We bought a piece of property near Childress, wanting to put summer plots in, when do you plant and what are some of the best things to plant for deer ? We will have up to 120 acres of plots. will have nice equipment to do the prep and planting, thanks for any tips, I know rain will be the most important part of it.
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We never tried summer plots. Winter plots had wheat for the muley and whitetail. On good rainy years you’d have good hunting than good bird hunting in September before reworking and planting again after a few bird hunts. Dry weather or poor grain stands, the cows would get turned in after hunting season.
quite certain most years had we done a summer crop of green stuff planted solely toward deer, it would’ve burned up for lack of rain and heat.
rainiest month of the year in that portion of the panhandle is may and early June, it seems. Then the faucets turn off and July and august are very hot and dry.
i always wanted to plant cotton in our smaller food plots. Solely for the purpose helping out of mule deer. During mid and late summer, you will see muley in cotton fields all over that country. They’ll camp out in it and not leave. Must be good nutrition in those plants.
if you plant something in that dry land and get it to work for the summer and the deer hammer it, post up a report. I’d love to know and try it myself.
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Originally posted by Yak blue View PostWe never tried summer plots. Winter plots had wheat for the muley and whitetail. On good rainy years you’d have good hunting than good bird hunting in September before reworking and planting again after a few bird hunts. Dry weather or poor grain stands, the cows would get turned in after hunting season.
quite certain most years had we done a summer crop of green stuff planted solely toward deer, it would’ve burned up for lack of rain and heat.
rainiest month of the year in that portion of the panhandle is may and early June, it seems. Then the faucets turn off and July and august are very hot and dry.
i always wanted to plant cotton in our smaller food plots. Solely for the purpose helping out of mule deer. During mid and late summer, you will see muley in cotton fields all over that country. They’ll camp out in it and not leave. Must be good nutrition in those plants.
if you plant something in that dry land and get it to work for the summer and the deer hammer it, post up a report. I’d love to know and try it myself.
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Are you guys spraying to kill off all the vegetation or just mowing it really low ? This is for a no till situation, one of our fields ( 60 acres ) has been worked regularly, I think they plant cotton in it every other year or so, it does not have a lot of vegetation growing, the others have grass growing in them, they have not been worked in awhile. We are hoping to be mostly organic or regenerative as far as food plots go, was not planning on buying a sprayer, may have to rent one if I need to start out by killing everything.
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Not bloviating here, but just so that my words might have some meaning to you - I grew up doing farm work in the Panhandle. I did my Masters degree on summer food plots in S TX, grew successful summer plots on a ranch I managed in S TX. Worked for TPWD for 23 years providing technical guidance to ranchers in the Panhandle.
My general advise would be - don't attempt summer plots. But much depends on your specifics, i.e. soil, total acreage, equipment, availability, knowledge of farming techniques, and financial freedoms.
But if you're talking about enhancing pastures and/or fields with high quality native forbs that will be self-sustaining for many years, then that's a totally different ball game.
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Originally posted by Top Of Texas View PostNot bloviating here, but just so that my words might have some meaning to you - I grew up doing farm work in the Panhandle. I did my Masters degree on summer food plots in S TX, grew successful summer plots on a ranch I managed in S TX. Worked for TPWD for 23 years providing technical guidance to ranchers in the Panhandle.
My general advise would be - don't attempt summer plots. But much depends on your specifics, i.e. soil, total acreage, equipment, availability, knowledge of farming techniques, and financial freedoms.
But if you're talking about enhancing pastures and/or fields with high quality native forbs that will be self-sustaining for many years, then that's a totally different ball game.
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