Pheasants in turnip field???

[dawgs14]

We hunted a turnip field on one our farms this year. There were turnips there last year but we never bothered hunting the field. This year the farmer said he had seen lots of birds in the turnips. I think they were there for the accessible dew on the leaves. Getting out of the truck we witnessed no less that 75-100 pheasants flying into the 50 acres of turnips from what I call buffalo grass one morning. We had a limit in the turnips but the grass was unbelievably loaded. The adjacent cornfield didn't hurt either.

 

[benelli-banger]

I’ve seen birds in turnips and other similar cover crops…been 5-7 years, they loved them…walking was a challenge!

 

[dawgs14]

I’ve seen birds in turnips and other similar cover crops…been 5-7 years, they loved them…walking was a challenge!

Walking was the worst part.

 

[benelli-banger]

Walking was the worst part.

Like walking on coke bottles!

 

[SPUR60]

Our land owner friend seeded 240 acres in a mix of turnips, milo, oats, etc. through the DU working lands program; which they will turn cattle out on this winter. We easily put up over 100 birds in that stuff on Saturday and we didn't even hunt 80 acres of it. the Turnips provided a canopy allowing the birds to hold pretty tight. Likely could have saw a few hundred more had there not been 320 acres of standing corn bordering these parcels on 2 sides. Sitting on the tailgates at the approach having victory beers saturday at sundown we watched birds pile out of the corn back into that mixed food/cover crop for 20 minutes straight.

 

[LC Smith]

Family friends in Kansas planted them as cover crop a few years ago and they held birds like crazy!

 

[Goosemaster]

I know a guy who planted a field in onions, no birds.

 

[benelli-banger]

I know a guy who planted a field in onions, no birds.

Heartburn, probably…

 

[dawgs14]

Our land owner friend seeded 240 acres in a mix of turnips, milo, oats, etc. through the DU working lands program; which they will turn cattle out on this winter. We easily put up over 100 birds in that stuff on Saturday and we didn't even hunt 80 acres of it. the Turnips provided a canopy allowing the birds to hold pretty tight. Likely could have saw a few hundred more had there not been 320 acres of standing corn bordering these parcels on 2 sides. Sitting on the tailgates at the approach having victory beers saturday at sundown we watched birds pile out of the corn back into that mixed food/cover crop for 20 minutes straight.

Very similar to what we saw.

 

[Goosemaster]

Heartburn, probably…

I can't believe a guy planted 100 acres of onions, in Montana. Unbelievable.