Get the big stuff up and throw some seeds on it. Then drag it. It will grow there should be a lot dirt mixed with the mulch.
Get the big stuff up and throw some seeds on it. Then drag it. It will grow there should be a lot dirt mixed with the mulch.
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This was cut in the summer and this pic was the beginning of October. A lot of deer was killed on it.
Again, Clover. Doesn't need to be drilled in. Mix the seed with some playground sand and broadcast. It merely needs contact and the seed is so small birds won't eat much. We have had good results with dragging a weighted piece of chainlink fence over it. It will take off. Lime is always needed, but clover makes it's own nitrogen and that offsets the initial cost of the clover. It will establish and only needs to be mowed once or twice a year. ( unless the deer browse it heavily ) ( and they will )
Clover produces a lot of food per acre. Added benefit for turkeys if they are present is a clover plot is a great bugging area.
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Additionally, we have had great success on loading areas by planting Daikon ( or similar variety) of radish. The roots grow pretty deep and aid in breaking up soil compaction. The deer will wear out the tops in November and December and will put the radishes out of the ground after frost. Great late season food source.
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Just a little info.. The blue is hunting club land, the white is cow pasture (gets hunted pretty much every weekend during deer season), the gold is the prop line, red is oak bottoms, green is a small 100 yard food plot (oats and wheat), and the field is a hay field leased to someone... The black line is the power line.
“Duck hunting gives a man a chance to see the loneliest places …blinds washed by a rolling surf, blue and gold autumn marshes, …a rice field in the rain, flooded pin-oak forests or any remote river delta. In duck hunting the scene is as important as the shooting.” ~ Erwin Bauer, The Duck Hunter’s Bible, 1965
This marks other food sources I have found. Apple tree, persimmon, pecans.
“Duck hunting gives a man a chance to see the loneliest places …blinds washed by a rolling surf, blue and gold autumn marshes, …a rice field in the rain, flooded pin-oak forests or any remote river delta. In duck hunting the scene is as important as the shooting.” ~ Erwin Bauer, The Duck Hunter’s Bible, 1965
Also a bunch of small willow oaks that just started producing last few years.
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“Duck hunting gives a man a chance to see the loneliest places …blinds washed by a rolling surf, blue and gold autumn marshes, …a rice field in the rain, flooded pin-oak forests or any remote river delta. In duck hunting the scene is as important as the shooting.” ~ Erwin Bauer, The Duck Hunter’s Bible, 1965
I would let everything sprout and start growing then herbicide the powerline. mulching does not kill all trees and they will resprout. A good herbicide spraying will kill it back. I am in the process of turning about 7 acres of former 30 year old forest that was clearcut into food plots. I had a guy come in with mulcher and do 5 acres after it was herbicide sprayed. It worked good enough that I spread sorghum and sunflowers and lightly disced and dragged harrowed in with lime and fertilizer. I was very pleased with the results. I’m just gonna let the stumps rot for a while longer before I go in and do a final clearing.
You should consider getting the Forestry Service to push a firelane to it wide enough for a tractor.
There is no cheap out way to clear AG land.
Suck it up and finish what you started.... You'll need an excavator!
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