Hello , I’m totally with you and it’s what I do as well and I think it’s better and cheaper and I have 142 acres of crops, so that tells people something
Interesting video, I just bought 80 acres and I'm hoping to create 2 or 3 wooded food plots. I'll post a video when I'm done. I just subscribed to your channel.
So well said, and presented. I’ve been doing this at intervals, on the same (family) property for forty years. Also, the initial selection process you share is ideal for both the most immediate, and best long term success. Get right with the sun, then the property, then the trees = ideal. Then, you can work the same property with whatever, forever. Keep what works, change what dose not. Look at all that sun over your shoulder 🌞
Wow! You are so spot on! Glad i found your site. Being from northeast Minn. N.W. wisc. It has a very different set of circumstances than the food plots in the south or old abandoned farm fields.
Great video Ken, we have 13 wooded acres in South West MI. Sunlight is King. We're still cutting down trees..lol. Winter Rye works great on small plots with us too. It can handle the high grazing pressure and regrow. Enjoy your small parcel videos!
If your able, a wood chipper would make short work of that brush pile and you can spread the chips onto the area you want to grow. Smaller chips are better obviously but tilling in wood chips and leaves are great for the soil.
I've tried clover on trails we use to access the back of the property outside of hunting season and in my experiece it's very difficult to get established. To this day I go with winter rye food plots in NW WI.
Good question! In the northern hemisphere at noon, the sun is always slightly south of directly overhead. That angle to the south increases as we head into winter. Since the sun is always traveling in an arc from east to west by a southern route, we need to remove the trees to the south in about a 45° angle so we maximize the amount of sun hitting the plots.
Great. I have a spot in the woods i was wanting to plant a ¼ acre plot of clover and its literally covered with ferns and may apples 🤦🏻♂️. Im not trying to spend a ton of on lime and conditioners.
@@brandonyoung7760 yeah, getting your soil 100% correct gives whatever you're planting that 100% potential. Something is better than nothing if you can't do it all in one year.
Simply bending or snapping a plant stem util it breaks, there are actually ag attachments that simply roll over weeds and grasses to do just this in a larger scale.
The deer will eat young rye grain. So if I use it to fix a failed plot I'm planting it right before season. You can also layer it where you throw it down every 3 weeks or so.
Whe. People talk about eating rye grains were not nessessarily talking about the actual grain. But the young grass. Same with oats. They will destroy oat and winter rye grass, winter wheat etc. I'm sure they do but I've never actually seen deer eat the actual grain. You should be terminating that crop at that point anyways when the grains are still soft. You can easily crimp and broadcast back into that crimped previous crop
RyeGRAIN not Ryegrass for deer. Ryegrass will grow anywhere, anytime but it's not nearly as palatable or nutritious as Ryegrain. There's a big difference. Hey if you don't believe me, just go watch a video or 2 from the Biologic crew. A lot of bad info out there, but I know how much work, time, and money goes into even a small kill plot, so do your research and plant the right stuff
@HobbyHarvest You are what you eat. Maybe it's lost on you. Rest of the country's hooked on this chemical marvel that kills everything out touches. Go ahead, chow down.
Hello , I’m totally with you and it’s what I do as well and I think it’s better and cheaper and I have 142 acres of crops, so that tells people something
You're right about one thing, for sure. In timber country, ANY greenery will bring them in and fast.
Sure does!
Interesting video, I just bought 80 acres and I'm hoping to create 2 or 3 wooded food plots. I'll post a video when I'm done. I just subscribed to your channel.
I like how simple you explain how to choose a location and what steps are needed to be successful! Thank you for the information,
Your information is very solid and informative. Thanks so much!
Glad it was helpful!
Lotsa useful detail. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful! Good luck!
So well said, and presented. I’ve been doing this at intervals, on the same (family) property for forty years. Also, the initial selection process you share is ideal for both the most immediate, and best long term success. Get right with the sun, then the property, then the trees = ideal. Then, you can work the same property with whatever, forever. Keep what works, change what dose not.
