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  1. John D

    Anyone supplement the food plots with alfalfa in the winter months?

    I'm in in Ohio and everything is dormant right now and covered with snow. The deer are digging a bit to get some vegetation under the snow. I also have a feeder throwing some corn out that the deer are visiting daily. I've heard corn isn't the best for them and more of a treat. A guy I know who...
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    Got my plots in this weekend, now torrential rain!

    Just busted my hump all weekend to plant my 2 acres of plots and an acre of grass around my house in northeast Ohio. Today it's storming like crazy. I'm afraid I'm going to lose most of my seed. I did roll everything but it's definitely washing. Anyone have experience with getting crazy...
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    What to do with this crazy food plot I planted in mid June?

    I planted this mix of Bucks Banquet, a mix from a local seed place along with Oats in mid June. The mix has the following- 20% Orion XL Ladino Clover 20% Rapeseed 15% Purple Top Turnips 15% Tillage Radish® 10% Intermediate White Clover 10% Radium XL Alsike Clover 10% Chicory I planted this in a...
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    Keep needing to reset my password.

    For some reason I need to reset my password everyday. ANyone else have this problem? I've tried contacting moderators with no help. Everytime I go back to the forum and try to login, it says my password in not right. I have to do a password reset where they send me an email. I just can't...
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    Who's planted ditches/culvert areas. I need some advice.

    Anyone every plant ditches? So I have about 2 acres food plots I’m planting that are roadside and ditches. On the high areas I’m going to rototill seed with 100 lbs of oats and rye along with some mixed white clovers. Which I will drag after the cereal goes down and cultipack after the clover...
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    Anyone use aberlasting clover

    I'm looking for something else to plant with my Ladino Clover this fall. So far, I plan on planting 30 lbs of oats, 30lbs of rye, 10 lbs of ladino clover, 2 lbs of chicory and 2 lbs of brassicas. I want to add another clover to the mix and seen this aberlasting. I'm in Ohio and this stuff is...
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    Got my soil sample results-suggestions on a plan

    I started a thread on here this spring looking for advice http://deerhunterforum.com/index.php?threads/new-member-here-looking-for-some-advice-on-my-property.5766/ Needles to say, I got too busy and never got anything planted except the septic field area. That was a pretty easy plant as I had...
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    Phragmites-who's dealt with them?

    I've got a ditch area/roadway that I'm going to be planting oats and ladino clover this fall. Behind one part of this area is a swamp and the phragmites have overtaken a small area maybe 75' by 75'. The area is kind of wet and I need to do some drainage work to dry it out before I plant this...
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    Too late to get a plot going in Northeast Ohio

    I've got a new home that we just put the septic area in. The area is about a half acre and perfect for a food plot. We even imported topsoil and the remainder of soil looks pretty good as it was a cleared wooded area. I had pretty good luck planting ladino clover and oats this spring on the...
  10. John D

    Cultipacker recommendations

    Looking for a cultipacker for my food plots. Problem is I need a small one as I have to do some ditch areas. I can pull it with a side by side or atv. Seems like the ones they make for Atv's are pretty light duty and I'm concerned they won't do the job well. Searching facebook and craigslist...
  11. John D

    glyphosate 41% or Powermax and 24d to kill off existing vegetation

    I posted in another thread about my food plot project I'm working on. The area is some flat areas and ditch areas that have been growing wild for the last 40 years. I brush hogged them in the fall and want to kill everything off before I start prepping for food plot. I was told by a local...
  12. John D

    PlotSpike Forage Oats at my Tractor Supply for 7.99 for 50 pounds

    My tractor supply in Northeast Ohio has these for 7.99 a bag for 50 pounds. This seems like a good price. I wanted to plants oats this spring here with my Ladino clover to give it some quick cover. The description says it's for southern climates and should be planted in August in September...
  13. John D

    Anyone ever use a disc on a skid steer

    They don't make any discs for skid steers but I seen you can buy a 3 point hitch plate on a skid steer and can use a disc off of a tractor. Was wondering if anyone has done this? Looks like you'll have to disc in reverse but I don't see that as a problem. Here's a youtube video of a guy using...
  14. John D

    New member here looking for some advice on my property

    This summer I ended up purchasing a 36 acre parcel of property for me to build a new house and barn on. I've always wanted a piece of recreational property and finally was able to put buy something. This is a pretty urban area in Northeast Ohio and 36 acres is considered a big lot around here...
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