Any one trying something......

[growalot]

New this year...every year I experiment with a new forage...last year it was Sainfoin the year before was Hemp and Quail haven soybeans...before that sm Burnett and the Beef bank Sucraseed..the list is long over the years

 

What are some things you have or plan on trying?

[Jeremy K]

For next year i am going to harvest the semi decomposed leaves from around my tree stand and grind it into my hunting clothes  , every time i ever cleared the leaves away to stand by a tree ,i was overwhelmed with the smell of "forest" .

[landtracdeerhunter]

Going to plant more red willow, after seeing all these doe in it this morning.

 

Diakon Radish, although not new, is on my list. Hope we have a better growing season, next year!

Edited December 15, 2013 by landtracdeerhunter

[silent death]

Gonna try to figure out where to push all this dam snow with the plow lol got about 15 inches on the ground

[dhuntley2]

I have always wondered how broccoli would do. I love brassicas and have great success with them. I did experiment a little but now I just go with what I know works. Clover, alfalfa, radishes, turnips, soybeans and corn.

Edited December 15, 2013 by dhuntley2

[Fishon]

I was looking at power plant, it had a bunch of stuff mixed in it. I put in turnips the one year and they didnt touch them till the snow came and they tore them up.

[growalot]

Fair warning...Weeds will be terrible in the power plant...the deer walked through it and did munch some on the beans...but IMO it was a waste of tonnage space...for they cared less for all the short growing sorghum...and song birds got a lot of the seed before turkeys did...But that was here and in a lots of alternatives area....

[Fishon]

Thanks for the warning.

[growalot]

here are some pics...it will take a long time to rid the area of all those weed seed.....The corn plants I added to the mix...

[ididnotvoteforobama]

I'm going with 1/3 clover for all year forage , 1/3 soybeans for early, mid , and late season drawing power, 1/3 brassicas, sugar  beets and turnips for late season drawing power and recovery after the rut

[dhuntley2]

Good combo Obama. What I have found works good is to plant my clover with my brassicas. The brassicas come up fast and thick shadowing the weeds, it is a great cover for the clover. The clover will come up good in the spring.

Edited December 15, 2013 by dhuntley2

[Fantail]

I'm going to try not getting the tractor stuck.

[Berniez]

Everyplace and every forage works in one place and not another.  

I have tried and have had no real success (for deer) with:

the brassicas-you name  the type and I have tried them.

Sorghum

beets

radishes  (little deer use but I have a local restaurant buying them from me)

millets (pheasants, turkeys and rabbits love it)

Egyptian wheat (pheasants, turkeys and rabbits love it)

 

Products I have tried and the deer in my area seem to like it.

Corn (Leave min of 3 acres stranding for feed and winter cover)

beans (it took 2 years for them to really go after them but they are in there from June 15 to June1 (again leave a few acres standing and they are in there every night)

Clovers- white (again in there all year long) mixing with chicory seems to make no difference

Oats

Barley (deer are in there when snow covers everything else) 

Rye

winter wheat

Buckwheat (deer and bees love it but little food or cover after the first frost)

Apple trees ( deer like the saplings too much, unless you protect them from the deer they are just a waste of money) 

 

One of the best summer forages I ever planted was Canadian Field peas and triticale.  I had a 6 pointer in August chewing its cud 40 yards from the barn at 11AM.  He got up, still chewing, watched me and when I went back into the barn he sat down.  That crop draws deer into October.  The peas make a great sttir fry when young... too. 

[landtracdeerhunter]

I'm going to try not getting the tractor stuck.

 

Ya, I have some huge frog ponds, ruts from pulling 100 ton of hay through. Had to navigate walking all through deer season.