Planting for turkeys

[silentgate]

What's the best thing to plant for attracting turkeys? I was told that Chufa was the way to go. Any ideas?

[trkycreek]

clover, clover and more clover. any grains....ie wheat & oats...work well too.
we plant all our fields in clover in march. just about any bird we kill has a stomach full of it.

[skin_dog1]

Chufa gets alot of press through NWTF and I've heard guys further south having good luck with it. I've yet to hear of any real positive stuff on it in KY. Why don't you plant some then let me come hunt and I'll let you know how it turns out! :D

[love the woods]

what's the frost-thaw method of planting about. how do you do it? is it preferred?

[Multidigits]

Plant clover, especially in small spots. Chufa needs at least an acre spot to keep up with demand. To frost seed, you just throw the seeds on the bare ground and let the frost melt and take it into the soil. Freeze and thawing will make the ground move and take the seeds in. They'll sprout come spring. Make sure you fert and lime to the proper specs.

[Gobblergetter2.1]

Clover is great for turkeys. Any type of grain is good. I planted chufa last july and we disced it the 2nd week of bow season. There was alot of tubers in the field, and we only disced up the longest sides of it. We didnt see ANY turkey sign in it until last weekend. I saw some tracks and scat in it. If they havent found it yet, i know they will during the spring because they are all over this field then. I cant wait to see how the chufa will do.

[skin_dog1]

To frost seed, you just throw the seeds on the bare ground and let the frost melt and take it into the soil. Freeze and thawing will make the ground move and take the seeds in. They'll sprout come spring. Make sure you fert and lime to the proper specs.This won't work with chufa - Only tiny seeds like clover.... Right multi?

[turk2di]

I have planted a few turkeys, but they never come up...............:D

[love the woods]

thanks multi, is that just for clover?

[Multidigits]

Small seeds. It'll take them into the soil no more than 1/4" or so, which is what you want for clover. Too early for chufa anyway.

[love the woods]

when can i spread my clover?

[Bee]

I have heard that red clover is the thing to plant in the spring if you want clover patch results from turkeys in that same spring in which the red clover is planted(as opposed to the ladino white clovers which are planted fall for a full year and in to the next spring)..any of you know anything about this , and can tell us when can you plant the red clover and expect it to make something a turkey would want to peck around in within the next 60-90 days etc? I think the red clovers sort of dry up later in the summer and that this red clover fix is a one spring at a time deal?