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Post by jman46151 on Oct 28, 2019 16:28:55 GMT -5
I'm curious to see what others thoughts/experiences have been with hunting ag fields that missed a year of planting. I've only had access to this ag field for a few years and due to the wet spring it didn't get planted. I haven't scouted it in a month or so I don't know what it currently looks like but plan on going to check it out this weekend. Will ducks and geese still use it? Or does it really just depend on how tall the growth is?
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Post by duff on Oct 28, 2019 20:06:25 GMT -5
Depends on food sources. Clearly it gets wet, will water pond on it? How close to a roost.
It may be hard to get them in. I would find a bare spot where water pounded enough to kill weeds and set decoys there.
Best bet is find corn field you can get on.
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Post by featherduster on Oct 29, 2019 2:58:14 GMT -5
What duff said.  |
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Post by jman46151 on Oct 29, 2019 8:10:58 GMT -5
Depends on food sources. Clearly it gets wet, will water pond on it? How close to a roost. It may be hard to get them in. I would find a bare spot where water pounded enough to kill weeds and set decoys there. Best bet is find corn field you can get on. Water does pond on it in one location. A couple of years ago it was beans but there was enough of a wet spot to kill the beans and allow weeds to grow tall enough to put a layout. The farmer tried to run a small trench to drain the water but I don't imagine it did very much. It's right next to a lake where birds roost and surrounded by other fields. Worst case scenario I'm sure I could run traffic and get some pass shooting from the ditch between my field and the adjacent field. I was just wondering if they would still use it. Sounds like if they have a big enough spot to land I should be okay. |
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Post by esshup on Oct 29, 2019 12:32:58 GMT -5
It also might depend on what type of weeds grew there. Any weeds with seeds like Smartweed, if flooded will attract the birds if it's flooded deep enough so the weeds don't inhibit them spreading their wings to fly away.
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Post by jman46151 on Oct 31, 2019 9:36:45 GMT -5
It also might depend on what type of weeds grew there. Any weeds with seeds like Smartweed, if flooded will attract the birds if it's flooded deep enough so the weeds don't inhibit them spreading their wings to fly away. It won't be that deep. The wet spot is more of a low spot that happens to hold water for a few days after it rains. It would be more of a situation like duff mentioned if the weeds are beat down enough or it was too wet for them to grow very tall. |
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Post by jman46151 on Nov 19, 2019 20:12:50 GMT -5
Well it looks like they may have planted some winter wheat in the field. I drove by last weekend and it had been worked but nothing was growing yet. It also looks like some other local guys planted turnips in the area as a cover crop maybe?
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Post by parrothead on Nov 20, 2019 12:47:30 GMT -5
In order for them to get insurance money they were required to plant a cover crop.
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Post by featherduster on Nov 20, 2019 13:13:46 GMT -5
IF it's winter wheat and IF you have some geese moving around the area and IF you get some snow cover you might get some geese using the wheat.
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Post by jman46151 on Nov 20, 2019 18:03:36 GMT -5
In order for them to get insurance money they were required to plant a cover crop. Interesting...I did not know that. |
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