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Getting started with food plots
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03/25/21 05:47 PM
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Sewer rat
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I am looking to start planting some food plots. Probably a total of 10-15 acres (2-3 acres each times five blinds)
I have a 75 HP MFWD tractor but beyond that am starting from scratch and am unsure what to get equipment wise.
I usually plant wheat or hay grazer at my house on about 20 acres but all the equipment I use for that is too big to transport to the ranch or get down the ranch roads if I somehow got it there. Normally I chisel plow, disc it, then plant with a grain drill.
Should I go for a similar set up just narrower equipment or are there better options?
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Re: Getting started with food plots
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03/25/21 06:30 PM
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I merely use a tandem disk and plow the plot, sling seeds by hand or use a road feeder on the buggy, the lightly disk back over the top just brushing the ground to cover the seeds.
"everyone that lives dies but not everyone who dies lived..."
~PMK~
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Re: Getting started with food plots
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03/28/21 12:41 AM
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psycho0819
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I do pretty much the same thing PMK is doing, but use a piece of chain-link fence to drag over the plot after seeding.
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Re: Getting started with food plots
[Re: Sewer rat]
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03/28/21 03:45 PM
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I am glad that works for you guys but I am wanting to do it with the tractor. 15 acres is a pretty big chunk of land to plant any other way. I was looking at the genesis of land pride no till drills. Not having to work the ground would be nice and a huge time saver.
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Re: Getting started with food plots
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03/28/21 08:11 PM
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Rustler
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Disc, soil samples, amend soil accordingly, heavy chain harrow to prepare seedbed.
If you're going all out on your food plots and plan to for years to come, or want to be able to do food plots or plant various species for others. Landoll, Brillion Sure Stand for your seeder. SSP series 3 point 4’, 5’ or 6’ wide, or SS standard series 8’, 10 & 12’ wide, cat2 or pull type. Other manufactures make similar / copy of.
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Re: Getting started with food plots
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03/28/21 08:55 PM
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Texas Dan
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X2 on the soil test so that if any lime is needed it can be applied well in advance of planting.
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Re: Getting started with food plots
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05/21/21 03:43 PM
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ctonsmitty
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Here is what I have: 50HP 4WD tractor, 7' heavy duty tandem disc (spend the money!!), 500# seed/fertilizer slinger (wash thoroughly after fertilizing) My next purchase would be a 3pt sprayer
I only plant 2 plots about 2.5 acres each
late spring/summer: iron and clay peas, sunflower + milo fall: oats, wheat, peas
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Re: Getting started with food plots
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05/21/21 04:45 PM
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Mr. T.
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I've never had a sprayer that was worth the money. So finally this is what I did. I am totally inept when it comes to tools and making stuff, so If I can put this together, so can you. It is very simple to make. I went through two sprayers that I bought, one at tractor supply and one at Atwoods in 3 years. They just don't hold up. I paid $299 for each one. Hose's rotted, tank got a hole in it from bouncing over the ground full of water, tires went flat from weight of water. Just did not hold up. So, here is what I came up with and it cost me about $125 and I have used it for the last 3 years. Now that cost is not completely accurate as I already had one of the main parts. A battery jump starter to run the 12v pump. . https://www.autozone.com/miscellane...-battery-charger-jump-starter/298616_0_0 Of course any 12v battery would work also. Now here is what I had to buy. 1. 55 gallon plastic barrel...$15 2. two 6' hoses...$12 3. two 4' sections of pvc, two joint sections of pvc, two water sprinkler heads,(not the whole head, just the dial part), and a T section of pvc that had a hose connection. $15 4. A water pump..$80... https://www.autozone.com/miscellane...-battery-charger-jump-starter/298616_0_0I ran one hose to the barrel from the pump, and one hose from the pump to my pvc sprayer. I hope the photos can give you a better ideal of what I am talking about.
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Re: Getting started with food plots
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05/21/21 06:24 PM
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freerange
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I havent read any of this thread but I like Mr T and Ive seen his food plots and I like them as well.
At some point in life its time to quit chasing the pot of gold and just enjoy the rainbow. FR Keep your gratitude higher than your expectations. RWH
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Re: Getting started with food plots
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05/21/21 08:21 PM
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Mr. T.
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I havent read any of this thread but I like Mr T and Ive seen his food plots and I like them as well. Thanks freerange, I appreciate that. Here's photo of last years plot. Oaks and Austrian winter peas.
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Re: Getting started with food plots
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05/21/21 08:51 PM
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I havent read any of this thread but I like Mr T and Ive seen his food plots and I like them as well. Thanks freerange, I appreciate that. Here's photo of last years plot. Oaks and Austrian winter peas. Great picture! She's posed in that position that long-time wives all know - "I love you, but I'll break one of your ribs in a second, if I need to!"
...and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. Gen. 1:28
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Re: Getting started with food plots
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05/24/21 12:01 PM
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Mr. T.
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I havent read any of this thread but I like Mr T and Ive seen his food plots and I like them as well. Thanks freerange, I appreciate that. Here's photo of last years plot. Oaks and Austrian winter peas. Great picture! She's posed in that position that long-time wives all know - "I love you, but I'll break one of your ribs in a second, if I need to!" Boy, that is the truth. lol. I do love that woman.
Cabin rental in Pagosa Springs, Co. Sleeps 10, If interested please PM me.
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Re: Getting started with food plots
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#8275393
05/24/21 09:33 PM
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I am looking to start planting some food plots. Probably a total of 10-15 acres (2-3 acres each times five blinds)
I have a 75 HP MFWD tractor but beyond that am starting from scratch and am unsure what to get equipment wise.
I usually plant wheat or hay grazer at my house on about 20 acres but all the equipment I use for that is too big to transport to the ranch or get down the ranch roads if I somehow got it there. Normally I chisel plow, disc it, then plant with a grain drill.
Should I go for a similar set up just narrower equipment or are there better options? Getting equipment to where you hunt is always a problem, at least for me. I only have to trailer my tractor and implements about 40 min, but once I get there, its several miles of really bad logging roads. I made the mistake of trying to take my tractor to one of my areas still on the trailer and one down hill section make me pucker up big time. I only have small plots so I can plant my with my box blade for the most part. I need a disc, but getting one on a trailer thats heavy enough to do a good job is another thing.
Thanks, Billy
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