If not by now....

[growalot]

What are the chance they would cut the corn before end of hunting season..it was a very early spring planting...surprise they have any left...there is NO PLACE on my property that isn't littered with corn and husks...kernals.. chewed cobs.... whole cobs...etc...ect

[stoneam2006]

Last year the farmer by me cut corn the Thursday and Friday before opening day.....what a nice guy.....

[WNYBuckHunter]

The corn down at our place is still not dry enough for them to cut. They dont want to spend the money on propane for the driers.

[phade]

They cut in the 20s here last week. One field was over 30. Thats alot of propane.

[philoshop]

Planting may have been early, but it seems the maturing was a little late this year. Then the rains delayed the harvest a little more?

Two weeks ago I did some scouting where I gun hunt every year, and then spent the afternoon helping the landowner fix one of his tractors. The farmer who leases his tillable acreage does about 2000 acres of corn and beans and was just starting to harvest his other leased areas, and we're last on the list. Hunting could be a little tough this year if the corn is still up.

[landtracdeerhunter]

They like to harvest shelled corn when the moisture content is 22% or less. Propane cost cut in pretty good on $3.71  a bushel corn over that. Also some combines tend to damage kernals more at higher moistures. The exception would be cob corn mix for the silo, where a higher moisture content is needed.

[chiefbkt]

We just got the soybeans off on Monday.  Corn prob won't be for another week or 2.

[chiefbkt]

Planting may have been early, but it seems the maturing was a little late this year. Then the rains delayed the harvest a little more?

Two weeks ago I did some scouting where I gun hunt every year, and then spent the afternoon helping the landowner fix one of his tractors. The farmer who leases his tillable acreage does about 2000 acres of corn and beans and was just starting to harvest his other leased areas, and we're last on the list. Hunting could be a little tough this year if the corn is still up.

 

We didn't have a very hot summer, so the corn itself didn't grow very well.  

[First-light]

My field was just cut yesterday.

[fasteddie]

Many of the corn fields have been cut and many of the sow bean fields have been harvested . The geese have already partied in the cut corn fields .

[philoshop]

We didn't have a very hot summer, so the corn itself didn't grow very well.  

 

I have lots of friends who are crop farmers, and I know it hasn't been a good year for a lot of them. Some will probably even leave the corn in the fields rather than losing money to harvest what little there is of it. Hopefully it can work out for everybody.

The stuff I saw on my hike a couple of weeks ago looked pretty good, and the soil is sandy and well-drained. Maybe it'll be cut for the opener or shortly thereafter.

It's a double-whammy for me as I usually get calls to help with harvesting when the pressure's on. No calls yet. And my hunting spot is socked in so tight with corn that access is almost impossible. No money and no meat is not how I like to go into the winter. Plan 'B' is being reviewed to keep the freezer filled and the checking account solvent.

Best of luck to everyone.

[growalot]

  Oh ya just got home...3 inches of snow and wait for it.....The corn has been cut!!!!!!! still snowing and a bit breezy...going out after I eat lunch

[stoneam2006]

Oh ya just got home...3 inches of snow and wait for it.....The corn has been cut!!!!!!! still snowing and a bit breezy...going out after I eat lunch

Damn look at all that snow....not accumulating down in southern tier yet hopefully by morning

[WNYBuckHunter]

Im really envious grow!

[growalot]

there was nothing in the valley at 8:30 this morning when I went to PT my car got alot of lookes ...lol......but by the time I left their drizzle had turned to snow as well...just 1/2 mile down the hill looks totally different ...just a dusting...

 

[growalot]

Salt trucks jus finished 2nd. run....

[chiefbkt]

Where are you located?  It rained here all morning and is now sunny and beautiful!  Please tell me you are going out hunting tonight.

[grampy]

Happy Hunting grow!! 

Wish we had some of that here.

[NYBowhunter]

I'm rooting for you grow..go get one. Sure was nice last weekend when i shot my doe in the white stuff..Good luck.

[philoshop]

Don't rub it in Grow!

Just kidding of course. Looking forward to more pics!

[dbHunterNY]

much of the corn cut near me except the field behind my house that my creek bottom runs into.  ears have been dropped but some wait longer for less time in the dryers.  they could cut it any day now.

[Geno C]

I was with the farmer combining corn the other day. Moisture was averaging 24 percent. Drier was running all day... the farm I hunt they combined half the corn and left the rest standing. It was around almost 27 percent. To wet... he won't cut it down until around Thanksgiving he said.

[Geno C]

Hundreds of acres in the surrounding area are all still standing. So frustrating...

[BizCT]

Corn fields..... Must be nice. I'm just hoping a buck decided to eat the bark off a tree near me

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[wdswtr]

Here the early frost put a hurting on the local corn.  Most all are chopping it as silage and running packers over it in big heaping piles.  Was told that a frost will harden the outside of the kernal and seal the moisture in and there is nothing that can be done except spend more money than its worth running dryers.  Some are leaving it and putting a claim on the crop insurance.  Good for the wildlife I guess but not so much for the farmers and hunters.