No Till Soybeans For Whitetails

[@adamy_61]

Of all the hunting/land management channels I'm subscribed to...this is one of my favorites! I love how a lot of the other channels say anyone can do no till....then show thousands of dollars worth of equipment such as 100hp 4x4 tractors, roller crimpers and seed drills. To me that's not aimed toward the average person. My equipment list is limited to a 1950 Ferguson tractor, a 6' bush-hog, 6' HF McCleskey Harrows, a UTV and a homemade drag for a SxS/ATV. This is the first year I have attempted food plots. I harrowed this time.....next year I'll be trying one of your recipes! Thank you for sharing your work.

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

So true Adam and thanks a lot for watching! Your equipment list sounds perfect! I have a basic food plot equipment vid coming out soon...within 2 weeks and I stress this really hard at that time too. Many channels take sponsors and then shape their own practices to fit the sponsor. I like to actually show what works best for me and most of my clients...and then fit a sponsor to that system if applicable. I felt I was forcing it a but in the last with using a drill because it doesn't apply to 99% of my readers or viewers. Even my clients who pay up to $3000 to visit with them for 1 day, are rarely ever a fit for 30-100k+ in equipment. Oh well glad this hits home for you and there is a lot more to come regarding this area! I even talk about in that video how you can do a lot simply with a hand held broadcaster and backpack sprayer...

[@adamy_61]

My wife and I are limited to our 25 acre homestead. We like to mainly hunt for Deer and Turkey.... sometimes Dove. So this year I'm trying to blend plots to attract all. I know that's probably not ideal nor recommended, but I have to start somewhere. Looking forward to the new videos!

[@mosquitok833]

Owner of 340 acres and a food plot addict. Love your passion and a new subscriber.

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Thank you very much! That's great to hear...340 acres and a food plot addict can take you far 🙂 really appreciate it!

[@brianlenneman5032]

Another great video!! Hope all is well Jeff!!!

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Thanks Brian...really appreciate it! All is very good...hitting Canada fishing with Dylan and Dante next week 🙂 can't wait! Still putting out videos tho, lol

[@randlerichardson5826]

We got bad storms through here last night there was thousands of people without power in 3 counties. Bad straight line winds. Some roads were closed down. I’m looking forward to doin this if the weather will cooperate for a couple days. Great video as always brother be safe GOD BLESS.

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Hope all is OK Randle! Raining here pretty heavy right now

[@MySliceOfHeavenoutdoors]

More great Info Jeff, thank you so much for all you do

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Thank you very much...really appreciate that! Lots more coming 🙂 I think I have some that will hit hard coming soon...I think the video tomorrow will be a really good one! "Scouting Summer Buck Beds"...hope they all help

[@Grizzlife]

I used a yard roller aerator. Big roller with spikes. Used my 4 wheeler to cut up plot. Took many passes but made a nice seed bed. Sowed soybeans just today with hand spreader and it started raining on last couple spins. Ill plant rye next go around. Soybeans are king around here.

[@ryanfarrar9863]

Great info Jeff, thanks! I love the info about planting the brassicas and such into the buckwheat like you prescribe, but can I broadcast all soybeans into the buckwheat so I have green soybeans coming on right about the beginning of bow season here in southern IL? Thanks for your thoughts

[@aaronlohr8477]

This sort of farming is *very* similar to the food production system of the Native Americans when Columbus first arrived in 1492. The very first european explorers in NA noted that Americans were planting chestnuts, oaks, persimmons, etc so that they could hunt the deer. They didn't plan soybeans and spray glyphosate, but they would've if they could. This is some of the most ecologically food production, in synergy with nature, in the world.

[@DRAKED411]

Thank you Mr.Jeff. I was just talking with my grandson about this very thing. Heavy rain may have drowned my best plots so we are trying to figure out what to do next?? It’s been a week or two since so were getting ready to go back and see what we have? This is my first time at this and the soil is very sandy and hard to get the rye and other mixed seeds to grow!! So I’m stumped again.... p.s. the mixed seeds are soybeans,cowpeas,and lablab.?????

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

You are welcome Drake! Do you get a lot of rain? Buckwheat is perfect for bad soil...but it does need moisture and can't take prolonged periods of drought.

[@DRAKED411]

Whitetail Habitat Solutions well that is exactly what I will try. Again thank you so much for your input you are the only guy that responds back thank you you helped me so much in the last year you don’t know what that means to me,!!!!

