Updated April 4, 2024 White-tailed deer are absolute plant-eating machines, but understanding what foods they prefer to eat will vastly improve your knowledge and effectiveness in both managing and hunting them. A deer needs to…
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NDA’s Guide to Clover Food Plots
Aug 28, 2017Brian Grossman
When it comes to planting food plots for white-tailed deer, it’s hard to beat clover for several reasons. Clover is relatively easy to establish, readily available, affordable, and there are a variety of species to…
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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…
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What Should I Plant in My Food Plot?
Jan 9, 2017Brian Grossman
One of the most common questions we get on social media and through our website goes something like this: “I have X acres where I hunt to plant a food plot. What should I plant?”…
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Plant This, Not That
Sep 12, 2012Matt Ross
Oh man! I could not believe it. In an effort to relax and wind down from a long day, I had just sat down, flipped on the television to my favorite hunting channel and proceeded…
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Food Plot Species Profile: Chicory
Aug 29, 2012Bob Westerfield
For a change of pace, try growing chicory – a tough cool-season perennial crop that is a preferred deer forage – in your next fall food plot. This nutritious broadleaf crop is actually in the…
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Put Green Leaves at Deer Level
Aug 22, 2012Kip Adams
Everyone knows the leaves of most deciduous trees are green during summer. Most also know that leaves grow on a tree’s branches originating in spring and falling off in the fall. However, how valuable are…
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Mixing Corn and Soybeans in Food Plots
Mar 28, 2012Craig Harper
The species and rates of plants included in a seed blend is an important consideration when planting food plots. Certainly, you want to include species that are compatible with each other in terms of growth…
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Know Your Deer Plants: Partridge Pea
Mar 20, 2012Matt Ross
A member of the pea family, partridge pea is best known as a producer of valuable cover and food for upland game birds, waterfowl, and various small mammals. However, it also happens to be found…
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Know Your Native Deer Foods
Mar 9, 2012Kip Adams
Food studies have identified several hundred plant species that deer will consume during the course of a year. Some are used seasonally, some only when little else is available, and some are preferred regardless of…
