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Post by jackc99 on Nov 2, 2005 8:42:36 GMT -5
Kentucky has some excellent programs which we are starting to emulate. However, I will still make fun of them!!!!LOL!!!
Jack
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Post by Woody Williams on Nov 2, 2005 9:12:55 GMT -5
Kentucky has some excellent programs which we are starting to emulate. However, I will still make fun of them!!!!LOL!!! Jack I think we will see more and more of that from this administration. No sense re-inventing the wheel.....saves buck$ too.  |
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Post by drs on Nov 2, 2005 10:42:57 GMT -5
The State of Kentucky does an excellent job in their management programs. You don't see any Elk herds starting up here.
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Post by DEERTRACKS on Nov 2, 2005 15:41:42 GMT -5
Back about 15 years ago the DNR aquired a very large unbroken tract of private ground in my area. They went in & bulldozed the large apple orchard except for "one" apple tree, put in a small pond, harvested the timber, and let the open ground go to wild pasture that is mowed from time to time. This would have been an excellent spot for a habitat improvemremnt project for "all" game, but it was not. By the way there was so much good timber on this property it took about a year to log it out.
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Post by steiny on Jan 5, 2006 18:24:01 GMT -5
The DNR has an excellent food plot program at many of their Fish & Game areas. They do a great job at Winamac.
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Post by ozarkwhittler on Jan 7, 2006 22:24:42 GMT -5
We have managed 115 acres surrounded by small livestock farms and woods for many years. We have made two acre sized areas where we bushhog every year. We plant oats, winter wheat, peas, soybeans, and orchard grass in long rather thin cleared spaces over the acrage. We also keep mineral salt blocks out and have several wildlife feeders that we keep corn in almost all the time. Our efforts have enabled four of us to fill our tags on deer and turkey every season. Yes, we probably pay many bucks per pound of meat but it is so nice for this 77 year old man to sit in a propane heated insulated blind and photograph or harvest game. Our efforts causes wildlife of many types to use our place as a dinner table. We do not think it is bad because we keep the supply going during the whole year. I know this sounds expensive to readers but the land is useless for other purposes and what we have now is the result of over twenty years of playing with this hobby. Building warm hunting shelters, feeders, and other improvements like cabins is entertainment in itself. Plus good exercise
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Post by polypros on Apr 24, 2006 11:35:15 GMT -5
I am not recommending anyone do this, but it seems to me one could plant his own secret food plot in one of these state areas. One of the no till versions (if they work). Obviously your not going to "feed" the animals but it could help with hunting.
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Post by tenring on Apr 21, 2007 8:54:03 GMT -5
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ The DNR will tell you how to do it, then it's up to you to do it.
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Post by tmarsh83 on May 8, 2007 8:57:30 GMT -5
I'm confused...and i dont want to hijack..but, well, i'm going to...
Several have stated that food plots are overrated. Yet, often, food plots are one of the first things mentioned when it comes to why there are more big bucks now than before...as opposed to the OBR...i'm confused...
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Post by dwhunting on May 8, 2007 13:23:04 GMT -5
Very well said Ozarkwhittler! You make some great statements.
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Post by LawrenceCoBowhunter on May 9, 2007 16:27:14 GMT -5
We have managed 115 acres surrounded by small livestock farms and woods for many years. We have made two acre sized areas where we bushhog every year. We plant oats, winter wheat, peas, soybeans, and orchard grass in long rather thin cleared spaces over the acrage. We also keep mineral salt blocks out and have several wildlife feeders that we keep corn in almost all the time. Our efforts have enabled four of us to fill our tags on deer and turkey every season. Yes, we probably pay many bucks per pound of meat but it is so nice for this 77 year old man to sit in a propane heated insulated blind and photograph or harvest game.[glow=red,2,300] Our efforts causes wildlife of many types to use our place as a dinner table.[/glow] We do not think it is bad because we keep the supply going during the whole year. I know this sounds expensive to readers but the land is useless for other purposes and what we have now is the result of over twenty years of playing with this hobby. Building warm hunting shelters, feeders, and other improvements like cabins is entertainment in itself. Plus good exercise That why I plant them |
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