need2hunt Posted September 14, 2010 Report Share Posted September 14, 2010 ,,,and the farmers are starting to pick the corn in NW Illinois!!!!!:D:D Looks like we won't have a problem with the corn standing almost all season like we did last year!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted September 14, 2010 Report Share Posted September 14, 2010 Most of the corn around us this year is gone already Gary. I do remember last fall on the way back from Randy's in Wisconsin that they were harvesting most of the fields along the interstates, that was the second week of November. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted September 14, 2010 Report Share Posted September 14, 2010 Same here Mr. Smoot. Noticed a big field about half taken off this morning on my way into work. Noticed a smaller field last week. It's been dry here for the last 3 weeks or so. Farmers must be getting the moisture content they like because some of the stalks are still green! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c_lou Posted September 14, 2010 Report Share Posted September 14, 2010 Same here Mr. Smoot. Noticed a big field about half taken off this morning on my way into work. Noticed a smaller field last week. It's been dry here for the last 3 weeks or so. Farmers must be getting the moisture content they like because some of the stalks are still green! That's what I have been noticing as well. There were a couple of fields that were still 80% green and they farmers were picking them. Getting close boys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan Givan Posted September 14, 2010 Report Share Posted September 14, 2010 Farmers are hard at it here too. Our corn stalks are brown though. Ive never heard of or seen farmers shelling corn with green stalks. Farmers around here have big dryers that they run their corn through to get it down to the moisture content, if they need to. I think it has to be below 15% moisture for storage. Maybe thats what the farmers up your all's way are doing. They have started taking the corn out on the farm I hunt. If it stays dry they should have it all out in about a week or so. Sure will make it easier walking to the tree stand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mallard_drake85 Posted September 14, 2010 Report Share Posted September 14, 2010 Here in Southern Illinois, farmers have been picking for about a week now. We even have farmers picking beans already! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted September 14, 2010 Report Share Posted September 14, 2010 Cool Gary! Last year was frustrating up there. Unfortunately this year the only NR bow tag I have is Kansas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strut10 Posted September 15, 2010 Report Share Posted September 15, 2010 Here, too. Some got cut early, like always, for silage. But last week I saw some picked. It's been so dry here and it's dying back early. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohiobucks Posted September 15, 2010 Report Share Posted September 15, 2010 Yep yep. Talked with my farmer buddy landowner last night, he is taking corn off as well. Very early this year, weather has been right on for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted September 15, 2010 Report Share Posted September 15, 2010 Maybe thats what the farmers up your all's way are doing. Doubtful. They won't shell it if they have to dry it this early. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MUDRUNNER Posted September 15, 2010 Report Share Posted September 15, 2010 That's what I have been noticing as well. There were a couple of fields that were still 80% green and they farmers were picking them. Getting close boys. With that much green I would think it will be used for silage. I seen them cutting for silage around here a month ago already. A farmer buddy of mine said moisture content around here was around 17%, and he got started last week. If the rain holds out, by October 1 we could see about half the corn out. I can't remember going into a hunting season with that much corn out, and I'm pumped! Beans are still pretty green here yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted September 15, 2010 Report Share Posted September 15, 2010 With that much green I would think it will be used for silage. I seen them cutting for silage around here a month ago already. That's what I thought at first, but farmers around me are not cutting silage. You can tell a silage cut vs. a shelled cut. The farmers around me are definitely shelling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHISKEYSWAMP Posted September 15, 2010 Report Share Posted September 15, 2010 A lot of corn coming off where I hunt, earliest I've ever remembered... guessing most of it will be off by next weekend. I was hoping to hunt the corn for at least a couple weeks but it will definitely make the deer use the woods more and hopefully bring a big buck past my stand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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