Ep. 567: Food Plot Update: Rain Expected, We're Planting!
Hurricane Laura may be sending some rain our way so we're planting! See our progress and tips to make your fall food plots a success!
Hurricane Laura may be sending some rain our way so we're planting! See our progress and tips to make your fall food plots a success!
Grant assists landowners in Kansas and Iowa with habitat and hunting improvement plans. He shows examples and discusses the pitfalls of using alfalfa or corn for food plots then shares detailed suggestions to help these landowners. In this video: practices that help increase yields for wildlife and production ag, food plot combos that work, cover, better native browse, cover crops, mule deer, TSI, pinch points, stand placement, wind direction, and more!
Grant assisted Martin during 2014 with a habitat plan to meet his and his sons hunting objectives. They implemented the plan and tagged a lot of bucks. Now they are ready for a plan to produce and harvest mature bucks! Watch as Grant shares a plan to meet Martin's objectives and learn some techniques that will work no matter where you hunt! In this episode: managing native grasslands, TSI, prescribed fire, selecting new food plot locations, selecting strategic hunting stand locations, pinch points, mock scrapes, erosion control, conservation tillage, and more!
Grant shares how to calibrate the Genesis drill before planting cool season food plots! Take the time to calibrate the drill and get maximum value from your food plot seed investment!
Tyler has been in the tractor seat a lot of hours this week as he works to get the food plots in with the Genesis no-till drill!
Time lapse video of the "team work" crimping and no-till drilling of one of the larger food plots on the Proving Grounds. First the Goliath roller/crimper goes over the cover crop. Then the no-till drill goes over the same area planting the Eagle Seed forage soybeans the deer will feed on for the summer and into fall.
Here is a recipe for success! Grant shares tips on calibrating your Genesis drill for no-till food plots.
The Genesis No-Till Drill is soon to be available as a better tool for deer managers and farmers to plant food plots.
Using the No-Till Drill to over seed an existing food plot is a useful strategy to ensure food for the deer herd year round.