Thanks guys! I see Rural King has some. I'll be getting some this week.
Food Plots Crimson clover
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@fulldraw
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I mowed strips in mine last week. Hope this means they're coming back. Lol
JCDEERMAN
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We may try this next year. As weird as it sounds, I think a lot of the turkeys left our place for shorter fields on surrounding properties. Thats where we heard them gobbling and where we saw several on the way out.
I think if we have several short strips like this in all fields, they'll likely stick around. Any experience with that?
@fulldraw
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This is first time stripping with the food plot. I have hunted farms where the farmer mowed around hayfields that kept birds on the property. Currently I have hayfields around this property that are getting high. I'm hoping that pushes them back on me.
JCDEERMAN
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I like it. Thought about this too - we also may try out some stripping with our crimper on some of these fields to where it's matted down good but may pop back up by mid-may for our soybean/corn/sorghum drilling. Matting some down for the first 3 weeks of turkey season with the crimper, and some with the bushhog. Will do some experimenting….
and Basagran for the nutsedge. It's a real pia for me. I mowed 5 Landino plots yesterday as the nutsedge was taller than the clover. Will hit them with a mix of 24DB & Basagran in a week. Hoping the earlier than normal start for me will help.
megalomaniac
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I would think mowing strips would def help.
The one crazy thing I noticed this spring... there were an insane number of black crickets under the mat of clover/wheat. I bet if one mowed a few strips in there, the turkeys could access the crickets as a major food source.
The one crazy thing I noticed this spring... there were an insane number of black crickets under the mat of clover/wheat. I bet if one mowed a few strips in there, the turkeys could access the crickets as a major food source.
I tried mowing strips a few years ago. I found two hens that coyotes had killed while they hid on their nests. Not sure of the best method, but now I leave plots alone until August. I keep the side areas cut for feeding areas.
BSK
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1oz per gallon mix, right?
I use 1pint/10G water plus 13 oz surfactant. Usually spray 20G/acre
JAD
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I use .75 oz cleth, and .65 oz surfactant per gallon of water. Works good for me, but it takes at least 2 weeks to really start to show the kill. Grass will be gone in a month. It works slow, but it works.
I planted crimson 2 years ago. Last fall I disked and tilled it all up and planted imperial. This is what it looks like now. I wasn't expecting this.
Split Brow
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That should make a good seed bank of crimson for this fall!!
