UPDATED with pics....my cp-38 plan

southernblues

southernblues

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Here's my cp38 plan. hopefully we get contracts signed and spring planting done. ground is chiseled so will need to harrow then drill.

interestingly we had to leave 30 ft of tillable between point rows and existing crp contracts....that will be a food plot, possibly some pretty sunflowers.

i'll be planting my shrubs in some of the native grass/waterays to create some cover and edge feathering for more headquarters type habitat.

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UPDATED WITH PICS!


So 7 months after we seeded the grass...endured our drought, we got this. I'm happy as I was told to not expect much anything for 3 yrs. Got lots of deer trails and bedding...hopefully next yrs quail broods will call this home.

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:10sign:Very cool. Is that what farmland looks like in Kansas? Wow that is beautiful, you'll never see anything like that around here, but then again you'll never see a pheasant either.:(
 
quail hound said:
:10sign:Very cool. Is that what farmland looks like in Kansas? Wow that is beautiful, you'll never see anything like that around here, but then again you'll never see a pheasant either.:(
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Yes, SEK to be exact...and like you, no phez here either...only quail. :)

I agree, it's beautiful country.
 
Question to the group- we rent the tillable acreage out to our neighbors who plant our sweet corn and would probably drill the native grasses for us...the county extension has an operator/drill that will do it for hire...I was thinking that QF or other habitat groups may have equipment to use for these initiatives? We sold most implements yrs ago but still have a 90 horse tractor that could do it. Suggestions?
 
southernblues said:
Question to the group- we rent the tillable acreage out to our neighbors who plant our sweet corn and would probably drill the native grasses for us...the county extension has an operator/drill that will do it for hire...I was thinking that QF or other habitat groups may have equipment to use for these initiatives? We sold most implements yrs ago but still have a 90 horse tractor that could do it. Suggestions?
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SB, I our county they charge $20/acre for drill rental with tractor & operator or without. Having somebody experienced do it is worth a lot. Otherwise you could rent the drill and have them set it up and go to town. They may also have a GPS on their machine/operator.
 
If your neighbors have a NWSG drill then by all means let them do it. If they dont have the right drill, find one. Otherwise you might be waisting a lot of time and money. You need to use a NWSG specific drill. They're not that hard to use, I did mine and had never used a drill of any type before in my life. One thing to remember though, if your gonna err, err on the side of planting to shallow. This stuff doesn't like depth.
 
Well -- it finally happened...!

My plan was approved - 5.9 acres of buffers. Paid county $21 per acre to drill with their equipment, lot easier then getting our renters who don't own an implement less than 30 ft swath...

Vid is my 17 yr old dragging the cheap man's harrow after broadcasting a small food plot. From the vid you can see on the left where grass was seeded with drill....far right is existing CRP, so the issue was we couldn't have new CRP (buffers) touch existing CRP ground. Left a 30 ft swath between the 2 and broadcasted 1/2 black oil sunflowers and other half milo. Ran over it with the atv and pig pen with tire -- even with the dirt trail on cam there was moisture there. Hopefully it's deep enough to germ. We'll see in few weeks -- if not I still have plenty of seed!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7zU4uiXftc
 
jaytee said:
One thing to remember though, if your gonna err, err on the side of planting to shallow. This stuff doesn't like depth.
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JT

Funny you say that. The drill was set on most shallow setting...the operator who took over drilling for the county 2 yrs ago said they guy before him dang near left it on top of ground!

I was disappointed to hear that it could take 3 yrs see a good stand. We planted at 6# per acre. 10 yrs ago is was 20# but guessing they want bare ground for brood cover, I'd go with the smaller increment too.
 
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