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Food plot turkeys. Feliciana’s
Posted on 2/14/24 at 7:59 am
Posted on 2/14/24 at 7:59 am
Any success planting food plots for turkeys in the Feliciana’s are areas close by. Use to have turkeys 10 years ago. See some in the area every now and then. Would like to plant before weekend. Thanks
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Posted on 2/14/24 at 8:13 am to Lsutmorg
Plant some diesel and a match.
Posted on 2/14/24 at 8:26 am to Lsutmorg
You need to burn. We only plant for deer season and let the grass grow until end of summer.
Burning has increased our turkey numbers within 2-3 years. Habitat is more important than food plots.
EDIT: little more about letting grass grow. We don't do any bushhogging of plots or grass until late summer/early fall. They use the grass to raise their poults, just like woods that have been burned 2-3 years prior.
Burning has increased our turkey numbers within 2-3 years. Habitat is more important than food plots.
EDIT: little more about letting grass grow. We don't do any bushhogging of plots or grass until late summer/early fall. They use the grass to raise their poults, just like woods that have been burned 2-3 years prior.
This post was edited on 2/14/24 at 9:24 am
Posted on 2/14/24 at 9:00 am to Lsutmorg
What the other two said, plus the burns create food through the regrowth. If you have food plots you are already managing for deer then keep those up as usual. Deer and turkeys eat many of the same things.
Posted on 2/14/24 at 9:07 am to Lsutmorg
Best thing to plant is Chufa and that needs to be planted in the Fall. (FYI hogs usually destroy it during winter if you have any).
As the above have said, the best thing to DO for turkeys/turkey numbers is to burn burn burn.
As the above have said, the best thing to DO for turkeys/turkey numbers is to burn burn burn.
Posted on 2/14/24 at 1:04 pm to Lsutmorg
Best thing you can do is disc up your plots about three days before season opens.
And burn
And burn
This post was edited on 2/14/24 at 1:05 pm
Posted on 2/14/24 at 1:37 pm to Lsutmorg
Turkeys didn’t leave because of a lack of food plots.
Posted on 2/14/24 at 3:21 pm to geauxbrown
You mean disc up plots and burn right before turkey season? What does that do for them? Open up bugs on the ground? Create new seedlings coming up for food?
Posted on 2/14/24 at 4:27 pm to TyOconner
We've burned during turkey season before. They'll stick around and eat bugs and new growth. But the key thing is what the habitat will be 1-3 years from now.
Posted on 2/14/24 at 4:57 pm to TyOconner
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You mean disc up plots and burn right before turkey season? What does that do for them? Open up bugs on the ground? Create new seedlings coming up for food
Turned over and loose dirt is like crack to turkeys. Now it won't help establish turkeys or really provide them what they need, but if they're around they'll come to that loose dirt.
Posted on 2/14/24 at 4:58 pm to yodaddyroberto
Makes sense. We burn blocks in a three year rotation. Place is full of turkeys so it makes sense. Also seems to be great for deer, rabbit habitat, and definitely smaller birds. Saw a covey of quail recently and we are just north of SF. Doves love the burned areas too.
Posted on 2/15/24 at 12:41 pm to TyOconner
We are on the same schedule. Rotate between 2 areas. But we need to start burning some of other areas and add them to the rotation.
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