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Post by Freeborn on Nov 24, 2018 18:13:17 GMT -6
Of the 180 acres I really only have about 70 huntable acres of high ground. I will be putting in about 10-12 acres of cover on the north side along the highway. I have a couple of questions; 1) what are your thoughts between switchgrass or a mix of NWSG’s for holding deer. (It is about 75-100 yards wide and about 1/2 mile long). The property across the road got 2 10-pointers, 2 8-pointers, and a 6 pointer. It’s pretty frustrating because there are no other crops of any type for over a mile. Everything is either CRP or state land. 2) How many total acres of food should I Plant? 3) Will a no-till drill work for WSNG’s or soybeans in the corn stubble left after combining? Too far north for consistent valued grass. Spruce. I have seen hybrid popple hinged for a quicker living screen until the spruce grows enough. 45 acres could feed about 300 deer year round. Your neighbors to the north are baiting the deer you hold all summer. Acres planted and What/how you plant depends upon what seasons and how many guys you hunt. Does hybrid poplar sucker when hinged? I have an application for a living screen and this sounds like a good idea.
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Post by batman on Nov 24, 2018 18:19:10 GMT -6
[/quote]Does hybrid poplar sucker when hinged? I have an application for a living screen and this sounds like a good idea.[/quote]
If you keep the trunks from going below parallel
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Post by Freeborn on Nov 24, 2018 18:28:36 GMT -6
Does hybrid poplar sucker when hinged? I have an application for a living screen and this sounds like a good idea.[/quote] If you keep the trunks from going below parallel[/quote] Sorry, not tracking with you. So don't cut them flush to the ground?
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Post by batman on Nov 24, 2018 18:33:52 GMT -6
Does hybrid poplar sucker when hinged? I have an application for a living screen and this sounds like a good idea. If you keep the trunks from going below parallel[/quote] Sorry, not tracking with you. So don't cut them flush to the ground?[/quote] We cut them at 2 feet and stump stacked the next top.
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Post by Freeborn on Nov 24, 2018 18:36:23 GMT -6
Does hybrid poplar sucker when hinged? I have an application for a living screen and this sounds like a good idea. If you keep the trunks from going below parallel Sorry, not tracking with you. So don't cut them flush to the ground?[/quote] We cut them at 2 feet and stump stacked the next top.[/quote] how many rows do you normally plant to thicken it up?
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Post by batman on Nov 24, 2018 18:43:45 GMT -6
6 rows planted and my buddy only cut 2
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Post by wintomatic on Nov 24, 2018 19:18:17 GMT -6
I was pulling out of my driveway with a gravity box full of corn and saw a pickup parked on the shoulder at the far end of the property where we had just combined corn yesterday. They must have seen me because a guy comes running across the field and jumps in the passenger side and the took off. They were parked right in front of a no trespassing sign. Fricken road hunting tresspassing bastards!
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Post by nhmountains on Nov 24, 2018 20:26:45 GMT -6
I was pulling out of my driveway with a gravity box full of corn and saw a pickup parked on the shoulder at the far end of the property where we had just combined corn yesterday. They must have seen me because a guy comes running across the field and jumps in the passenger side and the took off. They were parked right in front of a no trespassing sign. Fricken road hunting tresspassing bastards! Screening would help some on the poaching. Do Minnesota F&G officers use robo-deer for cat catching poachers? They use them here in NH.
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Post by biglakebass on Nov 24, 2018 21:03:09 GMT -6
I was pulling out of my driveway with a gravity box full of corn and saw a pickup parked on the shoulder at the far end of the property where we had just combined corn yesterday. They must have seen me because a guy comes running across the field and jumps in the passenger side and the took off. They were parked right in front of a no trespassing sign. Fricken road hunting tresspassing bastards! Muzzy hunters??
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Post by sd51555 on Nov 24, 2018 22:01:22 GMT -6
If a guy was gonna poach during muzzy season, I'd lay money on a modern rifle.
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Post by biglakebass on Nov 24, 2018 22:10:13 GMT -6
Maybe I missed it. You actually actively farm the land your self?
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Post by wintomatic on Nov 24, 2018 22:54:03 GMT -6
I’m pretty sure he was carrying a pheasant. I do farm the land with help from my mother’s significant other. He is retired and likes doing food plots. He has a lot of well used but well taken care of John Deere equipment that he keeps at my farm. I probably end up breaking even on the money spent for the food plots. And of course I have income and expenses for farm taxes. It all helps.
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Post by Sandbur on Nov 25, 2018 5:41:39 GMT -6
If you keep the trunks from going below parallel Sorry, not tracking with you. So don't cut them flush to the ground? We cut them at 2 feet and stump stacked the next top.[/quote] how many rows do you normally plant to thicken it up?[/quote] There are several varieties of HP. I suspect results vary. I have two HP from the same source and supposedly bathe same cross. One throws root suckers out away from the tree and one doesn’t. The soils are different. Maybe that is it... or maybe there is a difference between two trees from the same cross. Much like two full brothers can be extremely different.
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