Originally Posted by
Robv2007
yea i am farther north than most of you. Our hunting land is in Northern MI where we usuall have frost by mid-late october and snow in mid-late november. I've planted the same time every year and dont want to change unless I know there is a time that works better. Last year we didnt get rain until 2 weeks after I planted so it didnt grow as good as it should have.
I don't know Northern Michigan's planting dates for various things, so Aug. 8th may be great... But down here people usually plant oats and wheat plots around the end of Aug/early Sept, because they don't need as much time to mature as say brassicas..
For the future on your hunting property, you may wanna look into brassicas or standing corn for a cold-season plot. Sounds to me like some type of brassica may be a good idea for your situation. Either root-type turnips or forage turnips (or both together would be even better) will become attractive to your deer right around the frost dates you mentioned, which are probably the weeks you'll be hunting a lot. Plus, they will provide a foodsource in the later parts of winter when everything else is gone. But just a suggestion, if you've had luck with what you already use, why change.