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

@@DRAKED411 Drake that means a lot to me to hear that! I have to be honest and can't answer everyone...but I do try! I think that's why per views...I get several times more comments than the other channels. It's important and I live doing it. I set aside on average an hour a day and I hope I don't have to stop that any time soon. Let me know how it works! With moisture that buckwheat grows FAST, and is easy to plant into later. I'm just worried about your heat down there...hopefully you get a lot of moisture but not too much

[@IllinoisWildlifeEncounters]

#aDekeDitty3 love how these whitetail buck use beans fields. so cool

[@arborjsin]

Jeff, What happened to your towbehind RTP unit that you used to use?

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

That was a great product! I used it for planting in 2017 only and in the end it wasn't really a good fit for what I personally do, or for the majority of my clients, viewers and readers. I occasionally recommend them to my clients but even then it is a small % for a fit. I really have a passion for teaching folks how to plant without 10s of thousands of dollars of equipment. In 2008 I stopped using my tractor and tiller for planting because I could be more efficient without it...actually planted 18 acres in 3 states of my own plots that year with an ATV, hand held spreader and cultipacker. 7000#s of seed and fertilizer by hand that year 🙂 Just going back to my roots and I think folks can relate more... Again that is a great product! I hope that makes sense. A lot less storage space I need now too, lol.

[@ccfdmd]

Great video When you plant your fall crop into the buckwheat, do you just roll it down or do you spray and kill it?

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Thank you very much! You can just seed, then roll and crush it (it crushes easily) but I prefer to seed, roll/crush and then spray to keep it down, kill any low broadleafs and also to make sure the buckwheat deteriorates quickly

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

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[@nicschaalma3508]

When is the buckwheat planting ? And when is it ideal to crush and plant fall plot in Wisconsin ?

[@ccfdmd]

Very helpful.Do you always use buckwheat as the warm weather plot, and either vary or use the same cool weather one?Thanks again

[@copedipper7654]

I’m wanting to go with the no till food plots to, I already do the majority of it with my 4 wheeler, I have a Bush Hog for my 4 wheeler and a small set of disks but I really like the idea of no till. One of my Buddies that’s on my lease with me has a tractor and all the equipment for planting but it’s always such a HASSLE getting him to bring his tractor to our land that I started investing in ATV equipment Lol. Now I need to invest in a packer and I really won’t need a disk anymore will I?

[@roseco581]

you dont need a tractor. Spray the whatever, weeds/wheat with roundup, spread seed by hand. Then crimp the dead stuff with something, whatever, I use a cultipacker

[@davispinner6642]

Kind of got confusing with the 3 different ways. Do I have this right? Spray 1st. Wait 10 days then mow (as in bush hog) or Mow and killing (mowing kills the rye or wheat). or Spray and cultipack at same time.

[@boneheadsoutdoors6555]

great video and info

[@beavercreekoutdoors2869]

Great information

[@axethelobbyist]

I sprayed then limed and fertilized and worked up a fallow field. I'm letting the weed seeds grow a little to kill them one last time. Hopefully I won't have as much to do next year with your advice . There is some great advice in your videos. Is it possible to seed into sparse short grasses? Can I spray those sparse grasses and plant it at the same time?

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

That sounds great Bob and thank you very much! Yes you sure can...just have to make sure that the seed hits soil. Also, make sure of what seeds you are planting with open soil. Brassicas, clover, chicory, rye or wheat can be thrown on top of the soil, beans and peas can not be, unless covered up a bit with soil...or in the case of what I am doing, the dead and decaying buckwheat. I hope it all helps!

[@stevecallaway8457]

Bermuda grass cut once but grown up before poison. Will mow high and poison then spread seed. Will this work in western east Texas

[@backcountrysurvivalists]

Question, do you really have to spray after rolling the rye?

[@wisconsinwhitetail9744]

Jeff does no till work good when planting Brassicas also. I plan on trying to plant one of our Brassica plots by Broadcasting a into standing weeds and grass around shin to knee hight. Then spraying immediately after planting. The weeds after they are dead should hold some moisture and the Brassicas should come up right through the dead mulch layer. I did this with a small clover plot and it turned out alright, so I want to try it with Brassica too. My question is have you done something similar to this and how well did it work.

[@randlerichardson5826]

I’ll have to use no till beans it’s raining so much here I can’t get the tractor out it’s just mud

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Crazy rain this year...well, weather in general!

[@randlerichardson5826]

Whitetail Habitat Solutions makes me wonder what this winters goin to be like. Be safe out there brother good night GOD BLESS.

