Bowhntr6pt
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This year a friend and I are going to try our hand at a bird field. We have access to some really nice property and noticed a lot of birds at our feeders during deer season. This place has a nice mix... pond/water, sand areas, tall pines... so we figured why not put some brown top millet in.
We have lots of pasture areas to choose from, we settled on an area next to the pond surrounded by tall pine. In the am, we are going to mark off an area, I'm thinking about 5-8 acres, and spray to kill the grass/weeds. We figured let it sit two weeks and hit it again before trying to break any ground. This method always worked well for deer plots, figured go with it.
There will only be four or five of us hunting so we don't need a tremendous size field... if it goes well this year, maybe expand next year. I'll try to get some pics to post. Our season won't open until the first weekend in October so we have plenty of time.
We have lots of pasture areas to choose from, we settled on an area next to the pond surrounded by tall pine. In the am, we are going to mark off an area, I'm thinking about 5-8 acres, and spray to kill the grass/weeds. We figured let it sit two weeks and hit it again before trying to break any ground. This method always worked well for deer plots, figured go with it.
There will only be four or five of us hunting so we don't need a tremendous size field... if it goes well this year, maybe expand next year. I'll try to get some pics to post. Our season won't open until the first weekend in October so we have plenty of time.