moist soil vs ag field

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moist soil vs ag field

Postby slew » Mon Nov 17, 2014 3:19 pm

I have heard it both ways which do you prefer
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Re: moist soil vs ag field

Postby champcaller » Mon Nov 17, 2014 3:46 pm

Moist soil early and Ag fields late.

I'd pick moist soil if I had to choose for MS.
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Re: moist soil vs ag field

Postby hillhunter » Mon Nov 17, 2014 8:35 pm

Moist soil hands down.......
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Re: moist soil vs ag field

Postby slew » Tue Nov 18, 2014 9:12 am

I had always herd that rice was better than anything, doers moist soil actually have enough food to out attract rice
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Re: moist soil vs ag field

Postby davidees » Tue Nov 18, 2014 9:25 am

I've hunted rice, timber, corn, milo, moist soil, bayous, sloughs, lakes, cypress brakes, willow brakes, rivers, creeks, and ponds, and I've killed more ducks over flooded soybeans than all others probably combined. But that's just me.
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Postby teul2 » Tue Nov 18, 2014 10:25 am

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Re: moist soil vs ag field

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Re: moist soil vs ag field

Postby jdbuckshot » Tue Nov 18, 2014 1:54 pm

so much of the waste grain sprouts in MS. I'd rather hunt moist soil if I had to choose.

but - glad I don't have to choose :)
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Re: moist soil vs ag field

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Re: moist soil vs ag field

Postby davidees » Tue Nov 18, 2014 2:29 pm

The thing about beans that I've noticed seemingly more so than say, milo is the diversity of birds that use the fields. I may not be killing mallards one week, but I'll be killing widgeons instead, or maybe no widgeons but gads and teal. That's my favorite part about beans....Mr. Bootlip loves them too though.
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Re: moist soil vs ag field

Postby 7ducks » Tue Nov 18, 2014 7:28 pm

I'd take a uncut flooded corn field over anything I've hunted in the past, but I'd invest my time and money in moist soil property before ag fields..JMO

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Re: moist soil vs ag field

Postby msbigdawg1234 » Wed Nov 19, 2014 7:47 am

Ill take any of them but it seems to me that the moist soil tends to hold more longer in most places because it doesn't get eaten out as quick...now on the other hand moist soil can change every yr for the better or worse..I know some places this yr that have turned for the worse and have nothing like the have in yrs past and I mean nada .. its gona be a tuff yr for those places best thing they have is the history implant and still should have some good hunts ... at least with ag you know what ya have every yr... I am just glad we have some of it all ...
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Re: moist soil vs ag field

Postby Wingman » Wed Nov 19, 2014 10:24 am

You gotta manage moist soil too. Usually with a disk and a timed drawdown. Best $40/ acre you can spend. Corn is gonna cost you $200 minimum.
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Re: moist soil vs ag field

Postby slew » Wed Nov 19, 2014 1:13 pm

wingman ,you say it needs disking is that in spring or prior to flooding for fall
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Re: moist soil vs ag field

Postby Wingman » Wed Nov 19, 2014 4:32 pm

Fall is easiest and it sets you up great for the next spring, but you cover up a lot of good food for winter.

Spring disking usually ends up being early summer disking, but if you flood it afterwards you can get a good crop of grasses the same year. Just be ready to fight the coffee weed fight.

I disk every third year. I try to swap ag with moist soil to keep certain weeds suppressed with a rotation of herbicides.
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