Just a follow up on those pics of that plot....came out pretty good.... and I think the deer like the young sugar beets pretty well....have seen deer now in every plot and killed deer in most of them already....here's that same plot with and without a couple of does....
Clover/corn food plot Day 156
Last week I was unable to post pictures for the weekly update due to some sort of technical change somewhere....I want to thank GoodOyster and Crock1 for their help and assistance, in fact Goodoyster just posted last weeks pics last night for me. Hopefully he has got me straightened out for this go around. It's bad to find yourself in positions that you don't know how to remedy, being computer illiterate puts me in that position quite often.
Checking the rye's growth this morning, it is evident that things are getting dry once again. This patch of rye was planted on October 8th and has only had one light rain on it. In fact it was so light, it didn't show in the gage, they call that a "trace of rain". The pond that just a few weeks back was overflowing is back to normal and maybe a little below. The soil in the plot is again as hard as a brick on the surface but there is plenty of moisture below for the rye plants to draw from.
Noticed a big shed snake skin at the edge of the water and grass. To make it sound good, I guess it was a big ol' moccasin (maybe just a water snake of some sort) that I don't want to run into to.
Todays pics (hopefully) will show the snake skin and the Wrens Abruzzi Rye at 22 days and no rain! Also added a picture of some of the red corn that will be made into corn meal in a few days.
29 days till Thanksgiving and opening day!
Treefarmer
That rye looks pretty good for almost no rain....how big is that field and how much rye did you put down.....I use that same type of rye for roads and such....do you find the deer hit it pretty good?
Dave, this patch is just shy of 1 1/2 acres. We put 100 pounds of Wrens Abruzzi Rye on it. We've had good results with the rye in the past, as the deer seem to come to it pretty regular. Rye is more cold hardy than oats and the certified seed we planted were produced just over in Alabama. I feel it is important to use seed that are recommended for our part of the world, rather than something that might come from another region of the country. UF puts out a paper on recommended cool season plantings, available through your county agricultural agent.
Treefarmer
Dave, here's a picture of one a few years back that came in to check a bunch of does that were feeding in the rye patch, he was an unusual 6pt.
Treefarmer
