Still Hitting The Soybeans

[Steve D]

But mostly at night

 

[Nomad]

Nice deer Steve ! Beans seem low . I’ll be on a bean field edge Friday morning .

[G-Man]

Yep 3 acres never got.taller.than 6inches.....

[mlammerhirt]

Question.......and this comes up every year.
Are your brand brown or green still? My bean field was packed with bucks when green.....once then went brown the pics dropped to almost 0. The big problem I am having is the neighbor directly to my west planted a late bean crop and its green as all heck. I think they switched fields but still need to travel trough my land to get there.

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[Steve D]

3 hours ago, Nomad said:

Nice deer Steve ! Beans seem low . I’ll be on a bean field edge Friday morning .

The farmer working the field has said the same thing and has had crop management out checking the plants but have not heard if or what  they have determined. There are plenty of beans but just not very tall. From what I have seen with the spotting scope they seem to be more interested in the leaves than the beans.

There are some nice ones for sure but getting one to show up in the daytime is next to impossible. I can shine 8-10 every night with the thermal but the only time I MAY catch one in the day time is during the rut or if someone on the neighboring properties kicks one out.

 Good luck on Friday!! Not sure if I will hunt or not. All dependent on the weather.

[Nomad]

I’m  certainly not a farmer, but from what I’ve seen, they do get low spots but that’s where it was really wet in that part when they planted . 
 

Our beans are green starting to turn yellow . Everyone says once they brown up the deer don’t show anymore , that’s never been my experience, perhaps because they always cross the bean field I sit on no matter what .

Here’s our normal height . Pic from August.

Edited September 26, 2021 by Nomad

[Steve D]

2 hours ago, mlammerhirt said:

Question.......and this comes up every year.
Are your brand brown or green still? My bean field was packed with bucks when green.....once then went brown the pics dropped to almost 0.

Right now they are still green but just beginning to turn. I suspect once they do turn the activity will drop off here also. They seem to be more interested in the leaves than the beans. I think once they turn or get picked it will be slim pickens for deer.

 If the field doesn't get plowed under they come back to forage like they do with corn. The only other crop nearby is corn and they don't seem to be touching that much.

My biggest dilemma here is seeing during the daytime which is whay I will be hunting state land more than my own.

[Steve D]

7 minutes ago, Nomad said:

I’m  certainly not a farmer, but from what I’ve seen, they do get low spots but that’s where it was really wet in that part when they planted . 

Me either and I have seen some pretty tall soybean fields this year along with some short ones. I suspect it is because it is mostly clay and he did no till instead of at least turning it over.

Farming is a hard way to make a living. My hat goes off to all farmers.

NICE BUCK hope you see him Friday!!