sluggunner Posted October 20, 2009 Report Share Posted October 20, 2009 I have a question for you. I live in Wisconsin, a VERY cold state. The farmer who has a field that boarders my lot line just harvested his soybean crop yesterday. This morning, right now actually he is out there with his tractor with a plantyer on the back, not a plow. My question is could he be plnting winter wheat this late in the season (October 20th?) And if so, what the heck do you actually do with winter wheat? Feed it to animals? How long does it take to mature? Any information you can provide me with would be greatly apprerciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PotashRLS Posted October 20, 2009 Report Share Posted October 20, 2009 Yes, he is probably planting winter wheat. He will either plow it under in the spring for "green" fertilizer for the next crop or he'll let it grow and harvest it with a combine in late summer as wheat. If we get a little warm up you may have a couple inches of wheat growing which will certainly bring the deer in. Cross your fingers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeramie Posted October 20, 2009 Report Share Posted October 20, 2009 Winter wheat is a huge draw for deer. We planted about 50 acres a few years back to help that cattle during the winter. The deer loved it and stayed in that field all the time. We ended up running the cows on it and it didnt last long... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted October 20, 2009 Report Share Posted October 20, 2009 Could also be winter rye Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan Givan Posted October 20, 2009 Report Share Posted October 20, 2009 Good chance they are planting wheat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backwoods07 Posted October 20, 2009 Report Share Posted October 20, 2009 I agree. Winter wheat. We had that done last year. We got about 3 inches of growth before it went dormant and I don't think I saw a single deer hit it all year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted October 20, 2009 Report Share Posted October 20, 2009 Probably winter wheat which will be harvested in July. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerClay Posted October 20, 2009 Report Share Posted October 20, 2009 (edited) We planted winter wheat about a month ago. The turkeys are going crazy for it. I expect the deer to be in it more when the snow comes. Ignore the time and date. Here is a picture from last week. Edited October 20, 2009 by RangerClay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebeilgard Posted October 21, 2009 Report Share Posted October 21, 2009 here's what i'd do: go introduce myself to the farmer. ask him what he's doing, just so you know. tell him who you are, and where you hunt. i give you a 90% chance of getting more hunting property to hunt. be genuine, ask only what you truely want to learn, and listen. he'll appreciate that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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