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Brassica is nice but takes a lot out of soil and is costly as you need to fertilizer and replant every year. Clover is great draw early Bow and the winter rye wheat will become a draw a little later in October. November most mast is falling and fields will be empty , but bucks will still cruise the inside edge of fields in woods looking for a doe out there feeding. For plot longevity and ease of maintance ,and possible overseeing a winter hardy grain it is the best bang for a buck. biggest draw may be turnips and corn bot are much more costly and are annual.resulting in a much higher cost and labor.

Incline setting all the time and orerange .

By far bang for the buck is clover, mix it with some winter rye,or wheat. So that the grain is only about 4 in tall come middle of October and clove 4 to 6 inches tall as well ,I cut my clover down to 4 inches 2 weeks before opener so it's all new fresh growth.

Plan on trying it,I d fall birds with bow but never have luck in spring, hoping the crossbow is the difference then.

Saw two turkey vulture today around 11 am near dunkirk... spring is here

An escaped cat that comes up to you and wants to be petted is not the same as a feral cat, my neighbors got out show ed up meowing and I was able to take it back home the 1/4mile to its owner, a feral will bolt or hide and act very different to a human.

They don't wear out you need to tune them.. the pressure on the post and cleaning up the striking block, chalking and cleaning just like you do to a box or potcall. Mine are 20 years old and get better with age...

Get one before season, and play with the spring position, purrs cuts and yelps are ver easy yo do, I do not use a mouth call and push boxes and pot calls are all I use. I like the double push box by quakerboy nothing brings in birds like 2 hens fighting,very easy to use and do with that push box. I think birds come easier when they here 2 birds vs 1 especially if shot at by a single caller.

I personally don't do contests ,but weight is a tough thing nwtf uses a certified scale, most hunters here aren't going to one I would drop weight and multiable beards.

There was talk of reintroduction to ny, but they are grasers unlike deer which are browsers.

Snow covered ground is not froze deep at all, under streets and exposed areas it's very deep, amazing how good an insulator snow is

I have a old field and stream whose back cover is a full page lithograph , protect your small game! Kill all ferrell cats!! Its.my favorite non--pc add. I'll let you assume what I do as I don't need Peta involved in my life.

I have a copper and glass very high pitched but raspy, I prefer a ceramic over glass in a urethane pot,by far may.favorite followed by quaker boys slate magic touch.

I'm A lefty..

I am an engineer, the train kind! Lol

If you let grain go to seed before you mow the turkeys will be in it for that, as well as grasshoppers and crickets. if after 2-3 years of using the clover you decide you want to get.bigger or do more winter foods ,corn,sorgum,soybeans get a field cultivator. Tillers are nice but really fluff the soil if you don't busy teat on rocks and you need to roll it to firm.the seed bed, a field cultivator and your drag will do the same and you will be about 1200.00 in savings on equipment vs tiller. Other things you could.buy with that savings would.be a good tow brush hog to maintain the clover field, mow trail you ca n then plant in more clover.. if you plan on doing more plotting over 5 acres with corn and grains ,a good used Ford 8n tractor that is mechanicaly good will go for around 1200, it maybe dinged and dented in sheet metal but will pull all your atv equipment with more power, and less wear n tear on a.piece of equipment meant for recreation.

With clover no,if you spend the time to work and spray and kill the weeds, if you switch to corn.... yes,soy beans... yes, alfalfa,clover,trifoil and most cereal grains if used in a mix... no personally a good field of clover is a huge draw and puts up a lot of tonnage

I have seen them eat small fish left on the ice and frogs in spring. .. don't see why birds should be any different I have my own pond and we leave small perch and crappie on the ice to help cull them, deer walk from hole to hole and eat them like frozen berries... happens every year regardless of available food..

Thus same topic has been hashed over for bear as well, if your going on a guided hunt, use what the guide recommends.bigger bullets and weight increase your chances for recovery from a less than perfect shot. which no one ever makes a less than a perfect shot every time. Right?

I agree with grow, work that ground up all spring and summer , spraying and re working to kill as much as possible ,working lime in as needed according to a soil test. a good planting of winter wheat,rye ,or hardy oats mixed with a good clover seed.late summer early fall, will give you max attract this fall and next spring summer fall and winter as clover grows and fulls in.you can over seed more clover next spring and fall or add in some brassica then as the clover will have time to grow and fix nitrogen to the soil. I'll add it's better to do a smaller plot right and add to it the following year/s then to do the whole 5 acres haphazzardly

for equipment,The cheapest you can go, If your going to concentrate on clovers, get a good sprayer,to kill off your weeds.and look into a good spiked drag/harrow. This Will Help Remove The Trash FROM The surface,cover seed and help work in lime/fertilizer. Clover is small seed and you only need to work up top 1/4 to 1/2 in of soil. not going to get into soil test,and such as,you question was for equipment,you can add stones and cinder blocks to drag to make it dig a but deeper, but the key is removing weed compatition,and the dead surface trash to allow seed to soil contact agrisupply.com is good online supper for atv mounted sprayers,and harrow dragshttp://www.agrisupply.com/m/drag-harrow/p/72895/ as well as heavier equipment , but you may find it locally at a farm supply store like tractor supply.

Saw some Tom's and a few hens today, they are skinny... picking grain along tracks,very hard winter on them

Red clover plow down mix, cheapest you can get for adding nitrogen.

I like finding them early and finding a bird and follow to where the,disputes to Esp with youth hunt in april, finding adults and groups of Jakes early shows you strutting areas that will become the "zone" finding wing drag marks in snow, with out disturbing them in april at all needing to get vlose to hear or see them