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Old 05-16-2015 | 05:57 AM
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GTOHunter
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Default Missouri Food Plot

Well it's that Time of the Year where I play Hobby Farmer and try my Luck at putting out a Food Plot.With all the heavy Spring Rains the window of opportunity is narrow when praying for the rains to stop long enough for the ground to be dry enough to get out the Tractor and break up some soil.

I hit a spot that was planted with wheat last year and was smooth as glass from the previous planting,months of rain and then snow and back to Spring raining had it beat down then We mowed it off and I ran a 6 ft disc across it several times then walked it with a hand spreader putting down Purple Top Turnips and Raddishes and I had a few left-over lbs of Whitetail Institutes Tall Tine Tubers Turnip Blend to add in to the mix.I didn't want to cover it too deep and wasn't able to get me a light Chain Drag that I wanted so I opted to grap a wooden pallet,flip it over and throw some heavy cut blocks of wood and proceeded to drag it across the plot lightly covering the new seeds!

More heavy rains came in the past 2 weeks and lots of wonderful fresh sprouts are reaching out to the Blue Missouri Sky's making this Hobby Farmer look like a Pro!

The BIL went to 1 of our bottom Fields and sprayed it with Weed Killer so the weeds will die off and after several weeks or more We will mow it down,disc it under and plant Clover or a mix of something for a Fall Food Plot?
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