Forums46
Topics538,093
Posts9,732,906
Members87,065
|
Most Online25,604 Feb 12th, 2024
|
|
|
My first attempt at a food plot
#6467500
09/25/16 07:20 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 3,840
ETXFIREMAN 1
OP
Extreme Tracker
|
OP
Extreme Tracker
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 3,840 |
No doubt about the AR crap, just damn shame hunters don't have self control and knowledge
|
|
|
Re: My first attempt at a food plot
[Re: ETXFIREMAN 1]
#6467558
09/25/16 08:13 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 4,800
TexasKC
Extreme Tracker
|
Extreme Tracker
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 4,800 |
Good job. I'm way behind in getting my plot in. Tried to disk it up but the ground is like concrete. Hoping for some rain today.
In the end, it's not the years in your life that count, it's the life in your years.
|
|
|
Re: My first attempt at a food plot
[Re: ETXFIREMAN 1]
#6467561
09/25/16 08:14 PM
|
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 23,635
Payne
Cat Herder
|
Cat Herder
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 23,635 |
|
|
|
Re: My first attempt at a food plot
[Re: ETXFIREMAN 1]
#6467603
09/25/16 08:52 PM
|
Joined: Aug 2010
Posts: 60,296
stxranchman
Obie Juan Kenobi
|
Obie Juan Kenobi
Joined: Aug 2010
Posts: 60,296 |
![cheers cheers](/forum/images/graemlins/default/cheers.gif) I learned the hard way about putting a plot around a spin feeder in that the amount of deer traffic will help to trample out the plot really quickly. Should up the traffic around the feeder. Post up some after pics when it comes up.
Are idiots multiplying faster than normal people?
|
|
|
Re: My first attempt at a food plot
[Re: ETXFIREMAN 1]
#6467605
09/25/16 08:53 PM
|
Joined: Nov 2014
Posts: 7,789
Mr. T.
THF Trophy Hunter
|
THF Trophy Hunter
Joined: Nov 2014
Posts: 7,789 |
If you got the seed down before all this rain, you may have a great plot this year.
Cabin rental in Pagosa Springs, Co. Sleeps 10, If interested please PM me.
|
|
|
Re: My first attempt at a food plot
[Re: Mr. T.]
#6467625
09/25/16 09:14 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 3,840
ETXFIREMAN 1
OP
Extreme Tracker
|
OP
Extreme Tracker
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 3,840 |
If you got the seed down before all this rain, you may have a great plot this year. Yes I got the seed down yesterday morning and my FIL said we got 5/8" so far today. I was going to shuttle water tomorrow morning if we didnt get any rain today.
No doubt about the AR crap, just damn shame hunters don't have self control and knowledge
|
|
|
Re: My first attempt at a food plot
[Re: stxranchman]
#6467630
09/25/16 09:17 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 3,840
ETXFIREMAN 1
OP
Extreme Tracker
|
OP
Extreme Tracker
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 3,840 |
![cheers cheers](/forum/images/graemlins/default/cheers.gif) I learned the hard way about putting a plot around a spin feeder in that the amount of deer traffic will help to trample out the plot really quickly. Should up the traffic around the feeder. Post up some after pics when it comes up. Thanks, never thought about it getting trampled down that close to the feeder. To be honest, we dont have just a whole lot of deer around I was just looking to offer them something else other than corn.
No doubt about the AR crap, just damn shame hunters don't have self control and knowledge
|
|
|
Re: My first attempt at a food plot
[Re: ETXFIREMAN 1]
#6467636
09/25/16 09:21 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 3,840
ETXFIREMAN 1
OP
Extreme Tracker
|
OP
Extreme Tracker
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 3,840 |
I'm hoping to keep these two hanging around.... I'd like to get some better pics of the first deer but for now he's at the top of the list, second buck will get a pass this year. ![](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/usergals/2016/09/full-18607-77933-image.jpg) ![](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/usergals/2016/09/full-18607-77934-image.jpg)
No doubt about the AR crap, just damn shame hunters don't have self control and knowledge
|
|
|
Re: My first attempt at a food plot
[Re: ETXFIREMAN 1]
#6467647
09/25/16 09:34 PM
|
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 23,635
Payne
Cat Herder
|
Cat Herder
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 23,635 |
|
|
|
Re: My first attempt at a food plot
[Re: ETXFIREMAN 1]
#6467650
09/25/16 09:36 PM
|
Joined: Aug 2010
Posts: 60,296
stxranchman
Obie Juan Kenobi
|
Obie Juan Kenobi
Joined: Aug 2010
Posts: 60,296 |
![cheers cheers](/forum/images/graemlins/default/cheers.gif) I learned the hard way about putting a plot around a spin feeder in that the amount of deer traffic will help to trample out the plot really quickly. Should up the traffic around the feeder. Post up some after pics when it comes up. Thanks, never thought about it getting trampled down that close to the feeder. To be honest, we dont have just a whole lot of deer around I was just looking to offer them something else other than corn. With just a few deer they will make at least two trips per day to the feeder when it feeds. They will be eating and walking around waiting on the feeder to feed. You could always just over-seed the rest of the open area with ryegrass and/or turnips mix. It will grow as soon as you get a good rain on it. ![up up](/forum/images/graemlins/default/cup.gif)
Are idiots multiplying faster than normal people?
