Triple C
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That's what I've been told. Keep us posted. It's looks like they've eaten every leaf on every stalk. Amazing.
2019 Eagle Beans
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I actually saw one stalk in the field that had 3 leaves on top. That was it - 2.5 acres of soybeans planted at 224,000 seeds per acre and there are literally 3 leaves left.
Of course the deer haven’t touched the 10 or so sicklepod plants in the field. I figured they would have eaten at least one by accident.
dogghr
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“ Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth” —- Iron Mike Tyson
Drycreek
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Reminds me of my IC pea plot down south of me. The first year I planted them, (a 60’/70’ wide by 1800’ long R. O. W.), the peas lasted until about the middle of September. The next year, they were ready for me and the peas lasted about six weeks, maybe seven. For a place that’s 2.5 hours away from me it’s just not worth it. I still plant wheat each year in another plot, but it gets eaten down to carpet depth pretty quickly. We simply have more deer than we need, but since big bucks live there, and very few does are killed, it’s gonna stay that way.
DRandall90
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Where I hunt in northern MN is known for large bodied deer, but lower density than other areas. Which usually means that on our 120 acres, there are a couple of shooters and otherwise a healthy population of younger bucks.
Sometimes I curse that I don't have fields loaded with deer every night like I see on some pictures posted here and elsewhere, but I also must admit that I say thanks when I establish a new 1 acre plot and it gets mowed but not devoured.
Stevieray
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That is exactly what the deer did to my Eagle soybeans ate every leave. I just had silvery looking stalks and they never came back. But in my opinion that is why you grow Eagle soybeans for is the forage "leaves" not bean pods. I believe that Eagle soybeans are designed to produce massive amounts of leave and less bean pods.
Drycreek
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I only grew Eagle beans two years in a row. The first year many leaves and few pods. The same beans the next year had many leaves and many pods. So many that I never planted a fall crop because I didn’t need to. That particular place had a low deer density so I got away with a couple acres of beans in that creek bottom plot.
farmhunter
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we have about 30-40 deer per square mile - and I plant 6 acres of beans most years, not all in one spot but not far away from each other. Most years my beans get about 2 ft tall - and are browsed heavily. I figure 1/2 height they should be. Ag beans usually - and I don't fence. I've had a couple years where my beans didnt do well - and what did grow never got 6"-1ft tall, just too heavily browsed. so 6 acres is my yearly min goal.
I wonder if the fencing made the plot just irresistible when released? I've never had that kind of browsing like you did. I've not planted Eagles either.
I wonder if the fencing made the plot just irresistible when released? I've never had that kind of browsing like you did. I've not planted Eagles either.
Hoosierhunting
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Don’t think I’m going to get any pods off of these beans.
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THE LLC
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Go pull them SOB's by hand before they seed.
Got them last week.