Look at all that sun over your shoulder 🌞
Wow! You are so spot on! Glad i found your site. Being from northeast Minn. N.W. wisc. It has a very different set of circumstances than the food plots in the south or old abandoned farm fields.
Great video Ken, we have 13 wooded acres in South West MI. Sunlight is King. We're still cutting down trees..lol. Winter Rye works great on small plots with us too. It can handle the high grazing pressure and regrow. Enjoy your small parcel videos!
Sounds great! Yeah, I'm always eyeing up trees year to year that I think can come down, never seems to end.
Great cutting tips for opening up canopy facing south. Good stuff.
Winter Rye is the only thing that came up in my small plot due to the drought in Louisiana last year
Yeah, that stuff will grow pretty much anywhere.
What you recommend to do with the stumps once you have cut down the trees in the woods? Stump grinder? Saw flush?
If your able, a wood chipper would make short work of that brush pile and you can spread the chips onto the area you want to grow. Smaller chips are better obviously but tilling in wood chips and leaves are great for the soil.
Good tip!
Thanks for this great video! What do you think of clover for a forest food plot? I'm in northern Michigan.
I've tried clover on trails we use to access the back of the property outside of hunting season and in my experiece it's very difficult to get established. To this day I go with winter rye food plots in NW WI.
@@HobbyHarvest Ok, thanks for the advice!
Did you kill a few trees to eliminate the foliage so the sunlight can get through?
why look at a South direction and go 45 out? wouldnt it be best to look East or West then make a 20 degree span?
Good question! In the northern hemisphere at noon, the sun is always slightly south of directly overhead. That angle to the south increases as we head into winter. Since the sun is always traveling in an arc from east to west by a southern route, we need to remove the trees to the south in about a 45° angle so we maximize the amount of sun hitting the plots.
Great. I have a spot in the woods i was wanting to plant a ¼ acre plot of clover and its literally covered with ferns and may apples 🤦🏻♂️. Im not trying to spend a ton of on lime and conditioners.
Yeah, I tried planting a strip of clover without correcting the acidic soil and it came up, just really thin and easily browsed down to nothing.
@Hobby Harvest maybe I can just put a few hundred pounds down each year until it corrected. Need to get a soul sample before I do anything.
@@brandonyoung7760 yeah, getting your soil 100% correct gives whatever you're planting that 100% potential. Something is better than nothing if you can't do it all in one year.
Are you from Wis?
What is crimping?
Simply bending or snapping a plant stem util it breaks, there are actually ag attachments that simply roll over weeds and grasses to do just this in a larger scale.
Deer actually eat rye grains? Or is that just to help soil
The deer will eat young rye grain. So if I use it to fix a failed plot I'm planting it right before season. You can also layer it where you throw it down every 3 weeks or so.
Whe. People talk about eating rye grains were not nessessarily talking about the actual grain. But the young grass. Same with oats. They will destroy oat and winter rye grass, winter wheat etc. I'm sure they do but I've never actually seen deer eat the actual grain. You should be terminating that crop at that point anyways when the grains are still soft. You can easily crimp and broadcast back into that crimped previous crop
RyeGRAIN not Ryegrass for deer. Ryegrass will grow anywhere, anytime but it's not nearly as palatable or nutritious as Ryegrain. There's a big difference. Hey if you don't believe me, just go watch a video or 2 from the Biologic crew. A lot of bad info out there, but I know how much work, time, and money goes into even a small kill plot, so do your research and plant the right stuff
Use poison to plant food that you will eventually eat?
Who's eating their food plots?
@HobbyHarvest your broad leaf herbicide advice is poisoning your own food chain from the deer your harvesting.
I hope your not feeding your children that venison.
Spraying poison on deer food is not in my deer management plan 😂
@HobbyHarvest You are what you eat. Maybe it's lost on you. Rest of the country's hooked on this chemical marvel that kills everything out touches. Go ahead, chow down.
Flat earth food plot
You lost me at glyphosate.