Buck Forage Oats
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Fork Horn
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: North Vernon Indiana USA
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Buck Forage Oats
I am researching doing a couple plots for next year. I have 2 areas picked out one being 1 acre the other being a 1/2 acre. I have read up about buck forage oats being very good. Has anyone planted oats before. It says on their website to broadcast and drill and cover. I dont have access to a drill, all I have is a disc and a fourwheeler. Is it possible that I could disc up the land and broadcast it and it will grow? Thanks for any help!
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: chiefland Florida USA
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RE: Buck Forage Oats
if you disk and broadcast the seed,then drag it with a pieace of chainlink fence , it will be fine. (disk ; broadcast oats and rye ; broadcast fertizler ; then drag.)
that is what I do.the only thing I do is plant regular grain oats, (Coaker227) is the brand I use. cost about 1/3 of what buck forage does.
my extention agent said they were the same oats and only had a different name to raise the price????
I know the deer love the coker,thats all I want.for them to eat them and it be good for the deer and turkey.
that is what I do.the only thing I do is plant regular grain oats, (Coaker227) is the brand I use. cost about 1/3 of what buck forage does.
my extention agent said they were the same oats and only had a different name to raise the price????
I know the deer love the coker,thats all I want.for them to eat them and it be good for the deer and turkey.
#5
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Central IL USA
Posts: 41
RE: Buck Forage Oats
I planted 3 plots this year and all came up good. I have always heard "oats will grow on a wet rock" . Discing then broadcasting and dragging with a section of chain link fence would be optimum.
I had a situation where I had disked the plots two weeks before and the day I came up to plant, it was raining. I just broadcasted the oats in the rain a little heavier than normal and they came up great. I was hunting this past weekend and got a great kick out of watching a mature buck following a doe through one of my food plots. He was walking fast after her but not so fast that he wasn't able to grab 3 quick mouthfuls of oats as he walked through a narrow section of my plot. I am sold on their attractiveness.
Mick
I had a situation where I had disked the plots two weeks before and the day I came up to plant, it was raining. I just broadcasted the oats in the rain a little heavier than normal and they came up great. I was hunting this past weekend and got a great kick out of watching a mature buck following a doe through one of my food plots. He was walking fast after her but not so fast that he wasn't able to grab 3 quick mouthfuls of oats as he walked through a narrow section of my plot. I am sold on their attractiveness.
Mick
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