Seeding Rate for Eagle Seed Beans
Filed under: Ask Grant, Food Plots
I planted Eagle Beans Managers Mix this spring for the first time. We have fields that are two acres or less. They were hammered by the deer early until we bought a Gallagher solar charger and put up a protective fence. Now they are rebounding very well. My question is how many pounds of beans per acre should we plant now that we can protect the beans from being over browsed during the early stages? We have a pretty high deer density.
Thank you,
Ricky
Ricky,
I’m glad to hear the Eagle Seed Beans and Gallagher Fence combo worked well for you. I receive similar comments very frequently from other deer managers and hunters!
I’ve had great success at planting Eagle Seed Beans from 40 to 80 + pounds per acre, pending on the size of the plot and the local herd density. For your situation, if the soybean forage developed a closed canopy (blocking sunlight from reaching the ground under the beans) after the fence was installed, I recommend planting the same rate again next year. However, the difference would be that the Gallagher Fence should be protecting the soybeans from germination until they are large enough to handle the browse pressure.
Growing Deer together,
Grant
