One last post to this old, tired post.


I thought that maybe a few people who followed the post - would appreciate the end result. The RR Corn plot is pictured below.









The lanes we cut were to "put some corn on the ground" - the deer will not feed heavily on it yet unless its on the ground. - but the brush-hogged lanes offers visibility & food for Deer & turkeys through Bow season.

Later - in Late Novemeber - the whole field becomes an attraction - and a major food source through mid winter - long after hunting season.


The Manually cultivated plot - has attracted deer qas well - we've observed several feeding in it the 1st week of bow season - But - the yeild is WAY OFF - and the potential late winter feed is much less.





Thanks again everyone - I hope you enjoyed my documentation - I enjoyed posting it.

FH

Sean apparently the next to last photo is the manually cultivated corn that is non-RR, have you ever had success or tried just knocking over a couple rows by not bush hogging them just run the wheels over them and put the whole ears on the ground, also give me a shot of the soybeans if you can , our RR beans are running about 60 b/a this year. we are having about the best year ever on yields in this part of the country, at least the best anyone can remember., as far back as 1946.

This is one of the very best threads I have ever seen. Thank you, FH, for your time in documentation. I loved it!
Brian

Ron - knocking it down works good in the early season - but we leave most of it standing because we get ALOT of snow - The corn often acts like a snow fence - and its not uncommon to have snow right up to the ears on the standing corn.

Here's one with beans in the picture - Theay had been hammered but the deer all July/August - Still there is ALOT of beans. It will be interesting to see if the deer eat the beans/pods.

If I were you I would try planting those middles next year, apparently you are not going to combine those beans, you might go in and bush hog a row in the middle to knock the seed out on the ground ansd see if the birds come in, dont overdo it leave them standing for birds during the harsh winter months, sooner or later they will pop out, Looks to me like you do an excellent job in providing food for wildlife and unlike many people you leave it up during the harsh winter months, people around here leave a little corn standing, then harvest it the day after duck season is over....

FH, thanks for keeping us posted. Great pics & thread.

Thanks for the thread, it has been a pleasure to follow its progress!