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EarlyBird
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re: Turkey Hunting
Posted by EarlyBird on 12/4/23 at 8:45 pm
Coach, shoot me an email. I'm in your area. Love turkey hunting and getting people pointed in the right direction. ...
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re: Food Plot Woes
Posted by EarlyBird on 11/15/23 at 11:00 am
Mucho Grassy arse. ...
re: Food Plot Woes
Posted by EarlyBird on 11/15/23 at 9:27 am
[quote]There’s a home weather station in Centreville[/quote]
Please show me how to access that. I can only access historic at Baton Rouge Airport. ...
re: Food Plot Woes
Posted by EarlyBird on 11/14/23 at 4:23 pm
Buddy in SW Wilkinson County said it's raining good up there. ...
re: Food Plot Woes
Posted by EarlyBird on 11/10/23 at 10:16 am
I'm told our area got a seed-germinating rain between 4:00 AM and 6:00 AM this morning. The forecast shows more rain is likely, which I feel is the most important need. With these dry conditions and sandy soil, that first rain can germinate, but it will infiltrate/dry out quickly. A second rain on M...
re: Food Plot Woes
Posted by EarlyBird on 11/9/23 at 9:40 am
I threw seed out like napalm over the last 5 days.
[quote]Nobody say a word. No jinxing[/quote]
Concur
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re: Food Plot Woes
Posted by EarlyBird on 11/7/23 at 9:10 am
[quote]Shhhh we don’t want you to scare it away.[/quote]
Precisely why I haven't mentioned it.
[quote]if the forecast holds I’m skipping work Thursday and planting ahead of the rain
We’re doing the rain dance in Wilkinson County![/quote]
Same area. I planted my disced plots last weekend...
re: Better feed those deer--the drought has been tough
Posted by EarlyBird on 11/7/23 at 9:04 am
It's got to be a stress on the herd, no doubt. If you put corn out they will hammer it. I'm also seeing more deer crossing the roads than usual. My theory is that they need to travel more for resources. At least in our piney woods. No mast on the ground, poor browse, and dry creeks. Find water and p...
re: Food Plot Woes
Posted by EarlyBird on 11/2/23 at 3:52 pm
76Forest
I could have taken ground balls on some of my plots. The Dog Fennell did get high in some spots so I mowed it down to about two feet last weekend to ensure I get good coverage when I spread. The no-till can be great but you have a much smaller window in which to operate. Timing is everyt...
re: Food Plot Woes
Posted by EarlyBird on 11/2/23 at 8:29 am
Having a drill and the ability to disc an area helps. This is not the year to rely on no-till. Especially if you have turkeys and hogs....
re: Food Plot Woes
Posted by EarlyBird on 11/1/23 at 11:06 am
Normally, we rarely see mature bucks on feeders, particularly in the daytime. Some of that has to do with the hogs hitting it constantly. This year, the guy with property next to ours has a trough feeder ten feet from the front door of his house. Every night he has several 3 YO bucks chowing down at...
re: Food Plot Woes
Posted by EarlyBird on 10/31/23 at 12:48 pm
While this year is certainly a new level of fricked up, I'm trying to remember when plot season didn't come with some level of stress. I can only imagine what farmers go through (if they're not subsidized). ...
re: Food Plot Woes
Posted by EarlyBird on 10/31/23 at 11:50 am
You'll likely get partial/some germination for the seed toward the top. The humidity levels have been climbing it seems even though it hasn't resulted in rain, but I'm NOT gonna spend Thanksgiving planting plots so I'll roll the dice. It's going out this weekend. ...
re: Food Plot Woes
Posted by EarlyBird on 10/30/23 at 4:48 pm
Oats
Elbon Rye
Durana Clover
Crimson Clover
Frosty Berseem Clover
Chickory
Rape
I went with smaller seeds (other than the cereal grains) to reduce loss to hogs and birds and I'm leaning more heavily on legumes, so I don't require nitrogen in December. The perennial seeds (Durana and Chicory...
re: Food Plot Woes
Posted by EarlyBird on 10/30/23 at 8:34 am
I thought I was smart to grab all that seed before the rush. I'm starting to think I'd waste it to plant a few weeks from now. The chances of a frost hammering it are high. I'm sure those who did plant are sweating the frost coming through today and tomorrow. Plots are likely already stressed by the...
re: Food Plot Woes
Posted by EarlyBird on 10/27/23 at 11:53 am
It'll rain eventually for sure. What really scares me is an early frost. If we don't get seed out until mid-November, that's a real concern. But I don't lose sleep over food plots like I did a few years ago. As long as I get to go into the woods, I'm happy. ...
re: Deer Scents
Posted by EarlyBird on 10/25/23 at 9:41 am
Ask any police officer who uses drug dogs. People often try to mask the scent of something with another more powerful scent. The problem is that the dogs can disseminate both scents. Deer are no different. Therefore, I do not buy the "cover scent" premise. As far as attractants go, I'm not sure how ...
re: Food Plot Woes
Posted by EarlyBird on 10/25/23 at 9:08 am
The farmers I talk to always say it's the second rain that is the most important. We need rain to germinate everything, but we need a second rain within 2 weeks to keep it from drying out. And with how dry conditions are right now, in our sandy soil, the first rain is gonna infiltrate quickly and th...
re: Food Plot Woes
Posted by EarlyBird on 10/25/23 at 8:49 am
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re: Food Plot Woes
Posted by EarlyBird on 10/25/23 at 8:19 am
I'm in the same area. And we use no-till for half our plots so rain is beaucoup important. I've had $800 worth of seed sitting in my garage for a month now. Food plot planning can oftentimes be stressful, but this is the craziest year I've seen. If we get a hard frost in mid to late November there w...
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