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<blockquote data-quote="Powder Monkey" data-source="post: 4303490" data-attributes="member: 57127"><p>Have a great big pile of SD cards on my desk pulled from last years cameras, and was going to start going through those to see what pics go to the "save" folder, and then delete a trainload of junk pics of birds, squirrels, does, possums, pigs, coons, etc. </p><p></p><p> BUT... rather than accomplish anything that useful, i did some nosing around in my folders of various pix from our plots. </p><p></p><p>I rarely maintain summer plots; about August/September we usually scalp fields & break ground in preparation of fall plots. If the fields are not overly thatched/overgrown sometime to save time we'll broadcast seed into unworked fields, usually a wheat/rye grain blend, overseeded with annual clover. Then the field gets scalped as low as the mower will go, and i call it good. Probably don't get quite as much germination as proper tillage would provide, but it also seems to not ring the dinner bell for herds of pigs that want to know why the ground is scratched up, which then hang out on my place. </p><p></p><p>In crappy soils i'll often go heavy on the Rye, in better soils i'll lean more heavily towards wheat. Deer eat it either way. No beans for me, due to deer density, we've found bean plots less than 5-10 acres are stripped clean well before deer season. </p><p></p><p>Most years i burn in the spring...no burns this year, was always too wet, too wet, or too busy doing tedious things like working. So, i suspect i'll spend a lot more time mowing this fall. And, that makes me suspect i will be a bit late in getting my jungle mowed & prepped for seeding, since i also don't like mowing in miserable heat of August. </p><p></p><p>Eye in the sky, watching me work plots....Google has caught me twice now working food plots:</p><p></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/lcQi4sk.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Same spot, after seed pops a bit:</p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/fwuvX5s.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>With some more growth on it:</p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/BHAN0jY.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Same spot, after hogs move in & wipe the whole damn thing out:</p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/9IFXV5r.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Hogs, after we find out they wiped out all that work:</p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/G8kNoEW.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/up3zAIb.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Powder Monkey, post: 4303490, member: 57127"] Have a great big pile of SD cards on my desk pulled from last years cameras, and was going to start going through those to see what pics go to the "save" folder, and then delete a trainload of junk pics of birds, squirrels, does, possums, pigs, coons, etc. BUT... rather than accomplish anything that useful, i did some nosing around in my folders of various pix from our plots. I rarely maintain summer plots; about August/September we usually scalp fields & break ground in preparation of fall plots. If the fields are not overly thatched/overgrown sometime to save time we'll broadcast seed into unworked fields, usually a wheat/rye grain blend, overseeded with annual clover. Then the field gets scalped as low as the mower will go, and i call it good. Probably don't get quite as much germination as proper tillage would provide, but it also seems to not ring the dinner bell for herds of pigs that want to know why the ground is scratched up, which then hang out on my place. In crappy soils i'll often go heavy on the Rye, in better soils i'll lean more heavily towards wheat. Deer eat it either way. No beans for me, due to deer density, we've found bean plots less than 5-10 acres are stripped clean well before deer season. Most years i burn in the spring...no burns this year, was always too wet, too wet, or too busy doing tedious things like working. So, i suspect i'll spend a lot more time mowing this fall. And, that makes me suspect i will be a bit late in getting my jungle mowed & prepped for seeding, since i also don't like mowing in miserable heat of August. Eye in the sky, watching me work plots....Google has caught me twice now working food plots: [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/lcQi4sk.jpg[/IMG] Same spot, after seed pops a bit: [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/fwuvX5s.jpg[/IMG] With some more growth on it: [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/BHAN0jY.jpg[/IMG] Same spot, after hogs move in & wipe the whole damn thing out: [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/9IFXV5r.jpg[/IMG] Hogs, after we find out they wiped out all that work: [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/G8kNoEW.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/up3zAIb.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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