|
|
|
Re: My first attempt at a food plot
[Re: Payne]
#6467675
09/25/16 09:49 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 3,840
ETXFIREMAN 1
OP
Extreme Tracker
|
OP
Extreme Tracker
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 3,840 |
7 Card Stud Food Plot Seed, Forage Oats, Forage Triticale, Winter Peas, Crimson Clover, Forage Turnip, Forage Chicory, Daikon Radish
No doubt about the AR crap, just damn shame hunters don't have self control and knowledge
|
|
|
Re: My first attempt at a food plot
[Re: stxranchman]
#6467679
09/25/16 09:50 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 3,840
ETXFIREMAN 1
OP
Extreme Tracker
|
OP
Extreme Tracker
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 3,840 |
![cheers cheers](/forum/images/graemlins/default/cheers.gif) I learned the hard way about putting a plot around a spin feeder in that the amount of deer traffic will help to trample out the plot really quickly. Should up the traffic around the feeder. Post up some after pics when it comes up. Thanks, never thought about it getting trampled down that close to the feeder. To be honest, we dont have just a whole lot of deer around I was just looking to offer them something else other than corn. With just a few deer they will make at least two trips per day to the feeder when it feeds. They will be eating and walking around waiting on the feeder to feed. You could always just over-seed the rest of the open area with ryegrass and/or turnips mix. It will grow as soon as you get a good rain on it. ![up up](/forum/images/graemlins/default/cup.gif) I did over seed it, the bag said it would cover 11,000 sq ft an my plot is only about half that size an I used the whole bag ![grin grin](/forum/images/graemlins/default/grin.gif)
No doubt about the AR crap, just damn shame hunters don't have self control and knowledge
|
|
|
Re: My first attempt at a food plot
[Re: ETXFIREMAN 1]
#6468700
09/26/16 03:03 PM
|
Joined: Apr 2011
Posts: 29,038
Western
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Apr 2011
Posts: 29,038 |
I think it looks great and you will have fun seeing how your efforts pay off. I would consider planting moist of that mowed strip between the feeder and the blind next summer, you may be surprised how much your deer sightings may go up, food and cover can pull deer in from a good ways.
If at first you dont succeed, then skydiving is not for you..
"Don't trust everything you read on the Internet"- Abraham Lincoln Dennis
|
|
|
Re: My first attempt at a food plot
[Re: ETXFIREMAN 1]
#6468866
09/26/16 04:33 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 3,840
ETXFIREMAN 1
OP
Extreme Tracker
|
OP
Extreme Tracker
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 3,840 |
I may try that next yr if time permits. I just looked at my plot after the rain yesterday and last night and it seems to me the rain has uncover quite a bit of the seed. Do I need to do anything or is this normal?
No doubt about the AR crap, just damn shame hunters don't have self control and knowledge
|
|
|
Re: My first attempt at a food plot
[Re: ETXFIREMAN 1]
#6468953
09/26/16 05:32 PM
|
Joined: Apr 2011
Posts: 29,038
Western
THF Celebrity
|
THF Celebrity
Joined: Apr 2011
Posts: 29,038 |
Let it roll Fireman, there is much seed you cant see under the ground and if the surface stay's wet long enough, much of what you see can still sprout. With as much small seed that you planted, it will be close to the surface anyway, generally less than 1/4" to germinate good.
If at first you dont succeed, then skydiving is not for you..
"Don't trust everything you read on the Internet"- Abraham Lincoln Dennis
|
|
|
Re: My first attempt at a food plot
[Re: ETXFIREMAN 1]
#6469124
09/26/16 07:13 PM
|
Joined: Nov 2014
Posts: 7,789
Mr. T.
THF Trophy Hunter
|
THF Trophy Hunter
Joined: Nov 2014
Posts: 7,789 |
I agree with, Western, don't worry about the seed you see on the surface. Most likely you got plenty of seed under the ground for a good food plot. And, trying to be helpful, shuttling water will be a waste of time in my opinion. For example, a 1/4 inch rain on one acre would require you to shuttle in 6,788.5 gallons of water. That's a few trips with a 15 gallon sprayer.
