|
|
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
|
WingMaster Dove Seed Food Plot Mixture 40 lbs. Bag (Plant 40# per ac) - Available late FEB 2010
|
| |
|
Quantity in Basket:
None
Product Code: WG-DOVE-40
Regular Price: $39.50
Shipping Weight: 43.00 pounds
Scroll down to view additional product details.
|
|
|
Pennington Wingmaster Dove Food Plot Mix - 40LBS
This premium dove food plot mixture contains seeds that shatter easily and have a high oil protein content.
There are NO noxious weeds in this seed mixture.
This dove food plot mixture contains:
55% - Proso Millet (35% Dove and 20% White Wonder)
15% - Foxtail Millet (German Strain R)
10% - Browntop Millet
10% - Black Sunflower (Peredovik)
10% - Hybrid Grain Sorghum (Penngrain DR)
Mixture varieties and/or % subject
to change in Dove mixes. Percentages will be slightly less
due to inert material in mixture. Specific varieties included in mixture
may change due to supply.
Dove mix should be planted after danger of frost no more than 1 inch deep
on a harrowed non-weedy seedbed by broadcasting. Lightly drag with post or
log to cover seeds. When seeds are mature mow or knock the growth to the ground
to shatter seeds from the dried stalks and encourage dove to land. This mix
responds well to additions of fertilizer in the planting stage and afterwards for
higher productions. This dove mix matures in approximately 60 - 70 days
after germination with good weather.
Type: Warm season annual
mixture
How To Use Wingmaster Dove Mix & Dove Hunting Tips
The mourning dove is a migratory game bird that has four basic
habitat needs: food, cover, water and grit. These habitat needs must be met to
produce more local nesting birds and to attract migratory birds during the
season. With the popularity of dove hunting on the rise, hunting clubs and field
managers are seeking ways to compete with nearby fields. Planning, understanding
the birds and providing necessary habitat will go a long way toward having a
successful hunt. Doves also need a water source within one mile of their food
source. In addition doves need grit (small bits of gravel and larger grains of
sand) in their diets to help grind food in the gizzard. Gravel roads and
roadsides are a perfect location for birds to find this grit. Doves are seed
eaters with about 99% of their diet in late summer and fall made up of seed.
Pennington's WingMaster Dove Mixture is a combination of small seeded millet,
grain sorghum and sunflower that will provide a plentiful supply of seed for
doves. This seed combination will mature in a staggered effect with some plants
producing seed in as little as 60 days while others take 110 days. This allows
for food supplies to become available early to attract and hold the resident
birds. As the entire mixture matures, plants will drop seed to the ground,
providing an abundant supply of seed for the entire season. It is important to
plant WingMaster Dove mixtures no later than May 15 so the plants will have time
to mature and shatter seed. Later plantings or time-delayed plantings are
preferred if late season hunts and additional field manipulation is required.
Site selection of a dove field is often one of the most important, yet often
overlooked field management decisions. Avoid fields near houses, housing
developments, highways, livestock confinement buildings such as poultry houses
and large areas of woodlands. Also avoid establishing fields too close to
existing ones (a good rule of thumb is five miles apart). If this cannot be
avoided then cooperate and coordinate shooting days with adjoining landowners.
Open fields with plenty of room (10 acres) are ideal areas for establishing dove
fields. Keeping safety in mind, hunter placement should be top on the list when
selecting a field. Crowded hunting environments can make for a miserable and
dangerous hunting experience. In addition, consideration of perch trees
(leafless trees or thorn trees), power lines, and proximity to water and grit
are all important components of good dove fields. Field manipulation is also
important because dove prefer to land in areas where the ground is clean and
bare and then walk to the food source. Mowing down strips in your field will
open up the ground and scatter seeds in the process. Mowing these strips weekly
starting four to six weeks in advance of hunting season will help hold more
birds on your property. Disking old mowed strips is also a good method of
further manipulating the field and attracting more birds. By having some plants
upright, some mowed down and some disked you will provide a haven for birds.
Doves are federally regulated migratory birds, and you should pay close
attention to federal and state regulations regarding dove field management.
Planting Wingmaster Dove Food Plot Mixture:
Date: April - July
Rate: 40 lbs. covers one acre or 1 lb./1000 sq. ft.
Depth: ¼"
Best For: Deer, Turkey, Duck, Dove, Pheasant, Rabbit, Quail
|
Related Item(s)
|
Code
|
Name
|
Price
|
|
|
WG-SUN-50
|
Black Peredovik Sunflower Seed - 50 LBS. - (Oil type) Planting seeds - Ships from Florida
|
$36.50
|
|
MILL-BTOP-50
|
Brown Top Millet Seed - 50 LBS. - Erosion control & Wildlife Food Plots
|
$42.50
|
|
MILL-DOVE-50
|
Dove Proso Millet - 50 LBS. (Usually ships from Georgia)
|
$49.50
|
|
