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Post by terrifictom on Oct 28, 2020 12:58:43 GMT -6
As I was walking out to blind for 1st time this season I noticed that my oats that I planted on August 9th had headed out. The deer are devouring the oats as almost every one is nipped off. The rye, wheat and peas are about 4 to 5 inches tall. I thought maybe I had planted too early with the oats heading out but the way the deer are hammering the oats tells me different..
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Post by badgerfowl on Oct 28, 2020 13:24:43 GMT -6
My BFO, AWP, brassica blend, clover, and alfalfa plot is being kept about 4" tall. Will definitely be planting more cereals next year. I planted those on August 1. With little to no rain for 4 weeks I figured it was a bust. Usage wise, it's been great.
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Post by sd51555 on Oct 28, 2020 15:05:02 GMT -6
As I was walking out to blind for 1st time this season I noticed that my oats that I planted on August 9th had headed out. The deer are devouring the oats as almost every one is nipped off. The rye, wheat and peas are about 4 to 5 inches tall. I thought maybe I had planted too early with the oats heading out but the way the deer are hammering the oats tells me different.. How tall did your oats get you think? |
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Post by sd51555 on Oct 28, 2020 15:20:43 GMT -6
I think I screwed up and planted oats on my hoog when I meant to plant rye only. I couldn't find any rye out there at all, but what I did find was oats that were 6" tall and headed out. Same $hit happened on my plot expansion from last year. Planted oats on un-amended subsoil and they got 6" tall and bolted. Prolly gonna need to send in the barley to save the day on April 8th next spring.
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Post by terrifictom on Oct 28, 2020 16:39:27 GMT -6
As I was walking out to blind for 1st time this season I noticed that my oats that I planted on August 9th had headed out. The deer are devouring the oats as almost every one is nipped off. The rye, wheat and peas are about 4 to 5 inches tall. I thought maybe I had planted too early with the oats heading out but the way the deer are hammering the oats tells me different.. How tall did your oats get you think? 18 to 24 inches tall. |
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Post by badbrad on Oct 29, 2020 6:28:39 GMT -6
Tom what do you figure you are competing with in the area for food? Anything else close?
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Post by terrifictom on Oct 29, 2020 6:49:19 GMT -6
Tom what do you figure you are competing with in the area for food? Anything else close? The neighbor rents his tillage land to farmer and he has it all planted to alfalfa the last couple years. The deer for the most part bed on my land. They come into my food plots in afternoon/evening and feed until about dark and then head to the big alfalfa fields. Just about the perfect setup. I may have to move the cheap blind that I have on trailer to the trail where they are leaving my food plot to go to the alfalfa field. |
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Post by badbrad on Oct 29, 2020 7:09:53 GMT -6
The reason I ask is I think how much it gets hammered has a lot to do with what you are competing with. In my neighborhood, it's definitely a keeping up with the Jones type of situation with my neighbor who I get along with well. He plants a lot of highly desirable stuff and the type of mix you are planting would not work as well for me in my opinion. Even Brassicas don't draw as well.
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Post by terrifictom on Oct 29, 2020 7:49:04 GMT -6
The reason I ask is I think how much it gets hammered has a lot to do with what you are competing with. In my neighborhood, it's definitely a keeping up with the Jones type of situation with my neighbor who I get along with well. He plants a lot of highly desirable stuff and the type of mix you are planting would not work as well for me in my opinion. Even Brassicas don't draw as well. From what I have saw over the years, beans are a big draw but something green is just as big of draw. Every deer fed on beans and the cereal grain mix equally. The same for when I have brassica and beans planted. You have enough acres of food plots that you might want to experiment a little next year. |
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Post by Sandbur on Oct 29, 2020 10:24:41 GMT -6
Here are my observations from the last ten days. We had 12 inches of snow or a bit more. Deer abandoned the alfalfa, clover, and rye fields. Standing corn has been the draw.
As the snow melted and settled, some deer are out on the harvested bean fields.
Will the return to alfalfa/rye with the warm up?
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Post by terrifictom on Mar 30, 2021 7:58:38 GMT -6
A follow up. My wife and I went up to land yesterday to check a few cams and look for sheds. Forgot to take pics with phone but all the main trails going into food plots look like cow trails. The rye and wheat that is green is being mowed right down. The cameras are showing deer either heading to the plots or in the plots all times of the day.Should be a bunch of healthy deer running around this year. Even had a picture of buck last week with his antlers still on.
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