Chester Co. Fall Plots---WI Chicory Plus---------Also Eagle Bean Update

Got to travel back to Chester co. Tennessee again, and try to establish a couple of Clover and Chicory plots.  The deer in this part of the world are well fed this year as they completely destroyed our 4.5 acres of Eagle Soybeans.  Although I have to give a big thumbs up to Eagle Seed,  as these Large Lad's are still putting on new leaves, after 4 months of being snipped off multiple times.  When you see a soybean field that looks like this one does after 4 months,  you are serious need of more food sources for your deer. 

On to the fall plots, we worked about 2 acres up and broadcasted fertilizer and 100lbs of the Fall mix, and disced it in, and then overseeded the field with the Whitetail Institute Chicory Plus.

Benton County Fall Plots!!

I got to meet a couple of really great guys on a new to them 500 acre lease in Benton Co. Tennessee.  They had been doing alot of work and had these two fields in tip top shape for me to come in and work.  One field was 1.25 acres that layed in a long narrow shape, and we sowed it down with the Fall Mix consisting of Winter Wheat, Oats, Austrian Winter Peas, and we then overseeded it with some Crimson clover. 

On the other side of that 25ft high shooting house lies a 2.5 acres field that we sowed with a 8 way Clover blend purchased from Hoopers Supply in Murfreesboro, TN.

Busy Fall Season!!!!

Sorry about being gone so long, but it has been a extremely busy fall for us at Back Acre Food Plots.  I was begining to wonder if we were going to have a repeat of 2010 as the upper 90's  and extremely dry conditions dragged on through mid August, but boy has September been a dream come true for us wildlife managers who are trying to overseed clover and establish Fall attraction plots!! 

Lets get going here and I will fill you in on all of our latest food plot jobs!   Remember to get your soil testing done this fall, and you wont have to worry with it come spring!!!

Loaded up and ready to go!!

Quick Update on my Plots!!

Just had to post up a couple of pictures of my Black Oil Sunflowers that I no-tilled back in July.  I just love looking at Sunflowers, as they are so pretty and attractive to so many different creatures.  Tonight when I took these photos, there were hundreds of butterflys feeding and flying around the patch.  Enjoy!

Here is also a couple of pictures of some brown top millet that we had sowed last year in a food plot.  This is a volunteer stand that came up just from being disced under into the soil.  Look at all the seed on this one plant!!

Update on my Plots!!

I figured that I would post a few pictures of my summer plots.  While this is my first year working with the products from Eagle Seed, it sure won't be my last.  Their products are top notch!  Just look at these Large Lad Forage Soybeans that I planted on July 4th.

Here is another small plot that I no-tilled on July 4th.  I used a regular bag of Black Oil Sunflower Seed, straight from the Bird Feeding aisle.  They are looking great and should be opening up this week. 

New Fall Plot---Smithville, TN

Here are a couple of shots of a new plot that I worked up not very far from Center Hill Lake.  In this particular plot, we sowed several different things to see how they will do.   We broadcasted some Peredovic Sunflowers over both spots, and we also added German Millet to the top plot, and Brown Top Millet to the lower one. 

Don't let these pictures fool you, this hill was steep!!  When turning around and going down hill, I had a hard time staying in the tractor seat!! 

Getting Ready for Fall Plots!!!

I had a couple of jobs this past week, one for my very first food plot customer in Moore County, and one for a new customer, not far from Center Hill Lake outside of Smithville, TN.

On the Moore county job, I did some bush hogging to get this field in shape for a fall plot.  Last years we worked about an acre and a half of this 5 acre field and sowed it with a mix of winter wheat, oats , Austrian Winter Peas.   We got it cleaned off so that we can spray in the next few weeks, and get it worked down in September. 

One important thing to remember when getting ready to mow a field like this is to wait untill late August, or the first week in September, so that the Turkey are finished nesting, and that most fawns are big enough to get up and run away from the mower!   After one round in this field, a fawn jumped up and ran into the woods.     Also by mowing now, we will have lots of fresh green browse regrowing from this field for the deer to graze on from now till first killing frost.  Not all food plots have to planted, some just need a little managment.