Had to take a little different approach this year, as we had a nice shooter in this area pre-season. This field had shoulder height goatweed / sticker grass when we went out there in late august. I sprayed the hell out of it and planted a AWP / Brassica / Daikon radish blend down the middle, with oats and rye on the sides. I knew I was way too early on the oats and rye, but they're cheap so I went for it anyway.
Well the buck got taken out opening weekend, so I took advantage of some timely rain second weekend of october and re planted some more clover and a bunch of elbon rye where I didn't have any coverage. This was all no till with my only equipment being a sprayer, electric broadcaster that mounts to the front of my sxs, and a 4x4 drag harrow.
So far it is working really well, I've got a good strip of radish / turnips in the middle of this field, with the rye / clover coming on strong on the edges. The dead goatweed is working well as cover / exclusion cages (rye is 12-15" in the middle of those stands and about 4-6" outside of that). Hung a new set that overlooks the field this Sunday, so looking forward to some late season hunts here.
Well the buck got taken out opening weekend, so I took advantage of some timely rain second weekend of october and re planted some more clover and a bunch of elbon rye where I didn't have any coverage. This was all no till with my only equipment being a sprayer, electric broadcaster that mounts to the front of my sxs, and a 4x4 drag harrow.
So far it is working really well, I've got a good strip of radish / turnips in the middle of this field, with the rye / clover coming on strong on the edges. The dead goatweed is working well as cover / exclusion cages (rye is 12-15" in the middle of those stands and about 4-6" outside of that). Hung a new set that overlooks the field this Sunday, so looking forward to some late season hunts here.
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