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Planting Japanese Millet For Ducks (Part 1) | Getting Started!!

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With 2020 duck season just a few months away Drew and myself decided to plant Japanese millet at one of our duck spots with the hope of creating a food plot for duck hunting. We spent two weekends lowering the water on the impoundment, removing lily pads, working on our duck blind, and planting duck food (Japanese millet). It was hard work but we hope it'll be worth it and make for some great waterfowl hunting at this spot. Be sure to subscribe so you'll be able to keep up with this series and my other Virginia hunting adventures, hope you enjoy!
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@DuckGunChronicles 4 года назад

Awesome vid Thomas Really enjoyed it! Can't wait to see how it turns out

@HokeOutdoors 4 года назад

Thanks Jordan!

@ShannasCountryCreek 2 года назад

I'm here for it🙋🏻‍♀️ Just bought millet grass to plant for our Quail & Chickens...ducks l8tr🥰

@HighPrairieSportsmen 4 года назад

Looking forward to how the birds like it this fall. Good vid Thomo!

@HokeOutdoors 4 года назад

If I see a single mallard in here this fall it will be an improvement from last year..

@HighPrairieSportsmen 4 года назад

@@HokeOutdoors that's half a limit right there

@fhlranch6233 3 года назад

Thank you for this, we ordered some of this for our swampy area in our fields hoping to draw in more ducks and geese. Will go on over and watch your updates!

@MLef111 Год назад

Awesomeness

@eugenegruberlive5073 4 года назад

Excellent video! Can’t wait to see how it turns out

@sammylacks4937 3 года назад

That s a great idea Thomas. I had two ponds together that had lots of.shallow flats. I give it to you for finding a food that will grow in a wet spot like you have. I used to say I hunted ducks year round. When the season wasn t in I was constantly asking, looking at maps , and scouting. Paddling in to check out a tip or a likely looking area. I got most of my new spots thanks to the beavers that were re introduced. Most people cussed and or trapped them if they dammed up a watershed. I wanted to feed em fertility pills LOL. I had some really pretty and prpductive new spots because of the furry engineers. 😊

@DaddyDuck365 4 года назад

The vegetation that’s in the pond provides an excellent source of food for ducks.....inveribates....crustations and such.......don’t get rid of it....also pond sago and water shield provides a good food source and habitat.....

@HokeOutdoors 4 года назад

I appreciate the info. We left much of the lilys (water shield?) and sago undisturbed. We don't seem to have any crustaceans in the pond unfortunately and while invertebrates are probably a big draw in the spring and late winter we need a food source for fall and early winter.

@DaddyDuck365 4 года назад

Virginia Outdoors Unlimited the crawfish and such....water shield is a plant that looks similar to lily pads, but produces a seed like lilly pads that ducks love to eat...all I was trying to say is don’t take your emergant vegetation out....it’s good food for ducks not only in the winter but also in the spring and summer for hens in egg production and young ducks.......

@BLASTER-vb5wu 4 года назад

Great job guys!!! It’s going to be a sweet honey hole!! Can’t wait to see the progress

@HokeOutdoors 4 года назад

Thanks Colby! I hope so!

@chevyman35089 4 года назад

This is an awesome series..cant wait for more!

@HokeOutdoors 4 года назад

Thank you!

@SurvivingDuckSeason 4 года назад

Great job! I’ve done this lots of times. It should work great for you! You might try getting a bio stimulant foliar spray like Perplus or Plant Power from Deltag. Spay after the millet comes up a few inches. It would also work great on the smartweed to give it a boost too.

@HokeOutdoors 4 года назад

I will definitely consider that.Thanks for the advice! Is there one grain that you like best for planting? Been reading about corn and rice and seems like they would be the preferences.

@SurvivingDuckSeason 4 года назад

Virginia Outdoors Unlimited I really am a big fan of moist soil plants. If I can encourage natural growth that’s the best. There’s more food per acre in moist soil habitat than in an ag field. If I’m working with an area that I can’t do that then Japanese millet or golden millet would be my favorite. It’s easy and cheap. Corn isn’t the easiest to do if you’re not a farmer. We have so much commercial rice around us that there’s no benefit to plant it here.

@malvinjones6619 3 года назад

Good video

@HokeOutdoors 3 года назад

Thank you!

@jasonwaldon7438 4 года назад

Ive been doing the exact same thing. My lease had the shallows covered with water primrose ( a very invasive species that grows in a mat and nothing else can come up through it) i spent 2 months spraying it 5 times with 24 d herbicide. Now that all that it killed off ive gof the water dropped down and planted 50 lbs of jap millet in all the shallow areas on the 12 of this month. I just checked it today and its already over a foot tall in 2 weeks of planting. Im so excited. Good luck to you and your project and cant wait to see more!!

@HokeOutdoors 4 года назад

Sounds like you've got an awesome project going! Nothing better than when your work pays off. Hopefully we'll have similar results when we check ours in a few days. Best of luck with yours! Keep us updated on how it goes

@jasonwaldon7438 4 года назад

@@HokeOutdoors Sure will man! Heres a really good video to watch about planting millet for ducks ( if you haven't already seen it) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vlC1NGzUwKw.html

@HokeOutdoors 4 года назад

That was actually the first video I watched when we began this project. I hope we get the kind of growth he had!

