194 Louisiana Sportsman^ | April 2015
GruntS & GobbLeS
continuedA browse survey can deter-
mine if the habitat has sufficient
browse.
Deer growth on forestland
adjacent to summer agricul-
ture should be good, since the
deer will be feeding on the
agricultural forages.
Landowners and clubs
incorporating clover in
their fall and winter forages
will have this quality forage
available for deer during
the spring and summer.
Landowners and clubs who
only planted rye grass in their
fall plantings will not have
any forage available for deer
during spring and summer.
Landowners who are doing
some clipping of fallow fields
during the spring and summer
will produce forage from native
plant species that sprout up
following the mowing.
Hopefully, you are getting
the idea that something does
need to be done to make sure
there is quality forage for deer
growth and antler develop-
ment this year — either
through production of forage
from your timber manage-
ment program or from the
management work that you
apply to the landscape.
If your browse availability
is low, then you need to do
something to improve it;
otherwise, body growth and
antler development will be
minimal.
Planting forages high in pro-
tein, such as legumes (beans,
peas, joint-vetch), will cer-
tainly benefit deer, improving
the quality of available forage.
But in your haste to set the
table for deer, do not forget tur-
keys and quail. Incorporating
plantings of millet, sunflowers
and sorghum will provide
nutrition and cover these
species, and the deer will also
benefit from them.
You also will be providing
opportunity for September
dove hunting, which is only
six months away. ■COUNTY ACRES PER ACRE COUNTY ACRES PER ACRE
Choctaw........ .220. 00....... .$2,400. 00
Copiah.......... .165. 00....... .$2,850. 00
Covington......... .7 .60....... .$4,750. 00
Covington........ .16. 50....... .$6,500. 00
Covington........ .30. 00....... .$5,000. 00
Covington........ .30. 00....... .$4,500. 00
Covington........ .98. 15....... .$2,000. 00
Forrest........... .41. 36....... .$6,047. 00
Forrest........... .60. 00....... .$5,000. 00
Forrest.......... .122. 47....... .$2,140. 00
Franklin......... .154. 00....... .$2,800. 00
Jones........... .347. 18....... .$1,150. 00
Jasper.......... .390. 50....... .$2,375. 00
Jones........... .112. 00....... .$2,150. 00
Kemper.......... .91. 00....... .$2,375. 00
Lamar............ .8 .94...... .$12,864. 00
Lamar........... .19. 00....... .$5,450. 00
Lamar........... .15. 00....... .$7,450. 00
Lamar........... .28. 00....... .$6,175. 00
Lamar........... .40. 00....... .$6,500. 00
Lamar........... .55. 00....... .$6,975. 00
Pearl River........ .40. 00....... .$3,872. 50
Pearl River....... .294. 79....... .$2,270. 00
Perry............ .15. 00....... .$2,250. 00
Perry............ .40. 00....... .$1,650. 00
Perry............ .55. 67....... .$1,925. 00Perry............ .77. 69....... .$2,300. 00
Perry............ .88. 14....... .$1,925. 00
Perry........... .200. 00....... .$1,380. 00
Perry........... .359. 09....... .$2,000. 00
Pike............. .80. 00....... .$3,350. 00
Simpson......... .18. 03....... .$2,250. 00
Simpson........ .107. 81........ $1,960. 00
Simpson........ .164. 63....... .$2,140. 00
Walthall......... .38. 94....... .$3,445. 00
Walthall......... .52. 00....... .$3,325. 00
Walthall......... .160. 00....... .$2,550. 00
Wayne........... .61. 33....... .$2,050. 00
Wayne.......... .137. 00....... .$5,000. 00
Wayne.......... .243. 97....... .$1,635. 00Copiah........... .300 .00........ .$2,975 .00
Forrest............ .75 .00....... .$5,000 .00
Forrest........... .242 .00....... .$3,250 .00
George........... .30 .50........ .$2,000 .00
Jasper........... .306 .00........ .$2,239 .00
Jones........... .256 .00........ .$2,730 .47
Perry............ .562 .69........ .$2,500 .00
Winston.......... .179 .74........ .$1,800 .00MS-AL Timberland Package
880 .00 acres, $2,036 .93 per acre
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