i have about 2 acres worth that im planning on using soybeans in, is there anything else that i can throw in, or split to five a variety for my population? it's on a 600 acre farm that we will be trying many mixes, from our local feed store. any suggestions are appreciated...
Where are you located and what kind of deer densities do you have? Reason being, unless you protect it, two acres of soybeans can get decimated as they start to grow very quickly if you have a healthy deer population. For a plot that small you may want to look into investing in a Gallagher fence to protect them as they grow and then remove it a couple weeks before season. Here is how hard they browsed ours last year on a 6.5 acre field. Here's a blog that Hunsucker did at Heartland Bowhunter last year. There's pics of the Gallagher fence and check out how much of a difference there is in growth between the inside and outside of the fence. http://heartlandbowhunter.com/inmotion/2011/06/20/protecting-plots/
well im in Kentucky, mostly knobs, and wooded area, lots of acorns, most deer at a time that i have on camera at one time were about 12-13. not a lot at one time, some stragglers may happen to pass by. like i said alot of the land is wooded. i really want to try soybeans because i have about 150 lbs just sitting around for free.....lol im just trying to figure out if i can mix or divide to try to keep them off of them for as long as i can
I've always wanted to plant soybeans but don't have enough tillable acres to keep up with browsing. I agree with Dan on needing a fence if your planting two acres if you want anything out of it. I don't think there is anything you can plant thats more attractive to deer through the summer that would prevent browsing of the soybeans.
We've thought so many times about planting soybeans, but unless we fence them with electric for part of the year (even then I'm sure they'd get devoured by those couple deer jumping fence) it'd be pointless. Now we're talking only about an acre...so tough call. We are planting some this spring, but it'll be blended in with some buckwheat, peas and possibly other stuff.
I'm planning on planting soybeans this year. I have about 3 acres that I will be planting. I think mine should be Ok. The I have about a 200 acre field on my south border, and about the same on my north border with a 40 acre field on my west border. I figure the deer are already conditioned to find food at those sources, but once they pull out the fields, and mine are the only ones standing, that's when they will start hammering mine. Only one way to find out if it works, and that's to put them in the ground and see.
broadcast wheat oats and winter rye into your soybeans around labor day and you wont be disappointed!!
