Dove plot info!!

[BLACKFINTURKEY]

I planted a small plot of pearl millet this year, I’m thinking about adding a second plot of brown top

[Stolle]

I planted a plot last year and it didn't do well with the cows breaking into it. This seasons crop was planted in October when I planted a food plot for deer. Its looking pretty good.

[mjhaverkamp]

I planted a plot last year and it didn't do well with the cows breaking into it. This seasons crop was planted in October when I planted a food plot for deer. Its looking pretty good.

Oh hell, you are golden

[unclefish]

I planted a small plot of pearl millet this year, I’m thinking about adding a second plot of brown top

I'm gonna plant Browntop Millet in mid-June. It will be my backup if the deer annihilate my peredoviks. I planted a good crop of it a few years ago along peredoviks and it was fantastic. Doves everywhere opening day.

[Stolle]

Where do you get the seeds? If you plant mid June they will be ready by 9/1?

[Wolfpack0311]

Nice sunflower plot!

[Wolfpack0311]

I planted peredovic sunflowers seeds there about a foot tall already!

[Lincoln Hawk]

Where do you get the seeds? If you plant mid June they will be ready by 9/1?

Use the Turner Seed Co. spring dove mix. The browntop millet and foxtail millet are the Vegas favorites. If seeded now, they'll seed out prior to dove season.

[Wolfpack0311]

So my Dove plot is still coming along , sunflowers looked nice then they died out I'm guessing weeds or the other plants like milo , sesame seed and sorghum drowned them out!! So my question is the experts when do I cut the plot down for Dove season!

[unclefish]

So my Dove plot is still coming along , sunflowers looked nice then they died out I'm guessing weeds or the other plants like milo , sesame seed and sorghum drowned them out!! So my question is the experts when do I cut the plot down for Dove season!

If you have a clean understory that the birds can access then start mowing strips about two weeks before you plan on hunting it. If you have a ton of grass and weeds that prevent the soil from being exposed then spray it now so it will have time to die and dry. Doves like a clean soil bed to eat on.

My peredoviks got destroyed by deer in the first month....so plan B was the millet. I ended it spreading german foxtail millet but it didn't get good germination. Since I'm overrun with acres and acres of wooly croton (goatweed, doveweed) I sprayed some strips of it with Gly. This stuff is never ready by Sept 1 so I'm helping it along by killing it a month ahead.

[Wolfpack0311]

Awesome brotha, thanks for the info , so cut it all down and spray it!!

[db@100]

I have a question about planting a crop to bring in doves for hunting. Isn't this hunting over a baited field?

[Low Fence]

…. No

[unclefish]

Awesome brotha, thanks for the info , so cut it all down and spray it!!

I would spray first and let it dry down for a week to 10 days and then mow it. If you already have a relatively clean understory then just mow.

[Wolfpack0311]

10-4 will do