Winter Rye Food Plots Can Be a Lifesaver for Northern Deer
Jun 12, 2024Ryan Rothstein
“Here comes another one,” my dad whispered. “That’s got to be over a dozen already, they’re coming out like ants!” We were tucked in a box blind overlooking a food plot, hoping that a gobbler…
read more
Food Plot Species Profile: Oats
Jul 15, 2020Ryan Basinger
It’s no secret that cereal grains – wheat, oats, cereal rye, triticale – are popular choices for planting in food plots managed for whitetails. Cereal grains are highly attractive to deer, and they perform well…
read more
Cereal Rye for Deer
Aug 15, 2017Ryan Basinger
If there was ever a tough-man competition for deer forages, cereal rye would likely make the title bout. Cereal rye (rye hereafter) is a durable forage that can overcome adversity on many levels, such as…
read more
Deer Prefer to Eat Awnless Wheat in Food Plots
Jul 16, 2015Craig Harper
Winter wheat is an excellent cool-season forage for white-tailed deer. Healthy, green, growing wheat contains more than 20 percent crude protein, and with less than 25 percent acid detergent fiber it is highly digestible. Forage yield is…
read more
Ryegrass: Going Against the Grain
Mar 29, 2012Bob Westerfield
I might get shot just for mentioning the use of annual ryegrass as a potential food plot crop, but the truth is I have killed too many whitetails over this stuff to completely ignore it….
