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How many plant chufa for turkeys? I just checked my plot and send the coons and turkeys have already dug up the chufa and eat it all ,how do you keep coons out and away?
Is turning over the plant considered baiting? I know someone who says it is and says you might as well throw corn out.
not sure in nc (dont think it is) but in SC it is expressly banned.
someone is right in terms of it being as good as corn. better cause the deer dont bother it as bad.
tom kelly is famous for his rants over lazy turkey hunters sitting on a chufa patch.
I think there is a huge difference in planting chufa to attract more birds and hold them on the property than being a lazy turkey hunter and sitting on a chuffa field. Ours is normally gone before turkey season. I can tell you this we have way more birds that stay on the property all year long than we did before we started to plant it.
I wouldn't have a problem hunting over a food plot. I often hunt over a clover patch and have called birds right in.
Oh I have read Tenth Legion a number of times. He ain't too fond of deer hounds either! I did not know SC had restrictions on hunting over a turned up Chufa patch. Like other game, there is a fine legal line between baiting and "planting". Japanese Millet will pull ducks down like nobody's business. Basically bait growing in the water. Yep, I have hunted wood ducks over Japanese Millet years ago (about 25) and 2 guns limited out 3 days in a row. Hunted the same exact spot each morning. Don't know if throwing corn in the swamp would have been as effective.
In NC it isn't, SC you CAN NOT manipulate the plot at all or it is considered baiting. As far as hunting over it that is up to your personal ethics.Is turning over the plant considered baiting? I know someone who says it is and says you might as well throw corn out.