okbowman Posted December 31, 2006 Report Share Posted December 31, 2006 What do I plant in Oklahoma that will give the deer in my area a lot of protien during the spring and summer?? There are very few crops in my area, they mostly survive on browse! Wanting to produce some bigger bucks and I know its gonna take a few years, just looking for some pointers!! Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted December 31, 2006 Report Share Posted December 31, 2006 Re: What to plant in spring in Oklahoma!! Given the drought in that area, honestly not sure. For perenials, some clovers are fairly drought tolerant, but think Todd(dogdoc) lost some of his clover/trefoil plots due to lack of moisture. Might ask him what would work better in your area. In an annual, beans and peas do well in the heat and offer a lot of protein. Been using a mix of cowpeas with sorghum here for our spring/summer plantings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TEXOMAWILD Posted January 1, 2007 Report Share Posted January 1, 2007 Re: What to plant in spring in Oklahoma!! TO BAD THEIRS NOT 1 MAGIC BEAN TO SOLVE YOUR PROBLEMS .I THINK THE KEY IS BEING CONSISTANT WITH YOUR SPRING AND SUMMERPLOTS ,SELCTION , UP KEEP AND TIMING .HAVING AN EARLY SPRING PLOT CROSSED OVER BY A LATE SPRING PLOT TO CARRY THROUGH SUMMERS SLIM PICKINS .CLOVER IS NUTRITOUS BUT IT WONT GROW RACK LIKE TURNIPS. WICHITA FALLS TX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogdoc Posted January 1, 2007 Report Share Posted January 1, 2007 Re: What to plant in spring in Oklahoma!! I plant annuals in the spring--I actually use a mixture that is made at a local seed company (Ross Seed in El-Reno). I love this mix but I do change it up just a bit. It contains a mixture of red ripper and IC cowpeas, soybeans, oats, millet, milo, WGF sorghum, alfalfa, and a few others. It is planted at a rate of 50# per acre. I buy 100# of this and then another 100# of iron and clay cowpeas. Mix it all together for a total of 200# of seed. Plant it still at 50# per acre. As far as pure protein it's really hard to beat cowpeas and soybeans. The only problem is when planted alone you need 2 to 3 acres so they don't get overbrowsed. todd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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