Have to agree with IL2H. If you do end up plantin peas, you'll need to make sure to apply a heavy amount of Milorganite fertilizer to each plot at planting, and again right after they come up and get the second leaf on em. You'll need to plant about 2 months in advance of when you want to hunt the plots, and if you aren't getting much rain, you'll need to find a way to water them at least weekly. Those big wire-framed water tanks work well out of the back of a truck with a pvc T and some PVC with small holes drilled into the pipe. They hold about 3-400 gallons, so you'll have to make sure you have enough truck to haul it.
I'm going to use the trial and error method. I am thinking of planting a few spring plots and see what happens. I like the idea of using Milorganite and scarecrows lol
Same thing happens with Soy beans....one year planted 3 or 4 pretty big plots with them as a test....they came up...got two leaves....and in about a week....it looked like fields of dead toothpicks...the deer came thru and mowed em down....got to do something to let them get up some more....never planted them again unless they were in a mix....but I think the milorganite would work pretty good letting them get bigger first.
With sunflowers...they are in some of the mixes.....had one plot about 3 acres with rackmaster spring summer mix...deer loved it....the sunflowers came up...and when the flowers started opening it looked like a big yellow field, the deer came through and a week later you wouldnt know it ever had a sunflower planted in it. Dont know what you could do there, because the plot was already very well established, and pretty good size, but the deer still overused it.
Same thing happens with Soy beans....one year planted 3 or 4 pretty big plots with them as a test....they came up...got two leaves....and in about a week....it looked like fields of dead toothpicks...the deer came thru and mowed em down....got to do something to let them get up some more....never planted them again unless they were in a mix....but I think the milorganite would work pretty good letting them get bigger first.
With sunflowers...they are in some of the mixes.....had one plot about 3 acres with rackmaster spring summer mix...deer loved it....the sunflowers came up...and when the flowers started opening it looked like a big yellow field, the deer came through and a week later you wouldnt know it ever had a sunflower planted in it. Dont know what you could do there, because the plot was already very well established, and pretty good size, but the deer still overused it.
Well back to the drawing board for me, the rackmaster spring/summer plot is the mix I was leaning towards using and was going to add some soybeans to the mix.
I think youll be fine with the Rackmaster.....just do the milorganite thing at first to let it get up some....it draws deer and turkey pretty well....I still use it with good success....
