forage species for early bow season fields are large leaf legumes like cowpeas, lablab, and soybeans. The problem with these is that they are most attractive when they first sprout and the deer normally hammer them right away and completely wipe them out in a matter of days. If you can somehow time the planting so they sprout close to opening weekend of bow season, you're in the money, but its hard to plan like that without being able to see the future.
I would plant a mixture of cowpeas, oats, dwarf essex rape, and red/white clover. This is a mixture that will take you from september all the way into spring.
Your cowpeas will pop up first and the deer will hit them hard early, then the oats and clover, then the rape once it gets cold, then the clover will persist into the spring and maybe beyond depending on rain/weather.
I would plant a mixture of cowpeas, oats, dwarf essex rape, and red/white clover. This is a mixture that will take you from september all the way into spring.
Your cowpeas will pop up first and the deer will hit them hard early, then the oats and clover, then the rape once it gets cold, then the clover will persist into the spring and maybe beyond depending on rain/weather.
This post was edited on 7/26/14 at 10:25 am
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