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For those newer to the food plotting game, here are several great seed sources available. Also great alternatives to the more expensive "Buck on a Bag" mixtures out there. While those can be convenient for anything 1/2 acre or smaller, you're much better off with the buying power of a true...

Stud of a buck, keep us posted I'd love to see how he turns out!

Great idea.

A good heavy drill will break that thatch easily. Will also give a path for the tiny brassica plants to break up through it. I'd drill away..

Other reason I liked them. They use Japanese glass (like everyone else nowadays, even Zeiss) but are made / assembled in US. I got the Moss Brown, kinda neat.

Great plan!

Maven is a direct to consumer optics company out of Wyoming. Just bought a pair of 8x42 B1.2 binoculars from them during their summer sale. Seem super nice so far, excited to try them out this fall. Anyone use them before? I might have to try one of their scopes at some point...

@LoessHillsArcher IMO - A little bit of Foxtail mixed in with switchgrass is great habitat. There are a lot of wildlife benefits to foxtail. If its a foxtail monoculture choking out everything else, then you could treat specific areas. Otherwise, I much prefer the diversity for wildlife...

Who is saying that? I just asked the question.. hard to tell much detail from your sucky photos :)

Deer or raccoons?

Personally, I've gone back and forth. If you really want the hunting magazine look - giant bulbs and leaves, you need to plant brassicas separately. Planting earlier allows you to get a head start on planting date for better leaf and bulb development, but also allows you to be more specific...

Yes, just a big mix of cereal grains, brassicas and clover. Deadly Dozen includes Winter Hardy Oats, Winter Wheat, Winter Barley, Austrian Winter Peas, Tillage Radish, Purple Top Turnips, Rape Plus, Sugar Beets, Forage Collards, Impact Forage Collards, Crimson Clover and Oil Seed Radish.

Wow, haven’t seen that before. Bummer! I’ve planted several potted white spruce in mid MO and none really made it. The BHS seems to have more vigor (and can survive MO humid summers better it seems).

Awesome! Love the large porch area.

Fantastic

For this reason, I time my last spring mowing around mid to late May (before most fawns drop), and then wait until July 1 or so to make sure they're big enough to move. Also helps to watch the next pass you're mowing as you go - IE watching to the left if you're mowing around the field...

I always heard Bill say he liked the Winter Greens mix the best from WI? But I believe a big part of that is rape seed. IMO, he's the least over the top from the majority of the "celebrity" hunters. If you want over the top, how about the Drury's spraying nose jammer out of their blinds...

Curious to hear everyone's take on a larger 1-2 acre clover field - Deer use throughout the hunting season (Sept/Oct thru January). My green fields are typically cereal grain, brassica plantings mixed with clover. First time I'm relying on a pure clover (ladino/Alice) stand through hunting season.

Same!

Same slow issues for me still.