I love reading all the threads and looking at the progress others are making with their food plots so I thought I would share a little about my second attempt at my food plots. I've only been able to work on one plot so far but I'm making progress. I was finally able to get over to my cabin about a month ago to check how wet the trails were and the general condition of the land. After putting some cameras out I was heading back to the cabin and couldn't help but notice a couple pieces of old farm equipment that my grandpa used to use that have been buried in our pasture since the early 80's. Usually I don't get over to the property until later in the summer and by that time the grass is chest high. So upon further inspection of the equipment I unearthed an old horse-driven cultivator, a horse-driven sickle mower, and finally an old springtooth drag that had trees growing through it. I removed all the trees from the springtooth and realized that it was still in good working condition so I decided to try it out and see what it could do. I wasn't planning on working on food plots this trip but I couldn't resist. I also forgot that I had already put the cameras out so all my work was photographed. Here are a few of the pictures showing the springtooth in action. A few weeks later I was able to return with an older tractor I had recently purchased. I didn't have room on the trailer to bring any attachments over with the tractor besides a back blade but I had to try it out anyway. So I used the back blade to remove some of the loose grass that the springtoooth left behind. Then I followed by dragging the plot again. I don't think the springtooth is getting enough soil turned over (I could be wrong) so I'm going to either disc it up or plow it up the next time I get over. Here are some more pictures. I'm hoping to get back over in the coming weeks with a brush hog and plow or disc and make the plot bigger. I also want to get some fertilizer and lime down before planting.. I apologize for the length of this thread and the small pictures. I'm not sure how to get the larger pictures.... Thanks for looking.
awesome food plot, you never need brand new equipment to do a food plot ( but it helps ). keep us updated. Any idea of what your planting?
Springtooths are awesome. With the exception of breaking ground, I use one a for alot of aspects of food plotting.
Thanks, I was hoping to get over there this weekend but the weather is questionable. I wanted to get the rest of the pasture brush hogged, plowed up, and limed. Hopefully I'll get over there soon.. I'm not exactly sure what I will be planting. I am leaning towards the Fridgid Forage line. Potentially the wild game buffet for the pasture and their clover for in the woods. I'm open to suggestions though.
We use an old spring tooth on one of the properties that we hunt, too. We found an old 2 bottom plow we use to break up the ground first and it works SUPER like that. If you can get it broken up a bit first, I think you will be pleased with the results. Good luck with it
Well summer sure has been flying by, and it's been busy as usual. I was able to find a few weekends to get to my property and work on a couple of my food plots however. My goal was to turn some old pasture into a few 1/2 acre plots. In June I brush-hogged two spots I intended on planting. Then in early July I planted some corn that I had left over from last year in the area that I originally used the spring tooth on (I know this was late getting in the ground but I figured I'd see what would come of it). Finally this past weekend I was able to get back over to get my fall plots cultivated, seeded, and fertilized. Now all I can do is wait to see how the plots grow. I'm sure there are things I could've done differently but this has certainly been a learning experience for me. The corn I planted in July surprised me and is now about waist-high. For the two plots I planted this past weekend I decided to try a seed that my local feed store carries. The long, skinny plot I planted Deer Creek Seed Brassica Blend and the other plot I planted Deer Creek Autumn Buffet.. Here are some pics of the ongoing work. Hope you enjoy the pictures as much as I enjoyed trying my hand at the plots. The corn in the pictures is at the far end of the newly cultivated pictures. This spot ended up being about 30 yards wide by 105 yards long.
Thanks. Unfortunately I've had better bear pictures this year than deer. My property is in Sawyer county. I live about an hour and a half southeast of the property though. I will hopefully find out how the mixture is doing in a few weeks. I just got it in the ground this past weekend. Hopefully the cold-front the weather service is predicting doesn't affect my new plots too much..
