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Food Plots Army worm time lapse

RS

RS

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I planted my plots on September 12 and 13. I got a couple of really good rains and they looked great until the army worms hit. I knew a couple of plots were hit because I had cell cams on them, but I was hoping maybe the worms didn't get all of my 15 acres of plots. I was able to make it down last weekend, and it was pretty much bare dirt on all my plots.
Now I'm just waiting on rain to replant

9/26/24
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10/2/24 I believe the crows were eating the worms.
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What they looked like on 10/5/24
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megalomaniac said:
That's impressive, tks for the lapse pics!

Sorry you got wiped out... sometimes I wonder if it's even worth planting plots
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Yes, between the droughts and army worms, I'm beginning to wonder if it's worth it myself.
I've been planting plots for over 25 years, and I've only been hit by army worms one other time, and they only got one plot then.
With no acorns at my place, and replanting this late, I don't believe my plots will be able to withstand the browse pressure.
 
Man, so sorry to see that RS. I feel really lucky. As of last Friday, no Army Worms at my place. But they wiped me out two years ago.

Unfortunately, I don't see any rains in the 15-day forecast. Well, the GFS always has something out at 14 to 15 days, but those rain chances evaporate once we get around 10 days out.
 
Seems like the timely worms and drought caught quite a few of us this year. Add injury to insult I had to take a young buck last weekend that seemed to in the late stages of CWD.
 

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