Re: Milo, Sorghum, Millet?
[Re: Eagleye]
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01/27/23 10:32 AM
01/27/23 10:32 AM
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Western Shore Delaware
SJA
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Western Shore Delaware
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Great food sources for WF, game birds, and deer. Deer will eat the grain heads.
"Humans are the hardest people to get along with." Dr. Phillip Snow
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Re: Milo, Sorghum, Millet?
[Re: Eagleye]
#7783812
01/27/23 10:34 AM
01/27/23 10:34 AM
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Joined: Dec 2006
Very SE Nebraska
Gary Benson
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Very SE Nebraska
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Milo is sorghum I think. Millet is the tiny seed in wild bird seed. They don't seem to like it much. Pretty much just a filler.
Life ain't supposed to be easy.
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Re: Milo, Sorghum, Millet?
[Re: Eagleye]
#7784036
01/27/23 04:02 PM
01/27/23 04:02 PM
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PA
w side rd 151
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Deer are much like a goat They will eat anything and everything they can get in their mouth. Some time ago I was set up on an edge of an alfalfa hay field that had been mowed about a month or so earlier so it was plenty of new fresh growth It was archery season and the evenings where beginning to get cool .So I expected the deer to come out to feed in the new growth hay field. Well they did but they where feeding on the multiflora bushes that where on the edge of the field If you are looking for something that the deer like along with doves pheasants quail and turkey you can't go wrong with sunflower .
Last edited by w side rd 151; 01/27/23 07:36 PM.
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Re: Milo, Sorghum, Millet?
[Re: Eagleye]
#7784166
01/27/23 07:02 PM
01/27/23 07:02 PM
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Joined: Feb 2010
SD
Tray
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"Wilson Jr."
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SD
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Barley and Field Peas are both really good attractors for waterfowl. If you plant Millet make sure it’s the white variety and not the red.
Last edited by Tray; 01/27/23 07:04 PM.
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Re: Milo, Sorghum, Millet?
[Re: Wanna Be]
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01/28/23 12:37 PM
01/28/23 12:37 PM
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Arkansas
WhiteCliffs
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Arkansas
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Deer will pound millet as it comes up. Plant enough they can’t destroy. They will occasionally mess with Sorghum, but not enough to worry about.
Ducks, dove, and quail will pound the seeds out of both. Someone already pointed out that grain sorghum and milo are basically the same. Just remember if planting for ducks, plant in an area where the water can be added to reach the seed heads. Any crop planted specifically for ducks can’t be manipulated.
Now this is just my own personal observation on the properties I trap and hunt. We plant browntop millet for our dove fields and fill in logged areas with grain sorghum for cover and seed. The millet is where I place my cameras to pick out what deer need taken out for the season. Also provides plenty of cover while growing.
This just goes to show every place is different. I plant millet because my deer wont eat it. One of the few things I can grow they wont eat
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