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Offline grundy53

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Re: Putting in new food plots for 2017
« Reply #15 on: April 08, 2017, 05:35:18 PM »
Is it too late to plant a plot on the west side do you guys think? And how well do they stand the summer drought? I won't be.home consistently to water....
Definitely not too late.

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Re: Putting in new food plots for 2017
« Reply #16 on: April 08, 2017, 07:00:55 PM »
Is it too late to plant a plot on the west side do you guys think? And how well do they stand the summer drought? I won't be.home consistently to water....

Technically - it's called 'the wet side'. Gotta get with the program dude!  :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
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Re: Putting in new food plots for 2017
« Reply #17 on: April 10, 2017, 01:08:20 AM »
I know I know, I did a fair amount of damage to the tractor a few days before I went to Alaska for work! So there it sat, in the middle of the plot and I almost planted around it lol, though I'm home next week and it will be ready to plant an.acre in a day or two, just hoping it can root

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Re: Putting in new food plots for 2017
« Reply #18 on: May 31, 2017, 08:01:47 PM »
Update:

I spread the Iron about a month a go and it effectively killed the moss which is great, but I know have a problem with a bunch of weeds in the main Clover plot. I plan on weed whipping this soon to cut of the tops before the weeds can go to seed.

On my other plots I have decided to just let those go, I am kinda backing away from the whole food plot stuff for now since this area is getting hardly any deer activity and I have transitioned to public land now. I still will maintain this clover plot just cause I have noticed there's a good rabbit population that has sprung up.

The grassy plot is the one that was my fall food plot.
None the less, I have found these food plots to be effective for deer but since this area is getting extremely infested with brush the deer avoid it. If there was still some good deer activity in this area then I would keep this plots up but I think I won't be doing this type of stuff till some time later in the future.

« Last Edit: May 31, 2017, 08:12:26 PM by HunterofWA »
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Re: Putting in new food plots for 2017
« Reply #19 on: May 31, 2017, 11:21:46 PM »
I wouldn't give up too soon.  My timber property w/ red cedar has deer feeding on it all winter.  They quit coming in about a month ago. 

Once things green up in the spring, it seems they don't need to travel to eat.  Good food is everywhere.   Come late summer and fall, the deer will likely be in your plots every night - at least if you had a way to get water on it during the summer.
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Re: Putting in new food plots for 2017
« Reply #20 on: June 03, 2017, 10:46:58 PM »
Anyone who does or did till up ground for a plot make sure to let everything grow before planting it. I made the mistake of not waiting and now I have been battling weeds in my clover because I didn't start with it all killed off.

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Re: Putting in new food plots for 2017
« Reply #21 on: June 06, 2017, 09:43:40 AM »
I can see the value in that now.
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