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Post by tracer on Apr 16, 2011 12:21:11 GMT -4
I will be putting in a perennial seed blend this spring on a skidder road where the soil has been worked up nicely. The seed mix consists of alfalfa, birdsfoot trefoil, chicory, alsike clover, red clover, white clover and brassicas. Pics to follow. The product is by Rack Stacker - SuperBuck foodplot.
Step one - obtain soil sample for testing.
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Post by tracer on Jul 3, 2011 9:49:21 GMT -4
added lime seeded fertilized the plot so far :
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Post by crazyhorservn on Jul 3, 2011 12:52:23 GMT -4
I think that this is something the PGC should require of all contractors doing timbering on Game Lands.
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Post by dougell on Jul 5, 2011 11:59:53 GMT -4
They are required to re-seed logging roads and landing sites with a wildlife mix.SGL 331 is a few miles from my house and littered with over 60 shallow gas well pads..The PGC doesn't own the gas rights there but they did a very good job negotiating with the gas company.Every well pad site was limed,fertilized and planted as a foodplot.They couldn't stop the drilling or the surface disturbance but they made the best out of a bad situation.
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Post by crazyhorservn on Jul 5, 2011 16:54:32 GMT -4
What did they seed and what did they plant?
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Post by dougell on Jul 5, 2011 17:09:11 GMT -4
Alot of it looked like red clover but I'm not 100% sure what else was planted.It was definately thick and lush the last time I saw it.They also did the same along the berms of the gas well roads.The PGC does a very good job managing how the SGL's are maintained after a timber sale and when they drill for gas.The gas wells are a nuisance on this game land.At one time it was fairly easy to get far enough away from the crowds.Unfortunately,these guess wells opened up far too mnay easy access point for people to walk in on.Despite that,they did a pretty good job dealing with those issues by at least making an effort to mitigate the damages.I've been meaning to get out there but I just haven't had the time.If I get a chance,I'll take some pictures and try to post them.
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Post by crazyhorservn on Jul 5, 2011 19:19:11 GMT -4
The best I've seen on Game Lands has been some very thin rye grass and spotty at that. I've never seen and shrubs or trees planted along access roads and clear cut edges.
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Post by dougell on Jul 6, 2011 9:58:21 GMT -4
I know a guy that works full time on the food and cover crew.Him and one other guy cover this whole district which which spans over thousands of acres of SGL's.Just this spring they planted several thousand trees.
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Post by crazyhorservn on Jul 6, 2011 10:28:49 GMT -4
What kind of trees?
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Post by dougell on Jul 6, 2011 15:36:15 GMT -4
I can find out exactly but I know for a fact that they planted alot of crabapples.
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Post by crazyhorservn on Jul 7, 2011 8:12:34 GMT -4
That's very reassuring. We certainly could use them.
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Post by algerine on Jul 17, 2011 16:44:49 GMT -4
EVERY SGL that I have been on in this state has had trees, shrubs, food plots, and log roads planted.
Here is a list off the top of my head. SGL's, 156, 145, 37, 205, 217, 208, 64, 59, 57, 210, 211, 226, 80, 46, 168, 257,123.
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Post by richg on Aug 9, 2011 19:35:51 GMT -4
Ive seen some nice clover plots and corn on SGL's.Apple,crab apple and even chestnut trees planted on gamelands.Here in Lancaster county on the local hiker gamelands the PGC does a great job of habitat improvement.Only complaint I have is the lack of deer from the boatloads of hunting pressure.I won't hunt there anymore.
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Post by tracer on Aug 9, 2011 20:27:35 GMT -4
Interesting discussion guys. Now for the latest update from my food plot in Ontario. Traffics picking up at the food plot. he's looking good
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Post by tracer on Oct 2, 2011 19:10:36 GMT -4
I had my first hunt of the season in there Sat. evening(Oct.1). Had to young bucks come in close, but passed on them.
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