Cabin rental in Pagosa Springs, Co. Sleeps 10, If interested please PM me.
|
|
|
Re: My first attempt at a food plot
[Re: ETXFIREMAN 1]
#6469158
09/26/16 07:34 PM
|
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 2,113
Ranch Dog
Veteran Tracker
|
Veteran Tracker
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 2,113 |
Very nice job but I agree with stxranchman based on my experience as whatever is there will get beat down by hooves. May be next year put it on the blind side of the feed so it is a rectangle or square. Easier to work and not trying to miss the feeder.
|
|
|
Re: My first attempt at a food plot
[Re: ETXFIREMAN 1]
#6471887
09/28/16 01:31 PM
|
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 2,113
Ranch Dog
Veteran Tracker
|
Veteran Tracker
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 2,113 |
I was out changing the times on my feeders yesterday and I thought of this topic when I looked back across this food plot. With the rain over the weekend you can see how there is a feeding circle that extends into the food plot, out about 45' from the feeder. ![](http://ranchdogoutdoors.com/ranch/blinds/browse_radius.jpg) This feeder was on another part of this 1.3 acre food plot last year, its first year, but I moved it to another location on the plot. When I started prepping the plot this year it was amazing how hard the ground was where it sat for about 50' any direction. It literally was like concrete. It is amazing what that consent hoof action can do.
|
|
|
Re: My first attempt at a food plot
[Re: ETXFIREMAN 1]
#6479454
10/04/16 01:36 AM
|
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 3,840
ETXFIREMAN 1
OP
Extreme Tracker
|
OP
Extreme Tracker
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 3,840 |
My plot is coming up pretty good just beyond the feeder. I do see what y'all are saying about it getting trampled down, there are lots of tracks through it now.... ![](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/usergals/2016/10/full-18607-78786-image.jpg)
No doubt about the AR crap, just damn shame hunters don't have self control and knowledge
|
|
|
Re: My first attempt at a food plot
[Re: ETXFIREMAN 1]
#6479823
10/04/16 12:39 PM
|
Joined: Nov 2014
Posts: 7,789
Mr. T.
THF Trophy Hunter
|
THF Trophy Hunter
Joined: Nov 2014
Posts: 7,789 |
My suggestion to keep the plot from getting trampled is that next year you move the feeder to the outside of the food plot. The way you have it now, all the deer have to walk through your food plot to get to the feeder trampling down the oats. If you move it just outside of the plot at least 1/2 of the deer will not walk through the plot to get to the feeder unless they are actually feeding in the plot. You do have a good looking set up there, good luck, I think you are going to be happy that you went to the trouble to do a food plot.
Cabin rental in Pagosa Springs, Co. Sleeps 10, If interested please PM me.
|
|
|
Re: My first attempt at a food plot
[Re: ETXFIREMAN 1]
#6530806
11/07/16 05:19 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 3,840
ETXFIREMAN 1
OP
Extreme Tracker
|
OP
Extreme Tracker
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 3,840 |
Once the acorns dropped I havnt seen much at the feeder or in the plot. The turnips are about knee high and the radishes are coming on strong now also. ![](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/usergals/2016/11/full-18607-82523-image.jpg)
No doubt about the AR crap, just damn shame hunters don't have self control and knowledge
|
|
|
Re: My first attempt at a food plot
[Re: ETXFIREMAN 1]
#6545926
11/16/16 01:13 PM
|
Joined: Mar 2012
Posts: 161
Someone
Woodsman
|
Woodsman
Joined: Mar 2012
Posts: 161 |
you did a pretty good job with the soil prep as far as getting it soft one thing though the manure needs to be composted first for better results fortunately horse manure has the least nutrient value of all so it is not going to burn your plants if you had used hog or chicken without composting you would have burned the plants up most likely or you would have caused them to grow too quick and be weak and spindly you also should run a soil test from the Stephen F. Austin soils lab and see if you need to lime your soil so that nutrients will be more available in the future http://ag.sfasu.edu/index.php/idsa?id=25if you can get chicken litter and compost it (properly) or find it composted (again properly which is harder than finding it which finding it is generally easy in east Texas) you will be miles ahead on nutrition in the future Vs horse
|
|
|
Re: My first attempt at a food plot
[Re: Someone]
#6559141
11/26/16 01:49 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2014
Posts: 63
cva34
Outdoorsman
|
Outdoorsman
Joined: Dec 2014
Posts: 63 |
Yep there ain't nothing to them food plot...as long as you get them planted and get rain before birds/ants./bugs/hogs eat seed and get RAIN so it comes up ..looks like ya done great...Just think what pressure a Farmer is under to do the same.with his lively hood at stake!!!
|
|
|
Moderated by bigbob_ftw, CCBIRDDOGMAN, Chickenman, Derek, DeRico, Duck_Hunter, hetman, jeh7mmmag, JustWingem, kmon11, kry226, kwrhuntinglab, Payne, pertnear, rifleman, sig226fan (Rguns.com), Superduty, TreeBass, txcornhusker
|