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Read articles →An owner-operator walking through a real food-plot discing job with a John Deere 4066R and Dirt Dog 200 series disc. The video covers disc-selection advice (blade size, frame weight, angle settings), his diagonal-then-perpendicular two-pass technique, and how soil moisture affects performance. Practical depth is solid. Best for compact-tractor owners managing wildlife food plots who want both implement-shopping guidance and actual field technique.
An owner-operator sharing hands-on experience managing their own property for hunting and wildlife, with no apparent dealer or brand affiliation.
It has a full box steel frame with quarter to three-eighths inch walls and twenty-inch blades, giving the weight and cupping action a compact tractor needs to dig in.
Turn the discs in more for aggressive cupping and turning soil over; for smoothing, set them straighter and level so they feather the ground and cover roots.
Wait for about an inch of rain to soak in; dry, hard-packed ground after drought makes the disc struggle to sink in and work the soil.
First cut diagonally across mowed material to chop it in, then make a second pass north to south, cross-cutting to bust up more root balls and feather dirt.
