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Didn't kill one this eve, but man what a hunt. 13 different bucks, kid almost killed this 4.5yo 10pt, passed on a 3.5yo old, passed a 3.5yo 8. Tons of small bucks and 7 does/ fawns.

Plot created 2 years ago, planted in wheat/ clover/ radishes/ turnips. Drought killed the wheat, clover. Broadcast rye twice. Hurting for fertilizer, but too cheap to waste it with the drought.

This is the 3rd 4.5yo or older bucks that has been seen on this plot.

Talked to neighbor half mile away thru the woods, they haven't seen anything so far this year.
 

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JCDEERMAN said:
Me too. When you see a deer coming through, you know atomically it's a shooter, without even looking at the antlers 95% of the time
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That's what I believe as well. When you have to talk yourself into one, it usually is not. Something I have to remind myself all the time.
 
Popcorn said:
Those blends make our best plots and always easy to reseed.
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I learned a LOT this year...(now granted... we did get a much longer growing period due to late first sig frost than normal)

My preference is to plant end of August, so radishes are a foot tall by Nov. Didn't drill until mid Sept due to drought, and still no rain to speak of. By mid Oct, turnips and radishes were the only thing that survived, so came back with 500lbs of cereal rye broadcast and that ended up filling in nicely for coverage between the brassicas.

That's now going to be my new regimen... drill mid Sept before a rain, then quickly broadcast rye on the smaller plots mid Oct with the spinner on the back if the Gator.

What's so great this year is that everyone around me had plots fail due to drought, as well as no acorns. Not sure I've ever had this many deer on me before this year

Talked to neighbor on 700 acres next to me. They aren't seeing anything, only killed 1 doe during bow season. 5 hunters and they have been hunting every day past 10 days.

I will say this about the drought... I have NEVER seen so many empty corn sacks on the side of the road as this fall. It's just completely out of control this year.
 
megalomaniac said:
That's now going to be my new regimen... drill mid Sept before a rain, then quickly broadcast rye on the smaller plots mid Oct with the spinner on the back if the Gator.
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We've switched to this several years ago even as late as the first of October because of lack of rain with a ton of success. We just don't top sow anything unless of failures is all. We've been bit so many times at the end of August planting we got tired of throwing our money away.
 

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