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Ok, one of our spots has been taken over by the dang weeds, a literal jungle. Somwhere in the tangle are some stunted corn stalks that farmer will not harvest, so I know I can't bush hog it. My question is, if the corn was removed from the stalks by hand in a section near the blind, could I then mow those stalks down. We need some open water in this spot somewhere and I figure a half a day picking corn would remove all the corn in the area we want the hole to be. I am kicking myself for not checking this spot sooner.

Can you get the farmer to cut a hole with the combine?

If the coffee weeds and morning glory got the corn it probably didnt make much. Disk it and what little corn if any that was made will be gone by duck season.

I would think that there are several "normal agricultural practices" to remedy this situation. But then, I'm not the guy that has to pay the ticket so you'll have to work this out with the farmer or green jeans for a specific answer.

What time should we be there?

You have a great duk hole. Don't touch it

^^^ What he said.

We are considering leaving it or doing what I mentioned. The stalks do have ears, some ears have less corn on them than they should, but it is alot of corn still. The coffee weeds took off in mid to late August from what we are being told. It literally is a jungle.

I wouldn't touch it...

Hand pick it then mow. Next year don't plant your LZ or either spray/mow it before it heads..

Wingman wrote:Hand pick it then mow. Next year don't plant your LZ or either spray/mow it before it heads..

I just got a hypothetical question about this scenario... What if you hand pick the corn, mow, then redistribute the ears. Would this be legal? That just got my curiosity going.

ransco33 wrote:

Wingman wrote:Hand pick it then mow. Next year don't plant your LZ or either spray/mow it before it heads..

I just got a hypothetical question about this scenario... What if you hand pick the corn, mow, then redistribute the ears. Would this be legal? That just got my curiosity going.

Yea, farmers do that all the time...

Good point. I didn't think about it from the normal ag practice point of view. Can I retract my question now?

You begging for a ticket but I farm and I dont see why you cant bushog the weeds I just did a big patch one the low side of a field just to hurry the decomposition process along so I would not have to deal with them in the spring like cutting cotton stalks that is about as natural a farming practice as there is but do them all so it doesnt looks fishy just my two cents

Has nothing to do with normal ag practices. You can't manipulate or spread a planted crop.

ransco33 wrote:

Wingman wrote:Hand pick it then mow. Next year don't plant your LZ or either spray/mow it before it heads..

I just got a hypothetical question about this scenario... What if you hand pick the corn, mow, then redistribute the ears. Would this be legal? That just got my curiosity going.

No. That would be manipulation just as mowing it down is. You are scattering the seed.