A&J's Crew
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What time of day is best to hunt milo fields?
When to hunt milo?
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Madison COunty
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I would hunt early morning of late in the day.
BritChaser
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If it's leafy and good cover they could spend the entire day in it.
sdviking
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milo
We had a lot of success hunting Milo/Sorgum/Pheasants forever food plot mix this past weekend. We hit the corn right at 1000, then transitioned to Milo and weedy pasture/cover areas during the middle of the day. Then back to corn before the birds headed out for the night. Birds were sitting really tight in the cat tails when the winds came up. Just my two cents.
Deer were sitting really tight in the thickest cover. Had to step on em to get em to move.
sdviking
We had a lot of success hunting Milo/Sorgum/Pheasants forever food plot mix this past weekend. We hit the corn right at 1000, then transitioned to Milo and weedy pasture/cover areas during the middle of the day. Then back to corn before the birds headed out for the night. Birds were sitting really tight in the cat tails when the winds came up. Just my two cents.
Deer were sitting really tight in the thickest cover. Had to step on em to get em to move.
sdviking
kansasbrittany
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It depends on weather in my experience.
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mustistuff
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weeds
milo is tough stuff to hunt, often can't see the mutts, the rows are made for bird and also dog running, if it isn't at least partially weeded in I don't pay much attention too it, one other problem with the stuff if you are running a pointing breed is the noise you create getting to the point if you can see it, the birds without the weeds will flush wild
cheers
milo is tough stuff to hunt, often can't see the mutts, the rows are made for bird and also dog running, if it isn't at least partially weeded in I don't pay much attention too it, one other problem with the stuff if you are running a pointing breed is the noise you create getting to the point if you can see it, the birds without the weeds will flush wild
cheers
Logical
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Hunt when the birds are in the milo.
That said, different milo fields I hunt have birds in them at different times. I have gotten birds up at sunrise, in the middle of the day, and in the late afternoon. The biggest thing, to me, is don't have dogs running through the milo. That spooks many out the far end of the field.
Birds see the dog(s) running back and forth across the rows, then are alerted. They just run away, not even having to fly. I have seen that happen many times. I hunt milo without a dog, now, and have much better success.
That said, different milo fields I hunt have birds in them at different times. I have gotten birds up at sunrise, in the middle of the day, and in the late afternoon. The biggest thing, to me, is don't have dogs running through the milo. That spooks many out the far end of the field.
Birds see the dog(s) running back and forth across the rows, then are alerted. They just run away, not even having to fly. I have seen that happen many times. I hunt milo without a dog, now, and have much better success.
KATroutman13
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I like to hunt milo during the day -- like 10:00 a.m. or so, if we are talking pheasants. But I really like hunting milo when the wind is blowing perpendicular to the way the majority of the rows are laid out in the field. In other words, I want the birds to have to run against the grain rather than down a row. They will run down the row, but the dog can get out ahead of them and cut them off a lot better when the dog can run the row AND still have the wind. These are just my observations when we've gotten back in the truck after killing birds in milo with just two of us and a couple of dogs -- rather than watching them fly out the ends or bust out of the sides.