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30 lis 2023 · Most of my food plots are milo {sorghum} planted with a drill with 7 1/2-inch rows. You get thicker canopy cover faster, which seems to hold the birds better than 30" rows. I only put down preemergence (like atrazine and Duall} chemicals down at planting.
Food plots are critical for pheasant management because of the relationship between food, winter cover, movement and mortality. This brochure will help you better understand this relationship and provide guidance on what, where, and how to establish proper food/cover plots.
High-quality grain food plots play a critical role in the relationship between food, cover, movement, and winter pheasant mortality. The logic is simple: locating well-planned food and cover plots adjacent to heavy roosting cover provides a dependable source of high-energy food.
Whether by standard tractor and corn planter, grain drill, or via broadcast seeder mounted on an ATV or pickup truck, there is a way to get a food plot in the ground where it will do the most good for wildlife.
“Wetlands, strategically placed food plots and native shrub thickets are also crucial components for maximizing a small property’s full potential — that’s the recipe for sustaining a good pheasant population.”
What is the best design for my food plot? Grain food plots should restrict unnecessary travel, as well as provide high-quality food and supplemental winter cover. Birds crossing hostile territory for food invite losses from predation and weather, so two critical design factors include locating food plots next to winter cover and having an ...
21 mar 2023 · Our 2023 food plot system will consist of Herbicide Tolerant Milo (will get into types later), Roundup Ready Corn and UGUIDE Final Flush Mix from Millborn Seeds. Herbicide Tolerant Milo. I’ll plant this at 8-10 lbs to the acre on 7.5” rows and plant ½-1 ½” depth depending on where moisture is located in the soil profile.