[@jerrydunn61]

I have used this method for the past few years and it does work great but I’ve never tried soybeans with it. Do you have an opinion on the minimum amount of soybeans that can be planted this way to achieve a fall and winter soybean crop? I am in western Pennsylvania and my deer density is not terrible. With terrible I mean it’s not too many deer and obviously not too few of deer.I’m probably only looking at 3 acre max for my largest food plot with multiple half acre to an acre surrounding plots with Braska splints like you recommend

[@jerrydunn61]

When I say minimum amount I mean the minimum mount of acreage before it’s wiped out by the deer thanks again

[@JamesDElliott]

What do you recommend if you do not want to use glyphosate? Or no chemicals.

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

In some cases just not planting any plots. Weeds are the #1 problem for food plots and even more so for switchgrass. They have to be controlled. Revolving plantings of rye and buckwheat isn't s bad option and I have actually mowed the rye in the Spring with a line trimmer in the early 2000s to kill it, after hand spreading buckwheat. There are options such as the buckwheat and rye rotations that you can plant without chemicals for marginal food plots. You can plant clover and continually mow, but it doesn't take long for the clover to slowly disappear. Using tractors, brushhogs, no till drills and crimpers is an option, but even then you are very limited for what you can ultimately plant for having high quality food plots in small plots on small parcels....let alone large parcels. Im my experience you can lose 80% of your food plot volume due to weeds, which turns a 10 acre plot into 2 acres of potential "quality" food during the Fall. Sure, there may be some weeds in that deer eat during the Summer, but those same weeds are dead during the Fall and you can't count that food for the hunting season. I've always had between 1 and 8 acres on the lands I have hunted, so I can't afford to let weeds eat up my plots instead of deer. Whatever I plant...it has to be weed free or I shouldn't really waste my time to plant. I look at as what do I need to have growing for myself or my clients...and then what is the best way to get there based on my resources or my clients, readers and viewers resources.

[@robbyoutdoors54501]

Jeff, can I do this with buckwheat like you use in your other videos or does a guy need to use the rye/wheat?

[@WWOofficial]

Yes you can do this exact same thing with buckwheat, I would recommend to cultipack the buckwheat as Jeff shows in most of his food plot videos, buckwheat has a lot of moisture in it so when you plant the seed within the buckwheat and then pack it down all that moisture goes directly onto the seed for almost instant germination

[@tigerintheboro]

@@WWOofficial Will a heavy duty smooth wheel cultipacker terminate buckwheat?

[@WWOofficial]

@@tigerintheboro it’s not going to terminate it however it will knock it down and provide a great cover over your seeds while they are germinating and in that early growing stage, the buckwheat will germinate the seeds almost instant and provide some cover so the deer and birds can’t eat your plants down to the dirt

[@tigerintheboro]

@@WWOofficial Thanks for the reply. So I am assuming I should spray the buckwheat after laying it down (as Jeff explained)?

[@nicschaalma3508]

Jeff, my farmer finally got the silage corn in on my property. (9’acres and with old equipment he leaves ton of spillage in November when he cuts it ) He left 1 acre of bare disced/worked beautiful soil for me to plant a fall plot. Should I just spray it and keep it bare till August 1st ish and plant my fall mix ? Or is a buckwheat or rr soybean cover crop a good idea ? I’m sure soybeans would be browsed off. Or is it fine leaving the soil bare and maybe spraying to keep it weed free till August ?

[@robbiecallier7280]

So many hogs down here it’s tough to plant a plot and actually have it for the deer. Hogs eat the seeds soon as you plant them lol

[@randlerichardson5826]

So go ahead a bush hog after I throw the beans out brother??? Am I hearing you right here

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Yes for sure Randle...as long as you get those beans on soil!

[@randlerichardson5826]

Whitetail Habitat Solutions got it brother thanks good night and GOD BLESS. Thanking bout goin after hogs for a little while in the morn I’ll have to wait and see how the weather is.

[@roseco581]

Not really dude, bushogging will disturb the seed. Just crimp the dead stuff, I use a cultipaker.

[@briantessmer5808]

Your video shows you spraying with clothes covering your total skin..no face ventilator or mask and no eye glass protection. Just saying might be safer to show if your on public teaching.

[@WWOofficial]

? He is spraying off the back of his fourwheeler, Why would you wear a mask while spraying that is just stupid, don’t be a baby I have sprayed many times in a tshirt and shorts and never had a problem I think you and the rest of the public will be okay🥱👍