By: Mark Turner
When to Plant Fall Food Plots, and How to Recover If They Fail
Whether you’re in the feed store, local diner, or viewing internet forums, there’s an inevitable conversation happening right now. Starting around July every year, deer hunters begin asking the same question: when should they start…
read moreFallow Food Plots Offer Hidden Benefits for Deer. Don’t Replant Until You Read This.
Most deer hunters have relatively limited food plot acreage and wish to maximize deer forage production on every acre. For many, it would stand to reason that planting both warm- and cool-season forages on every…
read moreAvoid Herbicide Trouble in Food Plots With Simple Plant-Back Intervals
Soil-active herbicides can greatly improve weed control in food plots as they control weed seedlings before they compete with planted species. However, soil-active herbicides can have similar, damaging effects on your future plantings if the…
read moreMaximize Clover Food Plots for Deer with Winter Maintenance Now
Perennial clover is perhaps the most popular food plot planting for deer, and with good reason! Clover food plots provide attraction during hunting season, high-quality forage during spring and early summer, and several years of…
read moreHow to Defeat Herbicide Resistant Weeds in Deer Food Plots
Weed control is one of the most important considerations to produce high-quality food plots, and herbicides are the most effective and efficient tool to reduce weed competition. Unfortunately, several weeds have developed resistance to some…
read morePlanting American Jointvetch for Deer
Don’t overlook this browse-tolerant, easy-to-plant summer forage just because its name isn’t “soybeans.” Annual warm-season food plots are commonly recommended to address nutritional limitations when bucks are growing antlers and does are lactating. Warm-season plantings…
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