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    Default Field full of millet proso and sorghum

    I have a 9 acre field full of seed. Most of millet has fallen over due to wind. . I did not get it planted till July 4th. I have cut strips with the bushhog probably 30 ft wide. The field is a long rectangle with pine trees surrounding it. Plenty of doves in the area with about 200 across the rd in the pines in our quail preserve.

    My question is this, how would you manipulate the field. None of the doves are using the field. I have checked it at all times of the day. I think clean ground is the issue. How would you achieve that objective. To hard to disc and to much vegetation. Would you burn it?

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    Burning can be deadly.

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    A light chisel plow through some of those mowed strips
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    Light her up and send me a text before you shoot it so I can work my dog.
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    Yep i’d burn the chit out of it

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    Burning is a pain in the ass and not needed. Next to your bushhogged strips disc the s*** out of some dirt. Get some clean dirt near them, if theres anything standing disc some strips in that too. Drop that bushhog down low as you can go and sling that junk everywhere.
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    Highstrung is right for once!
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    add water around November
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    Quote Originally Posted by Highstrung View Post
    Burning is a pain in the ass and not needed. Next to your bushhogged strips disc the s*** out of some dirt. Get some clean dirt near them, if theres anything standing disc some strips in that too. Drop that bushhog down low as you can go and sling that junk everywhere.
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    A lot

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    I'm not antiburning, it's just extra. Then if you're hunting early and there's dew and shit.. you end up with black marks all over your clothes.

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    Adds camo properties

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    It does, turns ordinary khaki to predator camo.. I'm just not that cool.

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    Glenn wears predator

    And he’s not even remotely cool. Without his wife, would we even remember his name?
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    Quote Originally Posted by LabLuvR View Post
    Highstrung is right for once!
    Yep, but a zero turn works better for cutting and blowing seed on to the disc areas.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Catdaddy View Post
    Yep, but a zero turn works better for cutting and blowing seed on to the disc areas.

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    Never thought of this. Good idea
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    Burning is the best bet. It clears away the weeds and stalks and exposes the seed. Any plowing will turn under you seed. I burned my Prozo and wheat and they flocked to it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gut_Pile View Post
    Glenn wears predator

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    Nope.

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    deer feeders with corn, they flock to em……….

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    Burning will preserve the seed longer. Without a crop like sunflowers or corn, burning will help you get the most out of your field
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