I give up with this land....... Great piece of property with a lot of nice bucks, but we have the most bizzare farmer working the fields.

Maybe someone could at least shed some light on the reasoning behind this guy. He is leasing the land to farm from the landowner (same guy we have permission to hunt). He very seldom plants anything in the spring. Every4-5 years he'll plant soybeans, alfalfa, or corn . The rest of the time he'll let it grow into overgrown swail throughout the summer.

Beginingof September rolls around and he has his crew come and chop the swail lots to the ground. Then he comes back the last week ofSeptember and cuts the 6 inches ofweeds thathave grownsince then.

First week of October(now.... and 12 days before bowseason) he comes in and starts rough plowing the fields turning them over. He plows them 3 different times untill he gets his"finish grade". This usually takes him well into bowseason because he's in and outall the time with a few hours here and there.

The finished product after he ripped the place to heck is a big giant mud pasture instead of a nice giant bedding area. The deer that once used the swail as bedding are not around anymore.Their entire patterns change. All the scouting and stand locations throughout the entire year are absolutely useless.

Ihave nothing against farmers doing whatthey have to do. It's theirliving and takes precident over deer hunting.But, what in the name of God is this guy doing????Whypay for the labor, burn gas for hours, , lease the land from the landowner, and wear on the equipment??

Every season all he does is plow everything for 2 weeks in the fall,don't plant any crop in the spring, let it all grow up to overgrown crap, cut the overgrown crap 3 -4 times a year and plow it all up again the following fall. And not plant again the next spring. I just don't get it.Why do all that to mow and plow?

Sorry had to vent.... just irritated again. Time for plan B.

Does he do that every year? If so, I'd abandon that piece of ground and call it worthless.

Doesn't make a ton of sense other than trying to get the soil stable again. Not sure how he's doing that though.

You should ask the dude what he's up to. Maybe he's an anti, or maybe he's a nice guy and you could strike a deal with him.

Well I dont know how many years he has done this but first thing I think of is that he is preparing a seed bed much like you would prepare one for native prairie. Grass can get so entrenched that it takes some time and plowings to break the root masses up..............just a very wild guess

sounds like he doesn't like y'all huntin' his critters...have you tried to contact him and talk to him about it?

A farmer just did that to an area I hunt.It changed things alot but I think he planted winter wheat.
Right now the field is barron.How long does it take for winter wheat to come up?

you're right man totally bizzare.

A nickel Nitwit

They do one of two things in the fall after they plow.
One- they do it to turn over the soil and break apart the root mass and plan on planting crop in the spring.
two- they plow the fields and plant winter wheat.

This dude is neither. Maybe it's a training ground for his employees or something on how to drive a tractor.... who knows.

Winter wheat won't get very high during hunting season (around here anyway). 8-12 inches is what the farmers want before growing season stops.

Maybe the guy needs help or something!