The lake is so full of junk right now. Old dump sites that are flooded and washed into the lake. A guy on another website reported Jon boats, freezers, Barbi houses, etc floating all over the north end of the lake.
Here is a pic of the road leading into the coon creek campground and boat ramp. Way in the background you can see the tip of the attendant building where you drive in.
Another below the dam shot today.
The pic doesn’t do what the eye can see when standing there.
Another below the dam shot today.
The pic doesn’t do what the eye can see when standing there.
Time to freshen your mineral licks.
Planted wheat in my food plot last season. It’s about an acre. Threw 10 lb of ladino clover on top of the worked ground.
The wheat ripened in June and was impressed with how well the clover had grown. Wheat was thigh high and the clover growing in the wheat was almost knee high. I’m new to the clover, but read it has to be mowed to keep it palatable for the deer. Otherwise it gets woody. The clover was full of seed heads.
By mowing the wheat with heads on it, I’ve got the seed scattered on the ground for a fall plot.
It’s a little early, but it will be interesting to see how it develops.
The wheat ripened in June and was impressed with how well the clover had grown. Wheat was thigh high and the clover growing in the wheat was almost knee high. I’m new to the clover, but read it has to be mowed to keep it palatable for the deer. Otherwise it gets woody. The clover was full of seed heads.
By mowing the wheat with heads on it, I’ve got the seed scattered on the ground for a fall plot.
It’s a little early, but it will be interesting to see how it develops.
welcome to using cover crops
New to the thread, learning a lot from here. Thank you.
I have 20 acres in Harrah and I’m ready to get serious about food plots for the first time. Do you guys know a place to rent an atv cultipacker? I’ve got a disc but looks like cultipacker may be just as important. Thank you
I have 20 acres in Harrah and I’m ready to get serious about food plots for the first time. Do you guys know a place to rent an atv cultipacker? I’ve got a disc but looks like cultipacker may be just as important. Thank you
Welcome suplay!
Welcome to OSA. First question is why do you need a cultipacker? Are you planting clover or some other small seed?
Even if your planting clover, a section of chain link fence wired to a pipe and then wired to the atv hitch and pulled over the disced ground will plant any seed.
Don’t overthink planting a food plot. Your not doing it for a crop, it’s an attractor for deer or other wildlife and it’s not rocket science.
Test your soil for PH, and treat accordingly.
If your going to plant wheat or oats, use about 150 lb per acre to make it lush. If planting clovers without a brillion seeder, distribute 8-9 lb of seed per acre with a hand spreader.
You can plant less if your budget doesn’t allow it but be sure to also apply 46-0-0 fertilizer if available in your area.
If not, any fertilizer from your home and garden store on sale at the end of season will be better than applying nothing at all.
Have fun with your plot and don’t fall for the exotic seed junk you find in the sporting goods section at Walmart. 90% of it is seed that animals around OK have never seen before and likely won’t take to it unless a captive herd.
I’ve tinkered with plots before and they’ve always been spotty, so along with the lime and fertilizer, I wanted to use a cultipacker to make a good seed bed and press the seed into the dirt. Definitely going to plant some clover and want to give chicory a go, along with the usual cereal grains. I’m already nervous about doing so much work and it not turning out. Had I not read so much about how well a cultipacker works I woulda been the first one on board with chain link and pipe.
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