Post by posiedon on Apr 10, 2011 8:26:45 GMT -5
Alright, some of my family and I recently acquired some hunting ground, on this ground is around 5 acres of what use to be crop field but now is just gonna be let alone to grow. I talked the landowner into letting us help it come back where the fescue and horseweeds won't take it over.
Since 5 acres wouldn't be cost effective to plant all in food plot and it also wouldn't be letting it come back natural I have come up with a plan I think will work and could use some suggestions or other ideas.
I am thinking of using warm season grasses over most of it. However instead of planting the grasses thick right off the bat, mixing them with assorted grains such as sorghram, soybeans, wheat. This I believe would keep the grasses thin the first year cutting our cost of planting since the grains we already have plenty of and also allowing some other native species to take hold. Now if fescue happened to jump in I would have to roundup and go over that area with just warm season grass I believe.
To help funnel the deer during season, I have been thinking about taking a Texas approach to it and cutting 10 yard wide angled paths through it and planting them with brassicas.
Any ideas? Here is a shaded aerial to give a visual.
Since 5 acres wouldn't be cost effective to plant all in food plot and it also wouldn't be letting it come back natural I have come up with a plan I think will work and could use some suggestions or other ideas.
I am thinking of using warm season grasses over most of it. However instead of planting the grasses thick right off the bat, mixing them with assorted grains such as sorghram, soybeans, wheat. This I believe would keep the grasses thin the first year cutting our cost of planting since the grains we already have plenty of and also allowing some other native species to take hold. Now if fescue happened to jump in I would have to roundup and go over that area with just warm season grass I believe.
To help funnel the deer during season, I have been thinking about taking a Texas approach to it and cutting 10 yard wide angled paths through it and planting them with brassicas.
Any ideas? Here is a shaded aerial to give a visual.
