I would say that even though they are “late” they are going to be ready rather quickly considering this cold front (could be bad news for that farmer).....that said they’ll probably want to get them harvested since the cold weather can cause the pods to split. No doubt last year if corn was picked at this time your picture numbers were on the rise. Is your lease solely the crop fields? Is there any timber or brushy beds or even a small pond that’s brushed in? If so....Hunt those small areas as such along the property lines.
Tell me about beans
We have real late beans this year on a farm I am hunting in lincoln county.. The neighbors beans were just harvested and the deer are flat hammering their fields. I have lots of cameras up, and I'm not getting pics of nearly as many deer as last year at this time when it was picked corn. What is everyone's experience with what stage(bean growth) are deer feeding heaviest on the beans. I rely on deer coming to eat on my lease from the bedding areas that surround the edges of the property.
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Are the beans on your place just turned ? If they are leaved but brown the deer might not hit them until the leaves fall off. Your neighbors field may have spilled beans from the harvest or winter annuals already emerging . How is the acorn crop around you ?
Todd brings up a good point..our acorns are thick this year I'm seeing no predominate trails and when I do a walkabout I just bump scattered Does wandering in the woods
I like your koozie
forget the beans where can i get one of those koozies
I put in forage beans this spring and they are getting hammered, though I don't know what this cold spell will do to them.
These koozies are for serious hunters
Selfishly, I'm hoping it pours rain and the beans stay standing for a while.. We have woods surrounding the lease on two sides and 30% crp(pollinator blend). The beans justed turned 2 weeks ago. The acorns are good, we just don't have many oaks on our lease. Mostly Hawthorne, hickory and creek trees(birch or sycamore).. Is there a way you can look at a bean pod and tell if is ripe and good for deer?
Take a biteSelfishly, I'm hoping it pours rain and the beans stay standing for a while.. We have woods surrounding the lease on two sides and 30% crp(pollinator blend). The beans justed turned 2 weeks ago. The acorns are good, we just don't have many oaks on our lease. Mostly Hawthorne, hickory and creek trees(birch or sycamore).. Is there a way you can look at a bean pod and tell if is ripe and good for deer?
If the leaves have turned the beans are close to being "ripe" .
The deer can eat the actual beans at pretty much any stage. This time of year however they're gonna prefer acorns over beans and there seems to be plenty of acorns. If we do actually get some snow that covers the ground the deer will start hitting any standing crops pretty hard.
Stay hard my friend!
Stay hard my friend!
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