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gagirl
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does it take oats to grow? The place I have been hunting has...umm... about 25-30 food plots (found 2 more this weekend) Honestly I have no idea how many there are.... anyway they planted them all with oats early last week. The turkey are tearing them up, but I have never hunted over oats and really know nothing about them.(outside of the fact I really like Granola and oatmeal [^]) I figure about 30-60 days and the deer should be back on the plots.
I know that the areas I hunt are alot different then what you guys hunt up there. We walked thru a good 1-1.5 mile of cypress swamp this weekend and found a few spots in the back that are oak hammocks but I just cant see myself tromping back there in the dark by myself. ( only about .5 mile from big indian burial ground) Dark + swamp+ burial ground= Nadine very freaked out.
So back to the topic... how long for oats to grow? and what do you guys hunt over?
its all about pucks and bucks
I know that the areas I hunt are alot different then what you guys hunt up there. We walked thru a good 1-1.5 mile of cypress swamp this weekend and found a few spots in the back that are oak hammocks but I just cant see myself tromping back there in the dark by myself. ( only about .5 mile from big indian burial ground) Dark + swamp+ burial ground= Nadine very freaked out.
So back to the topic... how long for oats to grow? and what do you guys hunt over?
its all about pucks and bucks
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7 1/2" oops[:I] forgot to read the rest of the thread.[:0][:D][:D]
[:0] wait maybe thats NOT the appropriate emoticon....[:D] yeah thats the one...
its all about pucks and bucks
and What like you didnt think I had a sense of humor.... please...
its all about pucks and bucks
oats are very similar to grass. Depending on depth you planted them at, you should start seeing them in two to three weeks. Did you add some fertilizer?
Shoff I was not the one who planted them. I would have to say yes on the fert because the other night when I was leaving there was an empty bag on the rd I stopped and picked it up and it was a fert bag. The oats were planted what looked to be about 1/4 in deep. We have had tons of rain lately and I saw some sprouting already this weekend. Just really wondering what to expect about hunting over oats since I never have before.
Do the deer eat them when they are just sprouting too? I would figure they would, but I have been wrong before.
its all about pucks and bucks
well, to be honest, oats are the best thing to hunt over imo, but they may work.
that confused me... do you think they are good or are NOT good?
I see tons of oat products being sold for deer food plots.....
its all about pucks and bucks
I don't think oats are the best thing to hunt over. The probably will work, but I think there are better things, like corn, alfalfa, oak trees. This is just my opinion from hunting along a wheat field one year. Its grass, they can get grass in a lot of places, its that special, different tasting food that seems to bring them closer.
its all about pucks and bucks
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a suggestion maybe to add some sort of broadleaf like white clover or red clover. If your going to get a lot of rain, you may not even need to plant the seeds, just spread them out. And the clover will still be there next year. There is another broadleaf plant i am thinking of, but i can't put a name to it.
hsracer... YES!!! I LOVE HOCKEY.... starts again tonight too whoo hoooo!!!!
its all about pucks and bucks
Chicory?
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