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advice for a foood plot
i hunt in schoharie county in new york (next to albany) and am interested in putting a food plot. iwas wondering what would be best to plant in my location. also was wondering whats your opinon of deer cociane. any other suggestions are appreciated. thanx
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RE: advice for a foood plot
Your best bet is to get a soil test which will give you an idea of what you need to do to prep your food plot as well as what to plant. Deer Cocaine is illegal in NY.
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RE: advice for a foood plot
It's a shame that people want to hunt, but they don't want to hunt to get.
How easy do you want to make it? Planting a food plot is a lot of hard work and costs lot's of money. LOT'S! Just for one acre of Food plot in Pennsylvania, we spent $2000.00 It was already a cleared field, but it only had about 2 - 3 inches of top soil and was really rocky underneath that. By the time you buy your lime and your fertelizer and pay a man with a tractor to plow, till, disc, harrow and run his grain drill over the place to plant whitetail clover - you could have went to thebutcher shopand bought several100 lbs of the best beef stakes. Even good land might cost you $1000 an acre to plant. |
RE: advice for a foood plot
I didnt thinks deer cocain was illegal anywhere its minerals and if you see the whitetail paradise DVD series it shows how people manage hugh land and they get no where near $2000. we plant a 4 acre field for around $200 thats seed and fert
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RE: advice for a foood plot
i cant see how it'd cost 2000$ to plant one acre. If you have you're own equipment you can do it for a fairly decent price. We put in a acre and a halfof clover last yr for right around 60$.
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RE: advice for a foood plot
There is no mineral supplement or food for deer that is legal in NY right now. They basically took all the guesswork out of it - and made it all illegal in NY 2 years ago.
Costs of foodplots vary widely. A plot on good soil is fairly cheap to do. You can mow, spray, disk and plant without a whole lot of issue - but if the soil needs Lime and fertilizer (which most will) - its not a cheap proposition. I say start small - read &learn - than graduateto an acre or two foodplot. We spend about $1500 planting 10-12 acres. This cost does not include gas, equipment or our time. FOr us - its a bargain. FH |
RE: advice for a foood plot
Buy a book - http://www.amazon.com/Planting-Food-Plots-Other-Wildlife/dp/0970749341
My advice for people that are starting out is to contact the real seed companies that has developed products specifically ment for deer, and they will send you their catalog's. Not some local feed and seed store that is selling something ment for cows and horses. Mossy Oak Biologic - http://www.mossyoakbiologic.com/ WhiteTail Institute - http://www.whitetailinstitute.com/products/extreme/ Tecomate - http://www.aboutus.org/TecoMate.com |
RE: advice for a foood plot
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RE: advice for a foood plot
Man i'm sure everone that plants a plot will agree. you can get the same see that biologic and the others sell. at a fraction of the cost.
go to www.whitetailparadise.com the dvd's are a walmart or get them off there if your just starting its a go thing to have the same seed in imperial that ya pay 122 ya can get for 30 to 40 |
RE: advice for a foood plot
[quote]ORIGINAL: The Rifleman
It's a shame that people want to hunt, but they don't want to hunt to get. How easy do you want to make it? Planting a food plot is a lot of hard work and costs lot's of money. LOT'S! Just for one acre of Food plot in Pennsylvania, we spent $2000.00 Damn if that aint contradictory!!!!!!!!!!,,,it's ok for me to do it but your just trying to make it an easy kill????????? |
RE: advice for a foood plot
Clear a small pacth ,put some fertalizer on it . let it sit a couple of days and the try some differnt types to find out what will grow good in your area. Whitetail instatute has a starters sample kit that has alittle bit of all of thier products that they sell for $20 . I tried it5 years ago and it worked great in my area. not everything in the kit worked but I found out what worked for me. It cost me $20 plus a cheap chain saw ,a rake , hoe and lots of grease for my elbows. You dont need 1 acre lots cleared. I did 10 ft by 20 ft spots to start ad got bigger over the next couple years. I still by a starters kit every year. Works great.
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RE: advice for a foood plot
ORIGINAL: The Rifleman It's a shame that people want to hunt, but they don't want to hunt to get. How easy do you want to make it? Planting a food plot is a lot of hard work and costs lot's of money. LOT'S! Just for one acre of Food plot in Pennsylvania, we spent $2000.00 It was already a cleared field, but it only had about 2 - 3 inches of top soil and was really rocky underneath that. By the time you buy your lime and your fertelizer and pay a man with a tractor to plow, till, disc, harrow and run his grain drill over the place to plant whitetail clover - you could have went to thebutcher shopand bought several100 lbs of the best beef stakes. Even good land might cost you $1000 an acre to plant. The highest cost per acre I ever personally know of was $400/acre for ladino clover and the guy guaranteed a good plot or he'd replant for free. Yes there are some pricey seeds out there but it's not necessary to spend that kind of money. |
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