Food plot soil prep-Chisel Disc vs. Disc Harrow-Game changer?

Power Tiller? Disc Harrow? Drag? Chisel Disc? Chisel-Disc-harrow? Once again I learned something new with planting our fall food plots for 2023! Join me in today's land management episode out in the field on our Southern Illinois hunting land as I have an 'A HA' moment out in the field working up and planting some fall food plots for deer! I won't ruin the suspense or knowledge that I gained in today's food plotting video, but I hope you enjoy the video and information that I share with you today as I learned yet another food plotting soil preparation lesson about my new Chisel Disc! Yes, the CHISEL does make a big difference in food plot soil preparation! Thanks for joining me today and if you enjoyed today's field video please hit the like button and consider subscribing to catch all of our land management and land improvement projects from both of our channels here at Kapper Outdoors! Thank you and we hope to see you on a future field episode! #kapperoutdoors #kapperoutdoors2 #kapperoutdoorsproject291 #foodplot #foodplots #foodplotsfordeer #fallfoodplot #fallfoodplots #southernillinoisland #southernillinois

[jimkavalier]

Can't beat a good chisel plow!
I love turning corn stalks under with one !

[clarkwheeler]

Found this out for myself several years ago and suggested you get one----and you did!! Very Smart guy!! I got an old 60's or 70's model International 11 shank chisel plow (no discs) Had to turn up the 2 outside shanks and only pull with 9 shanks, but does a fantastic job. I've also noticed my soil is really starting to work and look much better since using the chisel plow. Great piece of food plotting equipment!!

[damoose]

Great info. I'm always looking for things to make it easier and faster because I am limited on time I can commit.

[morrismonet]

I have a compact tractor and on a new plot I use the rippers on my box blade since I don't have a chisel. I like a tiller afterwards if rocks and roots are not bad, otherwise it's the disc and then a drag.

[justingoff]

It makes a huge difference busting up the compacted clay layer with the chisel. Lets the rain water and nutrients get deeper in the soil where the roots grow. Happy Roots = Happy Food Plots

[dustdevl]

I had never seen a chisel plow until I moved to Texas. I saw a farmer dragging what I thought was a cultivator around a field and wondered what in the world was he doing. I was informed that he was "plowing", even though I didn't see a plow. All I'd ever seen was a moldboard plow, then they come in with a disc afterwards. But I also had never seen cotton growing either!

[justinrobert]

What are your thoughts on using a Rototiller?

Thx

[bobpaterson]

I can only comment from an agricultural point of view an say you may get away with just discing for a few years but you do need to chisel plough from time to time to aerate the soil allow drainage and allow for crops root development 👍

[hickoryridgefarmer]

How often would you want to chisel a plot?