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I almost pulled a BSK today, but mine didn't involve a train. I was burning off the areas I've been getting ready to plant and looked over and my ATV had flames all around it. I was about 100 yards from it and probably covered that ground in 6 seconds. Should have been an olympic race! :D I guess I just got too comfortable since this was my last plot, and the flames jumped my disked up barrier in the only spot where I had something important. I tell you what it was worth it. I smelled like burnt grass but it only took me two passes to get the ground broke up as good as I did. The smoke did attract two helicopters though which made me kind of nervous. One guy I knew and recognized the chopper we just waved at each other and then the other was the TVA chopper :eek: checking the powerlines. Here are the pics, I was so excited about the results I had to post them.
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Told ya jcdeerman it looks gooood!
 
looks good man! hey have you heard from j.b? i lost his number and was wondering if he is going to have his dove shoot this year!
 
jaypz4 said:
looks good man! hey have you heard from j.b? i lost his number and was wondering if he is going to have his dove shoot this year!
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Yeah I saw him today. I think it's gonna be on the 1st and he said he's loaded down with them this year. Send me a pm and I can give you his cell. I don't have my phone on me right now.
 
hey i can't seem to get my pm working. can you send it to my email address? jbeanfat aol.com
 
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Dalton Ballentine said:
how many years has the spot been planted
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The very crest of the field in the first pic (about 3 strips wide) has been planted twice. Everything else that drops off to the sides is new ground. It usually takes me about 8-10 passes to get new ground to look like that, burning it obviously helps a ton. The second pic I planted last fall but it didn't hardly break up very good. That is all one big field just two pics. I have a bow stand right in front of where those pics where taken and can't wait to climb up it this year. I just hope we get some rain.
 
No Hook I haven't even bought the seed yet. I'm gonna plant at the end of this month depending upon the weather. I'm hoping all that seed that was burnt doesn't jump out like crazy if we get some moisture.
 
LA man said:
looks good, ill be doing the samething this weekend
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Yep we'll be working again this weekend, but finally I'll have some helping hands this time. We've got to check all our stands, shooting lanes ect. I would have rather done that along time ago but conflicting schedules wouldn't allow it. I never work on stands alone.
 
BoonerBucks said:
How exactly do you attempt to burn your field? Method, tools, precautions, etc..? I'm curious because it looks like it works great!
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I start out by bushhogging the field as low as I can. Then about two weeks later I'll bushhog it again and then spray several days later. After I spray it I'll let it sit for about a week and then I just disk the the outter perimeter really good to try and make a barrier. When conditions are right and the wind isn't blowing much at all I'll then burn it. Usually I start out at the opposite end of the field that the wind is coming from and start the fire. I'll put out the flames that are going with the wind b/c they can build up pretty fast if your not careful, and this will force the fire to move slowly into the wind. If things are going well I'll then start my fire at the opposite end of the field where the flames will travel with the wind. Once the two meet they will extinguish themselves. Ideal is to get it burning in a pattern like a circle or square where the flames are only traveling toward each other to meet in the middle of the field.
The only tool I use to keep things under control is my atv with a 20 gallon tank that I usually use to spray the field with. I just attach a wand to the pump instead of a boom, and fill my tank with water. Once I start the fire I'll drive around the edges putting out flames so the only direction they are going is into the middle of the field. You'd be surprised I only used about 8 gallons of water for a 7 acre food plot.
I would recommend burning b/c it gets rid of all the unwanted junk that is left behind after you spray. The key is to bush hog it low so the flames can't build up.
 
Did you get a permit of any or sort or do you need a permit of any sort to burn your own fields?

I have a large field I am thinking of burning off and re introducing native grasses and food plots.
 
Looks good. There' something about fire the brings out the largest doses of adrenalin in us.

That soil type is Drury clay loam. Not recomended for row cropping traditional grains such as corn, wheat and beans. However, it does grow fairly good cucklebur, sicklepod, johnsongrassn and morningglory.

However, some desparate farmers have grown fair to middling crops of beets and rutabagas in that soil.

This soil has NEVER been known to produce a deer that weighs in excess of 120 lb. on the hoof or a rack that scores over 60-70 B&C.

Good luck, though. ;)
 
leader said:
Did you get a permit of any or sort or do you need a permit of any sort to burn your own fields?

I have a large field I am thinking of burning off and re introducing native grasses and food plots.
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TTT
 
You need to check about getting a permit, sometimes you have to have one sometimes you don't. Winter time we have to burn off brush piles all the time and never get a permit.

Easy I just got the resources within the last two years. It's like pulling teeth to get permission to plant areas, but it's worth it and I really enjoy it.
 

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