Those acre numbers are misleading. Ten years ago there was very little, if any, pasture ground (Grassland CRP) enrolled. Now it makes up over 40% of the program and growing. 25 million acres today is not equal to what we generally think of with ~25million acres of farmland planted to habitat as it was 10 years ago. .
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I noticed that too. I'm not sure I would recognize an enrolled pasture if I drove by one.Those acre numbers are misleading. Ten years ago there was very little, if any, pasture ground (Grassland CRP) enrolled. Now it makes up over 40% of the program and growing. 25 million acres today is not equal to what we generally think of with ~25million acres of farmland planted to habitat as it was 10 years ago. .
Another thing to consider is crop rotation and the length of the contract. Lets say a landowner enrolls ag ground for four years... there's a good chance three of the four years will be terrible hunting for gamebirds ( maybe good for deer) and one year the birds are great. I agree the system isn't great but I've learned to roll with the punches and keep exploring new ground. It would be really boring to hunt the same field year after year..This is the pile of Bull poo the state tries to sell and pass off -
As a lot of us are upland bird hunters and either Deer, varmints, waterfowl etc -- What is good for the upland bird is ALMOST always good for the rest of the species anyone would hunt.
The same is not true in reverse. What's good for the deer is usually limited in what it's good for, what's good for raccoons is not good for much else etc.