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Well, the plots might have a chance. I replanted all of them in our CRP twice and the the ones closest to the switchgrass 3 times. Got 2 inches of rain around Father's Day and should have received another shot today. Now I need a windows where I can spray 24D. I started spreading shelled...

$5,850/acre, included a cabin. That seems more than steep, I hope that "cabin" is a nice home. Chad, I hope this isn't yours or something you are trying to sell. I seriously assumed that rough (non-tillable) ground in SD MIGHT be a couple thousand an acre now.

I think we mowed 3 times the first year and once the second, but ours wasn't a pollinator mix. You know, those seeds was harvested the prior year and were likely stored in outside (non-climate controlled) storage. There will be new seeds germinating for the first few years. A fun project!

If it is pheasant season and there are some extremely late hatched "roosters", they will have a harder time surviving the coming winter than those older (bigger/stronger) birds. I will generally harvest or attempt to harvest, the first 3 roosters I can.

If things keep happening over there, I hope you have similar issues in a few years!

Seed corn, maybe they smell the seed treatment, as I have seen where they dig seed out right after planting and I see where they dig the plant up, eat the seed and leave the plant laying there. The only thing I am certain of, is that a record number of roosters will be harvested from this farm...

Reach-out this fall, I am not far from Sioux City, it might be a further drive than you want for a limit of roosters.

I have about 6 acres on that farm, I only did the 3rd replant on about 3 acres. I had an old boy in the nursing home tell me that back in the 30s, the county gave the farmers shotgun shells to shoot the pheasants as they were so thick they would dig up the corn seed....kind of what I am...

I saw chicks yesterday and today in different places. My food plots are a disaster as the birds are eating the the seeds from the ground, corn and sorghum. I replanted for the last time today. A week ago I started spreading shelled corn inside a hedgerow about a quarter mile long that is...

That looks like a joke, photo shopped, is what I am hoping.

I am glad our CRP is not coming out in the next 4 years, but a lot of the current ground in the program will be, this will likely be the end for much wildlife habitat in the state. We dont have tons of CRP in Iowa, but what we have, is what holds the majority of the birds.

Looks great, the tool with a cultipacker is just the tool you need! That leaves an awesome looking finish. Now a soaking rain would be nice. I was using a rear spreader similar to that today, but I was spreading corn for the birds....they are completely destroying my food plots. I thought...

Oh, I wouldn't be guiding anyone. It would be exchanging some currency for you to follow my dog around our CRP and shoot pheasants until you each had 3! And I will be shooting my 3 also.

Keep in touch as that gets close, maybe we can work something out. I hate to see you make a journey like that and not see a pile of birds for your efforts.

Opening weekend, that is a tough ask. 4 guys and you only shoot 1 or 2 birds....I am afraid you would not have enough shells to go for 2 or 3 hours with me. I hope you mean, per guy, each day...if not, you need to shoot much better or find better ground. Coming from Canada, you need to find...

Call me when you get here!

Thanks, The pic looks promising. I see a quart is $115, enough for 200 pounds of seed corn. I called the company to see if this could work on sorghum seed also.

I emailed PF last year and one of their biologists called me back, the fella has heard about this happening but didn't have an answer. I threw out the idea of spreading shelled corn out, he didn't like that idea. I might try it as a last resort. I can try spreading the corn in the hedges...

I never dreamed this could be an issue, until it was.