I’m in Eastern North Carolina & about 1/2 of this years crops were left in the fields. I’m only speaking about the county I live in. If they are getting paid not to harvest I have to wonder does the government pay more than the profits. This year was the best watermelon season I’ve seen in six years. First time in forever I didn’t get a bad watermelon. One local farmer is all about the money! His watermelons were left in the fields.
Watermelon. I don’t know about deer corn yet. My husband hasn’t bought this year’s supply. He’s getting the lanes cleaned up & deer stands. Probably get the corn soon.
I meantncornnleft standing for game, not the trapping stuff. My apologies. In some areas, corn will be left up as hiding area for game and then used for hunting.
Some farmers that sponsors Dove hunting on Labor Day clear most of field & leave several pockets for a blind.
In my area farmers don’t use corn fields for hunting. Duck hunting is on the water, not a field. The corn grown for food will be left in field till late October. That varies, they get paid more for less water content.
Hunters around here hunt in the woods and some have a large deer stand in an open field. We have 21 acres left by my grandparents. It’s mostly swampy, old sand pit from 30s or 40s & some fire lanes dug decades ago.
My husband uses kids wooden play sets found cheap. He added a roof & frame with a window. They Turkey hunt on the ground.
I’m in Eastern North Carolina & about 1/2 of this years crops were left in the fields. I’m only speaking about the county I live in. If they are getting paid not to harvest I have to wonder does the government pay more than the profits. This year was the best watermelon season I’ve seen in six years. First time in forever I didn’t get a bad watermelon. One local farmer is all about the money! His watermelons were left in the fields.
Was it game corn left in the fields?
Watermelon. I don’t know about deer corn yet. My husband hasn’t bought this year’s supply. He’s getting the lanes cleaned up & deer stands. Probably get the corn soon.
I meantncornnleft standing for game, not the trapping stuff. My apologies. In some areas, corn will be left up as hiding area for game and then used for hunting.
Watermelon is hard to hide in, though.
Some farmers that sponsors Dove hunting on Labor Day clear most of field & leave several pockets for a blind. In my area farmers don’t use corn fields for hunting. Duck hunting is on the water, not a field. The corn grown for food will be left in field till late October. That varies, they get paid more for less water content. Hunters around here hunt in the woods and some have a large deer stand in an open field. We have 21 acres left by my grandparents. It’s mostly swampy, old sand pit from 30s or 40s & some fire lanes dug decades ago. My husband uses kids wooden play sets found cheap. He added a roof & frame with a window. They Turkey hunt on the ground.