@jasonwaldon7438 4 года назад

@@HokeOutdoors im not sure exactly what day you planted, but you should start seeing it sprout withing 5-7 days from broadcasting. Are you seeing anything yet?

@jasonwaldon7438 4 года назад

@@HokeOutdoors How is your millet doing??

@baileyscreekoutdoors703 4 года назад

Here’s a suggestion it’s what we do in our swamps and marshes in Prince George Virginia we Plant winter wheat Field corn or soybeans On the banks but the winter wheat works the best because it will grow anywhere when we get it from her friend who is a farmer we put it in the back of the trucks every once in a while some seeds Will fall in the bed and it will grow in the back of the truck this is just a suggestion but it works pretty well because the wood ducks and mallards like it in the geese will eat it when it starts coming up but my suggestion would be to planted in the beginning of dove season to the end of early goose

@MattTZew 4 года назад

You should have shown how you fixed the gates! That would have been cool to see. Looking forward to see how it works for you

@HokeOutdoors 4 года назад

I wish I could have but it was an all hands on deck sort of deal. We’ll check the progress here in a week or two

@MattTZew 4 года назад

@@HokeOutdoors chest mount or head mount go pro

@DuckalopeOutdoors 4 года назад

Nice!! Lookin forward to seeing the results!!

@HokeOutdoors 4 года назад

Thanks! Hopefully it works as intended

@MikeClarkOutdoors 4 года назад

Can't wait to see how it turns out.

@magnoliaflyways6994 4 года назад

Looking forward to seeing the progress!

@jamipizzichino2998 4 года назад

Same here check out my RU-vid channel

@HokeOutdoors 4 года назад

Me too! Gonna be doing an update (part 2) here in a week or so

@jeremyb7113 4 года назад

We plan on planting some but were waiting till the first of August. Im in southeast Virginia

@HokeOutdoors 4 года назад

Nice! Y'all planting a pond or swamp? We are likely going to plant a second batch around then to have some food left for late season.

@jeremyb7113 4 года назад

@@HokeOutdoors a very large pond that is hunted by a few different people but we all have designated areas

@evanwhitten2418 4 года назад

Another thing you could do to manage it is cut down some of those maples and replace it with younger oaks, depending on how long you’re trying to manage it for

@HokeOutdoors 4 года назад

I don't think we'll be hunting this spot long enough for that but definitely something I would do otherwise

@evanwhitten2418 4 года назад

Virginia Outdoors Unlimited that makes sense, it’s still cool to see and I’ll have to try managing some property I hunt for ducks. Can you buy smartweed or is it naturally growing?

@HokeOutdoors 4 года назад

Ours is naturally occurring but you can buy it. I know river refuge seeds makes some mixes with both millet and smartweed seed

@evanwhitten2418 4 года назад

Virginia Outdoors Unlimited alright, thanks for the info, idk if it’s a little too late for planting right now, but I’ll definitely be planting next year

@ryanpatton467 4 года назад

Great vid! Need to get my pond planted

@HokeOutdoors 4 года назад

Thanks! Whatcha gonna plant it with?

@ryanpatton467 4 года назад

Same thing. Japanese millet.

@RDReynoldsOutdoors Год назад

I bet that smell of mud was wow

@kraigkaatz6858 4 года назад

Good idea...

@HokeOutdoors 4 года назад

Thanks Kraig

@baileyscreekoutdoors703 4 года назад

And another suggestion go and buy a small cherry tree goose love it

@msiwork5297 4 года назад

Great info

@HokeOutdoors 4 года назад

Thank you!

@bakervinci163 2 года назад

Why are you throwing the Lilly pads back into the water

@aljohnson1191 4 года назад

Looks pretty snakey

@HokeOutdoors 4 года назад

I’m sure there’s a few snakes that hang out around there. As long as they stay out of our blind we won’t have any issues I think

@andycliett3346 3 года назад

How many 50lb bags did you end up using?

@HokeOutdoors 3 года назад

Not even a full one, seeding rate was about 20/lbs per acre and we ended up seeding a little over an acre

@bakervinci163 2 года назад

Fertilizer ?

@Jake_Nathaniel1 4 года назад

1000th view

@bakervinci163 2 года назад

It can’t be too mucky.

@jake3237ismylivegt 3 года назад

How big is the pond?

@HokeOutdoors 3 года назад

About 3 acres in total

@MikeClarkOutdoors 4 года назад

Where did you get that much Millet from?

@HokeOutdoors 4 года назад

Southern States I believe

@bakervinci163 2 года назад

It can’t be too mucky

@adamstalsberg9947 4 года назад

Wont they grow again in the water

@adamstalsberg9947 4 года назад

The lilly pads lol

@HokeOutdoors 4 года назад

They shouldn't as long as the water doesn't come up too much before fall

@Badweather12 4 года назад

Any update?

@HokeOutdoors 4 года назад

Just checked it this afternoon. Everything we planted came up and we have good growth (18-24 inches) in most places. Only area that’s lagging behind is the point, some areas are doing very well on it but others have only grown a little so far. Going to film an update video out there this weekend that should be up Sunday