https://beagleroutdoors.com/community/foodplots-supplemental-feeding/ Florida's #1 online community for sharing information about hunting, fishing and the outdoor experience en-US Fri, 03 Jul 2026 19:11:02 +0000 wpForo 60 https://beagleroutdoors.com/community/foodplots-supplemental-feeding/fluffing-up-last-years-food-plot/ Fri, 05 Oct 2018 14:11:28 +0000 The last couple of weeks we were able to disk this patch again and finally got it to the point of being able to put some seed in the ground yesterday. Hope to be able to keep a running report on this little patch and the adjacent Durana clover patch as the season progresses.
We gotten some deer on camera that are promising, as everyone knows, there is now way to guarantee they will stay on our 80 acres.
Treefarmer]]> FOODPLOTS - SUPPLEMENTAL FEEDING treefarmer https://beagleroutdoors.com/community/foodplots-supplemental-feeding/fluffing-up-last-years-food-plot/ https://beagleroutdoors.com/community/foodplots-supplemental-feeding/spring-2018-garden/ Fri, 30 Mar 2018 11:21:47 +0000 FOODPLOTS - SUPPLEMENTAL FEEDING Triple Creek Reaper https://beagleroutdoors.com/community/foodplots-supplemental-feeding/spring-2018-garden/ https://beagleroutdoors.com/community/foodplots-supplemental-feeding/got-some-row-pines-planted/ Fri, 23 Feb 2018 14:54:42 +0000 FOODPLOTS - SUPPLEMENTAL FEEDING Cr0ck1 (Beagler) https://beagleroutdoors.com/community/foodplots-supplemental-feeding/got-some-row-pines-planted/ https://beagleroutdoors.com/community/foodplots-supplemental-feeding/redneck-atv-sprayer/ Wed, 21 Feb 2018 12:50:11 +0000
It only had the hand wand sprayer. I wanted to be able to ride my atv and broadcast whatever im spraying without holding the wand. So i built the redneck boom.

Think im about 40 bucks into the boom system.

I also put a shutoff valve on the boom so i can stop the atv, grab the wand and spot spray. The pump is a disphram pump so when i hit the wand button pump auto turns on instead of running all the time!!]]> FOODPLOTS - SUPPLEMENTAL FEEDING Cr0ck1 (Beagler) https://beagleroutdoors.com/community/foodplots-supplemental-feeding/redneck-atv-sprayer/ https://beagleroutdoors.com/community/foodplots-supplemental-feeding/planting-pines-on-my-property/ Mon, 19 Feb 2018 22:03:55 +0000
Planting some slash pines. Did a controlled burn to kill most of the cogan grass and almost had to call the fire dept!!

But anyway its cool. Were getting 250 slash pine seedlings for 40 bucks! Forestry said theyll help plant them for free!! And said theyll finish my burn for free too!!

Didnt know there was a great free resource like this!!]]> FOODPLOTS - SUPPLEMENTAL FEEDING Cr0ck1 (Beagler) https://beagleroutdoors.com/community/foodplots-supplemental-feeding/planting-pines-on-my-property/ https://beagleroutdoors.com/community/foodplots-supplemental-feeding/new-food-plot-for-2017-18/ Sun, 27 Aug 2017 23:14:39 +0000 I recently developed a plan for a new food plot and actually began working on it yesterday. I've been reading about planting between pine rows. Having thinned the pines that are adjacent to my old "go to food plot" a few years back, there is a harvested row, creating a 300 foot by 16 foot place to plant a plot. This calculates to be just over a tenth of an acre. The pine rows are a lot longer but I can only see the west 300 feet from the old shooting house which is a hundred yards north.
In past years we had used this opening as a fire lane when we burned that particular stand of pines. So why not turn it into a long lean food plot? I've read that Durana Clover will tolerate more shade than any other clover so this east-west plot might work out.
I bush-hogged the weeds and then disked the area about 4 times and it looks very promising. I don't have access to a culti-packer so I'll have to devise some way to tighten the soil so the clover will not be planted too deep. Covering a food plot with a disk always seems to limit the germination of clover, it only needs to be about 1/4 inch deep.
If we get much rain I'll be out of business for a while, but planting any time during September should establish a stand. One thing that helps with this idea is the old food plot still has quite a bit of Ladino clover in it from past years. This is the patch where we planted the corn a few years ago. It has been in soybeans, Clover, Iron and Clay peas, Abruzzi Rye, Wheat and corn over the years. The shooting house is usually easy to reach but being on the north side, scent is sometimes an issue. Also the automatic corn feeder is set another 4 or 5 pine rows south of the plot.
Starting to feel my age, so this smaller plot will be a little easier to establish and tend. If I can, I'll try to do a weekly update as we did in the past.
If I can still figure out how to post pictures we'll give it a whirl. Without pictures this will be pretty dull stuff.
Treefarmer]]> FOODPLOTS - SUPPLEMENTAL FEEDING treefarmer https://beagleroutdoors.com/community/foodplots-supplemental-feeding/new-food-plot-for-2017-18/ https://beagleroutdoors.com/community/foodplots-supplemental-feeding/food-plot-for-2-grandsons/ Mon, 27 Jun 2016 21:20:11 +0000
The grandsons helped me build a 4X6 shooting house on skids, back in April. Still need to finish it up, widows and a door. We will drag it to the plot with a tractor and slide it back against the edge of an old farm pond.

The plot is "L" shaped, each leg is about 70 yards long surrounded by very thick woods, no need for an elevated stand. This plot hasn't been planted for several years. I bush hogged it, disked it and the bottom plowed it. Then the rains came and it lay there sprouting weeds which is a good thing. As it dried out I was able to disk it several times over a period of a couple of weeks, each times destroying a fresh crop of weeds. This little plot is full of coffee weed seeds for some reason.

I bought a bag of Iron & Clay peas and put them out with the old antique grain drill, got a pretty good stand. These will grow and feed the deer till about mid October when we will disk them in and plant a cold weather crop, oats, rye or wheat. Probably will be Wren's Abruzzi Rye as I've had good success with it over the years. The rye grain a little more cold hardy than oats.

Will try to up date every week or so the progress of this plot.
A few pictures to show what is started.
Treefarmer]]> FOODPLOTS - SUPPLEMENTAL FEEDING treefarmer https://beagleroutdoors.com/community/foodplots-supplemental-feeding/food-plot-for-2-grandsons/ https://beagleroutdoors.com/community/foodplots-supplemental-feeding/2016-garden/ Sun, 03 Apr 2016 21:06:08 +0000 FOODPLOTS - SUPPLEMENTAL FEEDING sam03 https://beagleroutdoors.com/community/foodplots-supplemental-feeding/2016-garden/ https://beagleroutdoors.com/community/foodplots-supplemental-feeding/spring-garden-2016/ Tue, 16 Feb 2016 15:28:31 +0000
For the last 2 years or so I have been working on this no till gardening method and between the old mulch, grass clippings and leaves, the surface of my garden is easily 10 inches above my boxes. Sure is nice not having to pull weeds anymore. Going to start the seeds this week and be in the ground next month sometime.]]> FOODPLOTS - SUPPLEMENTAL FEEDING Triple Creek Reaper https://beagleroutdoors.com/community/foodplots-supplemental-feeding/spring-garden-2016/ https://beagleroutdoors.com/community/foodplots-supplemental-feeding/hancock-seed-co-dade-city/ Thu, 18 Jun 2015 07:54:33 +0000 FOODPLOTS - SUPPLEMENTAL FEEDING Iluv2hunt https://beagleroutdoors.com/community/foodplots-supplemental-feeding/hancock-seed-co-dade-city/