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Post by marshallco on Aug 21, 2024 22:19:01 GMT -5
How long ago did you plant that? Seems like it was only a few weeks ago.
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on Aug 22, 2024 8:58:51 GMT -5
How long ago did you plant that? Seems like it was only a few weeks ago. May 25, so we’re going on 3 months of growth now.
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Post by ukwil on Aug 22, 2024 12:46:25 GMT -5
A doe and fawn have been bedding in it. No feeding yet. Let's mow it and shoot doves That was my thought too
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Post by elmucho277 on Aug 22, 2024 21:11:18 GMT -5
Be patient with the sorghum. Once those seed heads ripen the deer will hammer it until there isn't a single seed head left. In my experience you have a week or two window, depending on how much you have planted.
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on Aug 23, 2024 5:25:03 GMT -5
Be patient with the sorghum. Once those seed heads ripen the deer will hammer it until there isn't a single seed head left. In my experience you have a week or two window, depending on how much you have planted. Yeah - ideally, they won’t start hitting it until season is in. I think that is one of the advantages of sorghum, they don’t browse down the young plants like they would with corn.
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Post by genesis273 on Aug 23, 2024 16:09:20 GMT -5
I got all my cameras out this afternoon.
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on Aug 23, 2024 16:47:13 GMT -5
I got all the trails mowed, last time before season. Need more rain for the plots.
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Post by boonechaser on Aug 27, 2024 5:12:55 GMT -5
I thought last year was bad, but this year has been worse. (Just plain burnt up.) Small chance of rain Thur./Fri. but nothing substantial. Have 4 acres of plots to seed, at this point, I am just going to seed oats, wheat rye, and purple top turnips in a mix and hope I get a little to germinate as a cover crop. Plan on concentrating more on perinnel plots going forward. Weather patterns last several years have made fall plantings nearly impossible in my area.
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Post by titanium700 on Aug 27, 2024 9:22:43 GMT -5
Yeah these last few years sure makes a guy not want to plant food plots any more. I’ve got pumpkins again this year. Last year was a flop but so far this year I’ve probably got 150-200 plants that are 1 1/2 ft tall. Hope they don’t burn up.
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Post by MuzzleLoader on Aug 27, 2024 11:39:57 GMT -5
Yeah these last few years sure makes a guy not want to plant food plots any more. I’ve got pumpkins again this year. Last year was a flop but so far this year I’ve probably got 150-200 plants that are 1 1/2 ft tall. Hope they don’t burn up. Ya I quit throwing money down the drain several years ago. Seems the rain doesn’t come at all in late aug and sept.
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Post by boonechaser on Aug 27, 2024 14:33:16 GMT -5
Yeah these last few years sure makes a guy not want to plant food plots any more. I’ve got pumpkins again this year. Last year was a flop but so far this year I’ve probably got 150-200 plants that are 1 1/2 ft tall. Hope they don’t burn up. Ya I quit throwing money down the drain several years ago. Seems the rain doesn’t come at all in late aug and sept. Our little area seems the bullseye for no rain.. Saw a local post of a couple dead deer in E. Enterprise area , suspected EHD. Just what we don't need. Extended forecast looks cooler and wetter than normal, let's hope so.
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on Aug 27, 2024 16:12:37 GMT -5
Mine look better than expected. I seeded nearly 2 weeks ago, then immediately got a good rain. None since. I hope they can make it through to the next rainfall, maybe this weekend. Regardless, I’m going to add a bit more seed to the thinner spots. Crows and turkeys have been lighting up the camera I have on this spot.
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Post by esshup on Aug 27, 2024 16:31:07 GMT -5
Mine look better than expected. I seeded nearly 2 weeks ago, then immediately got a good rain. None since. I hope they can make it through to the next rainfall, maybe this weekend. Regardless, I’m going to add a bit more seed to the thinner spots. Crows and turkeys have been lighting up the camera I have on this spot. Your experience mirrors mine. I planted, got rain the next day, then nothing. Grass and corn that isn't irrigated is turning blue and curling. I have brown grass now. We hit 100°F here today.
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on Aug 29, 2024 17:21:18 GMT -5
Mowed my clover tonight. As long as rain still looks likely, I intend to broadcast my oats tomorrow night.
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Post by Woody Williams on Aug 29, 2024 18:49:15 GMT -5
Got the plot sprayed. We will till and plant next Wednesday . 40% chance of rain Thursday.🤞
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Post by whitetaildave24 on Aug 29, 2024 18:52:25 GMT -5
Was thundering for a long time this afternoon and I saw the storms popping up. It rained for about two minutes, but it looked like more was coming. Right when I got off work I went out and planted and raked over my little plot and of course no rain. Went to pick my daughter up from cheer about 15 minutes north and it was soaked up there. Hopefully the rain for this weekend comes through for me. The turkeys sure loved my tilled up dry dirt plot though. Had 7 dust bowls in it with feathers all over.
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Post by boonechaser on Aug 30, 2024 6:27:10 GMT -5
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on Aug 31, 2024 12:29:41 GMT -5
I broadcast some oats this morning, now it looks like the rain is going to miss us. Hopefully we get some this upcoming week.
I also put the finishing touches on a new stand I hung a few weeks ago overlooking the new 1/2 acre food plot down in the woods. Put a couple tree steps in to use as hand-holds when stepping from the ladder to the stand, and a bow hanger within easy reach off to the side.
Will probably go out later tonight and make some more tree cages out of some old woven wire I pulled out of the woods a few days ago. As of now I’ve got 4 persimmons and 10 chestnut trees on order to be delivered in early October, I want the holes to be ready to just drop the trees in and cage them when they arrive.
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Post by marshallco on Aug 31, 2024 22:42:40 GMT -5
It’s hard to see, but there is plenty of growth with this food plot. It’s been planted right at 2 weeks now. Rye grass, clover and turnips. The recent rains have no doubt helped.
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Post by genesis273 on Sept 2, 2024 15:11:55 GMT -5
All done in the woods. Stands are trimmed out on all properties, lifelines reinstalled, bow hangers and pull ropes up and the rest of the cameras are out.
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