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Post by Reagan on Nov 17, 2020 12:18:11 GMT -6
I put down daikon and PPT into my next clover stand before I mowed at the end of summer. Very little brassica came up.
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Post by smsmith on Nov 17, 2020 14:09:40 GMT -6
I checked the plot near the house and pulled a SD card. Friggin' pocket gophers moved in sometime in the fall. I'll have a number of spots with exposed soil in the spring now, brassicas should be able to get started I'd think.
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Post by nhmountains on Nov 18, 2020 7:00:31 GMT -6
I’d recommend pasja turnips. The deer here hammered them. They’re a forage green cover turnip. Not sure on the frost seeding though.
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Post by smsmith on Dec 3, 2020 9:43:17 GMT -6
Had a doe and 2 fawns eating clover in the houseplot a couple hours ago. Also saw a couple fawns eating clover in my creek plot yesterday. As long as there isn't much snow, they'll keep picking at whatever is there.
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Post by nhmountains on Dec 3, 2020 10:11:47 GMT -6
My white clover is gone on all my plots. Here’s a plot that I tossed down white clover and winter rye seed twice in September that never germinated until late October due to the drought. Hopefully it survives the winter.
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Post by sd51555 on Dec 3, 2020 11:57:59 GMT -6
My white clover is gone on all my plots. Here’s a plot that I tossed down white clover and winter rye seed twice in September that never germinated until late October due to the drought. Hopefully it survives the winter. It'll make it. I think I pissed away any late season clover dividend I had. I spread 400 lbs of gypsum on my north plot complex last weekend. Now all the foliage is covered in gypsum dust. They're gonna have to eat browse and low-sulfate wild red clover until the time comes to bail for the winter.
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Post by smsmith on Dec 4, 2020 14:49:03 GMT -6
As I was riding out to work on the atv today I went past one of my little clover plots. This one was probably as lush a clover plot as I've ever grown. There were at least 4 antlerless in that little plot eating. Several just watched me ride on by.
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Post by smsmith on Dec 16, 2020 8:17:01 GMT -6
Yesterday at 2 there were 4 antlerless in the clover plot near the house...at 5 there were 6 out there. Couldn't tell what they were, but I'm guessing does/fawns.
There's only a skiff of snow here. Lush clover plots on my place have been providing deer food for close to 8 months. In another few years I should have quite a few fruit trees holding fruit for another few months.
Well managed clover plots on good ground combined with well managed fruit trees can feed deer in northern areas as close to year round as you're gonna get.
Throw in some winter time hinge cuts/tree dropping for browse and you've got it covered for year round food. Of course, so would a corn/protein feeder....
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Post by nhmountains on Dec 16, 2020 11:03:11 GMT -6
Stu, any chance you could sneak out and take a photo of the clover? Most of it has disappeared. This is what my clover looks like now.
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Post by benmnwi on Dec 16, 2020 12:24:24 GMT -6
Yesterday at 2 there were 4 antlerless in the clover plot near the house...at 5 there were 6 out there. Couldn't tell what they were, but I'm guessing does/fawns. There's only a skiff of snow here. Lush clover plots on my place have been providing deer food for close to 8 months. In another few years I should have quite a few fruit trees holding fruit for another few months. Well managed clover plots on good ground combined with well managed fruit trees can feed deer in northern areas as close to year round as you're gonna get. Throw in some winter time hinge cuts/tree dropping for browse and you've got it covered for year round food. Of course, so would a corn/protein feeder.... How many acres in clover plots do you have at your place? Mine have been browsed down to nothing, but I think that's likely because my clover plot is too small for the number of deer using it.
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Post by smsmith on Dec 16, 2020 14:16:19 GMT -6
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Post by smsmith on Dec 16, 2020 14:18:45 GMT -6
Yesterday at 2 there were 4 antlerless in the clover plot near the house...at 5 there were 6 out there. Couldn't tell what they were, but I'm guessing does/fawns. There's only a skiff of snow here. Lush clover plots on my place have been providing deer food for close to 8 months. In another few years I should have quite a few fruit trees holding fruit for another few months. Well managed clover plots on good ground combined with well managed fruit trees can feed deer in northern areas as close to year round as you're gonna get. Throw in some winter time hinge cuts/tree dropping for browse and you've got it covered for year round food. Of course, so would a corn/protein feeder.... How many acres in clover plots do you have at your place? Mine have been browsed down to nothing, but I think that's likely because my clover plot is too small for the number of deer using it. A bit less than 2 acres I'd guess, they're scattered throughout the property.
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Post by Catscratch on Dec 16, 2020 17:45:30 GMT -6
About this week every yr that deer shift heavily to clover plots. This strip below the house becomes a favorite for some reason. No pics of the clover but it looks like the pics above. Conversely, the wheat plot has had little use in comparison.
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Post by kooch on Dec 16, 2020 17:52:26 GMT -6
Bottom photo looks like a cow grazing at first glance.
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Post by Catscratch on Dec 16, 2020 18:37:15 GMT -6
Bottom photo looks like a cow grazing at first glance. Healthy and chunky. If I had to guess I would say an early born button buck. Does have fawns with them, it didn't have antlers, and it was by itself like a weaned buck this time of yr.
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