re: Planted summer plots today

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Nice! Gotta go all in

I have 10 acres of food plots and the goal is to produce 60k lbs of food year round without the corn and protein pellets! It’s worth a shot!

Initial investment of about $17k in the two implements would result in cutting labor in half, not relying on rain as much, cutting fuel in half, not using herbicides at all, not using fertilizer.

You’re down to around $200/acre to plant twice a year!

Man, I’m sorry. It’s habitat-talk.

Have you listened to Drop Tine Podcast. He focuses on soil health and the Haney soil test.

I’m personally working on native habitat restoration. It’s possible to get 1500-2000 per acre of food production with high protein yields depending on the weeds.

Look up crude protein from Partridge Pea, pokeweed, and ragweed. Soil disturbance in the fall/winter help these weeds to germinate if they are in the seed bank. Fire also helps it.

The deer will absolutely tear them up and best of all, they are free. They do not require fertilizer will come back yearly because they re seed themselves.

3 years ago, we planted soybeans and missed seeding a section. The soybeans came up and the deer hammered them. The 20 ft section beside the soybeans grew up heavy in ragweed. It was as heavily eaten as the soybeans were. One was free and one was not.

Your Dad alive………There only a third of us alive

If he is give him my thanks

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Have you listened to Drop Tine Podcast. He focuses on soil health and the Haney soil test.

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Definitely checking this out! Thanks!

Land and Legeacy is one that talks about native regeneration.

Relisten to the MSU podcast about the 10 year study of unlocking genetic potential.

What happens in January, February, late July, August and September makes all the difference on antler size/genetic potential.

Body weight in January/February for all deer. Late July through September is for the does feeding the fawns.

It takes three generations to unlock the potential.

Here is my testimony: in 2019 I killed a 185 inch deer in southern Missouri (ozarks) that scored 178 3/8 inches because of three broken kickers. In 2002 when my Dad bought the property, we didn’t see a deer in 7 days of hunting. It was 4 years before we killed a deer and almost 10 before we killed a decent deer.

We started cutting trees to open sunlight to the ground, and the neighbor burned the property for us yearly (property feuded). Native vegetation with high protein yield provided nutrition that allowed for excellerated growth. Since 2016, we have had multiple 150 plus inch deer on camera every year.

We plant 4-6 acres per year and mostly just fall plots.

Soybeans don’t start producing until June and much of the nutrition is needed from March through May. Where does that come from? Native landscaping is where it comes from.

Do you have enough woody browse to put weight on the deer in February and March? Did you put fire on the ground in June/July to help the herd in September?

This doesn’t cost anything except work.

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Read this. Look at crude protein level’s compared to soybeans. I’ll take 80 percent for free every day of the week!

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I’m 100% on board with this. We are literally logging 300 acres and doing TSI right now. We burned 200 acres last year and will burn 200 more when logging is done and the timing is right.

I’m just adding MORE nutrition. It will cost me an initial investment for sure, but I will quickly increase my herd’s health and attract more deer.

I’m not afraid to shoot a pile of does either. We have doe weekends in November and early December. No bucks to be shot unless you can hang on the wall next to the others in the camp.

Hell, I’m probably going to plant plots this fall that will not even be hunted.

Couple questions for ya

505 or 507 Saya?

Where did you get the crimper and what did it run you?

Did you plant a seed mixture or monoculture?