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Ok guys sorry for the long post but I need some help. We have a dove field lets just say somewhere in MS. The land owner planted corn in the field this summer and then bushogged it. Then he planted sunflowers and bushooged all but one strip to save for the later dove seasons. This past week he spread wheat through a broadcast spreader to plant the field for a deer plot to be used this gun season. From my understanding as long as the wheat is spread at an ag rate or basically not in piles we should be OK. That was not what we were told this weekend. We were told that we were illegal because we were hunting over 3 different crops. So which way is it. Yes we were hunting over a sunflower field with wheat spread for a food plot and yes there were a couple of corn ears that did not get turned under the soil but is that wrong. I have never heard of anyone getting in trouble for hunting over 2 crops before. Please Explain?

If he disc the wheat in like you are suppose to do in agriculture it would be fine!

If it was up to me I would not hunt over the field. It is a fine line! If I was a fed I would bust some ass. I don't believe there was time for corn to mature, bushog, then have sunflowers planted in Late August or September for those sunflowers to mature then bushog. Sounds like he is walking a fine line with game regulations just to hunt doves over fresh wheat.!

But what do I know!

Yeah, we're talking about 100 days for sunflowers to mature. So if he planted the sunflowers after the corn came off....and you had mature seeds on the ground.....hummm.

But as far as planting strips of different crops, there's nothing wrong with that.

But that wheat is a tricky deal. I am wanting to plant some in my sunflower field to draw the Canadas in later on. I'm hesitant to do it, though, since I do pay hunts for dove over the sunflowers. I reckon as long as you drill it or cover it up you'd be okay. Just make sure there isn't an abundance of wheat on the top...even though the book says you can plant food plots like that. Just too "iffy" for me.

Wingman

Wingman, You should have spread the wheat right after the first season. It would have sprouted by now!

Rob, plant that field fulla wheat! I'd like to bust one of those 18-pounders you've been tellin' us about!

Rob it's my understanding you can legally "top sow" 90#/acre of wheat and be legal.

We got checked in Ark. for their dove opener on cut and rolled wheat field. Guy had rebroke and "top sowed" wheat on it and "the laws" checked everybody there and told us to have a good hunt.

Where's SB?????

Scott told me the same thing you just did, Chip. But I'm still scared to do it when I'm doing pay hunts over that field.

We'll be planting rye or wheat on one of the adjacent fishpond levees though.

Sure thing, Randy. But they're 21 pounds. The baby ones weigh 18

Wingman

Yeah I don't blame you, pay hunts/clients would be a different ball of wax for me too.

From an outsider's point of view..Sounds baited to me...pretty ironic...that's just me tough...Did ya get tickets?