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<blockquote data-quote="megalomaniac" data-source="post: 5836609" data-attributes="member: 2805"><p>Is it possible to bushhog currently?</p><p></p><p>My thinking... I'd bushhog the entire thing now, come up with how you would like 3 separate smaller plots laid out on the 10ac field based on unintrusive access and prevailing winds for the hunt, as well as where yiu want your interconnecting paths to be between the plots, then pull soil samples and amend as soon as its dry enough to get the lime buggy in there.</p><p></p><p>Bushhog a 2nd time in mid July, then spray the areas that will become food plots. Plant the plots end of Aug. Bushhog some strips in the native browse as well as interconnecting paths between plots end of September.</p><p></p><p>The advantage of this stairstepped approach is you will end up with about half the 10 acres in native browse with about 2 feet of growth and cover that deer feel secure in, yet you can still see them in, another 2 acres of fresh new native browse in the strips and paths, and 3 acres of actual planted food. After next winter you see the deer have eaten the plots to the ground, it will be easy to just expand the size of the plots the following year. Once you get through 2024, you will only need to bushhog everything July 2025 and repeat the process.</p><p></p><p>The downside is doing this will require you to make multiple trips on the property each year. Not a big deal if you will be living there or the equipment is on site.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="megalomaniac, post: 5836609, member: 2805"] Is it possible to bushhog currently? My thinking... I'd bushhog the entire thing now, come up with how you would like 3 separate smaller plots laid out on the 10ac field based on unintrusive access and prevailing winds for the hunt, as well as where yiu want your interconnecting paths to be between the plots, then pull soil samples and amend as soon as its dry enough to get the lime buggy in there. Bushhog a 2nd time in mid July, then spray the areas that will become food plots. Plant the plots end of Aug. Bushhog some strips in the native browse as well as interconnecting paths between plots end of September. The advantage of this stairstepped approach is you will end up with about half the 10 acres in native browse with about 2 feet of growth and cover that deer feel secure in, yet you can still see them in, another 2 acres of fresh new native browse in the strips and paths, and 3 acres of actual planted food. After next winter you see the deer have eaten the plots to the ground, it will be easy to just expand the size of the plots the following year. Once you get through 2024, you will only need to bushhog everything July 2025 and repeat the process. The downside is doing this will require you to make multiple trips on the property each year. Not a big deal if you will be living there or the equipment is on site. [/QUOTE]
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