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Archery season plot recommendations
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01/30/25 02:04 PM
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aggiehunter15
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Looking for plot recommendations to be hunted primarily during archery season (attractiveness into rifle a plus but not of high value). Bow set up is likely smaller plots with partial sun. Located near Huntsville
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Re: Archery season plot recommendations
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01/30/25 06:46 PM
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do you have access to tractor and implements?
for small plots, easiest route is just go with seed oats from a feed store. I have better luck plowing the area in August, this will create a composting effect with the chopped up vegetation that you breakdown and plow in. The I come back in mid September before a wet front pushes in to scatter seeds & fertilizer, then drag or light plow to cover seeds ... if you get rains, should start spouting within a couple of weeks.
I have also tried some of the per-packaged food plot blends like Tractor Supply sells, usually has a mix of oats, wheat, turnip, peas, chicory, clover, etc. These work pretty good as well and give a variety of things that come up at various times depending on temperature out thru winter. If your feed store also sells other seeds by the pound, variety of peas (blackeye, field, clay, cow, etc.) also work very well.
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Re: Archery season plot recommendations
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01/30/25 07:30 PM
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Where are you planting (general location in the state)?
Reason I ask, is so much of the state is usually so dry in the early fall it will be hard to get anything to come up for bow season. Even with good rain in early to mid september, it can get dry really quickly again and essentially abort any germination you see from the moisture.
If you have an ability to water some of these areas, even with a hose and a 250gal tote or something, that would make things a lot more feasible. Would be a ot of work, but you could get something up with a simple irrigation plan.
If not, you may be throwing seed into dust and nothing will come up until late october.
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Re: Archery season plot recommendations
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01/30/25 08:10 PM
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Im working on this same plan, when I have planted in September. Its been too dry and I'm not seeing anything til October/November
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Re: Archery season plot recommendations
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01/30/25 08:18 PM
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We've never had any luck planting early enough to have a food plot for the early archery season. Either to dry or the army worms wiped us out. Fortunately we bow hunted all year.
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Re: Archery season plot recommendations
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01/31/25 04:05 PM
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Yeah sadly too dry. Like last season didn't get good rain till Rifle opener. I'm thinking of trying clover in March to get something started for the deer
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Re: Archery season plot recommendations
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I’m in Grimes County near between Navasota and Huntsville. I’ve got a tractor with a disc, spreader, and bush hog. I was worried about rain being the limit factor and it seems like that is the general consensus unfortunately
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Re: Archery season plot recommendations
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Looking for plot recommendations to be hunted primarily during archery season (attractiveness into rifle a plus but not of high value). Bow set up is likely smaller plots with partial sun. Located near Huntsville Iron clay peas and Okra
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