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quote: "Unfortunately a lot of states are not after increasing the age structure of bucks" Yeah, it's too bad but you're right on there. The Wisconsin DNR seems to hate the idea of passing up young bucks. How can an agency that is supposed to be in charge of protecting and improving our...

The only reason there are problems like what has been discussed in this thread is that Iowa is the best state in the nation for the number of bucks 3 1/2 years old and older. All these problems could easily be solved if other states would wake up and start managing their own deer herds for...

I think the alfa-rack is more of a grazing type alfalfa that is supposed to stay tender longer. Sorry this might be a little off the topic of alfalfa, but yeah, there's a lot of deer around our area, but they stick pretty tight to the 700 or so acres I talked about because we are one of the...

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but RockChucker30, you need to get your pH up to at least 6.8 (7.0 is better) before even trying to plant alfalfa. With all the hype over the years about planting white clover for deer, we tried many kinds of white clover plots without much luck. The deer...

Dbltree, so after the complete fire burn, and disking and tilling the top 2 to 3 inches of soil and planting we had bare dirt. Then the cool seasons grew to 2 to 5 inches tall and you are saying that some of the 4 to 5 inch tall stuff could have still been dormant when we sprayed? Or would you...

Dbltree or anyone who has experience with using glyphosate, I have a question. Some of the cool season grass that we sprayed on May 11 (with roundup and atrazine) in our CIR plot that we just seeded this spring still has some green color to it. You can tell that it was sprayed because it has...

Dbltree, I think this was mentioned before, but does atrazine control foxtail (keep it from sprouting) and at what rate does it need to be applied to control foxtail?

Dbltree, your mature switchgrass looks awesome! Do turkeys nest in tall, thick, mature switchgrass? It's probably too thick for "brood rearing" but I would sure think that they would like to make their nests in it. My main goal with the CIR is for deer cover, but good turkey and pheasant...

Thanks, I will let everyone know how our CIR turns out, if it germinates this spring and we didn't kill it on Monday with the roundup/atrazine, we should know in a month or so if we will have anything good or not.

Dbltree, How old is the switchgrass in the first 2 or 3 pictures under your heading "Here's some pics of new switch growth on May 12th"? Are those first year seedlings? They look like they are already 4 inches or taller. If they are first year seedlings, what date was it seeded? We had to...

quote by "sureshot1" : Residents who have lived and hunted in Iowa the past ten years have seen the changes firsthand. What kind of changes are you talking about? I don't understand all the negativity about this. The way I see it, the price increase will only make the best state in the...

Is there any way to identify switchgrass seedlings (the first year) shortly after the seed germinates when it is only 1" to 3" tall? I'm trying to figure if anything has sprouted yet or if it's all weeds or other grasses. Ours was broadcasted, so no way to see it coming up in rows like with a...

quote by dbltree: "All of this points out my reasons for killing sod the year before, then there is just no reason to have to use roundup the following spring." Yeah, that's what we are going to do to prepare for next winter's seeding, but this spring, the first weekend in April, we tilled...

So switchgrass that has already grown at least one year is already greening up, but an area that was just frost seeded this past winter would not germinate until mid to late May correct? So would it be safe to spray new switchgrass seedings with roundup as late as May 5-10, except for in years...

We are planning to do 4 more acres of CIR next year. If we get a good kill on the existing grass late this summer by mowing a couple times and spraying the regrowth in late August/September, would it be better to broadcast the CIR seed in Late November/Early December, or wait until...

Has anyone ever tried "strikeout extra". It's a generic 41% glyphosate with 15% surfactant I found on ebay for a good price, $110/2.5gal with shipping. dbltree, If I use 2 quarts of 41% glyphosate and 2-3 quarts of atrazine per acre for switchgrass, does it matter how much water I mix this...

dbltree, I remember reading somewhere (but I can't seem to find it now) about roundup being sold in different forms and the percentage of active ingredient in each. 40% sticks in my head for some reason, was that the amount of active ingredient in the strongest version? What's the best way to...

dbltree, You say Atrazine must be in the soil to work, not on vegetation. Does that mean that if I spray roundup and atrazine when the weeds are about 6 inches tall that the atrazine won't be as effective? Or will the atrazine still work it's way into the soil after being sprayed on...