I was pondering the sometimes monumental task of scouting new deer habitat today and it occurred to me that in order to find the deer on unfamiliar ground, I first needed to understand the deer’s world. So, with that in mind, I imagined myself as a deer and I quickly realized that the only three [...]
Harvest Does for Bigger Bucks?
February 17, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Many avid deer hunters, and especially those here in the southeastern U.S., are opposed to the idea of harvesting does. The reason for this attitude ranges from simply wanting to see a lot of deer when hunting to mistakenly believing that they by harvesting does, hunters may be killing next year’s trophy buck before it [...]
The Purpose of Deer Food Plots
January 31, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Creating a deer food plot offers hunters two major advantages. First and foremost, they draw the deer to a particular, well defined, area during hunting season. But, perhaps even more importantly, they provide a high quality food source for deer which in turn creates larger herds of larger, healthier, deer and bucks with larger racks. [...]
Brassicas in Deer Food Plots: What You May Not Know
December 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Here are some of the more common facts about brassicas, a commonly used species for Deer Food Plots. Annual usually planted late fall (best 4-6 weeks prior to average date of 28F freeze) Sweeten with hard frost Deer will dig out under snow to eat in winter But Did You Know? Because of its really [...]
The Truth About Ryegrass For Deer Food Plots
November 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Did you know that Annual Ryegrass prefers a fertile, well drained loam or sandy loam soil? Well what deer food plot plant doesn’t. The great Truth is it can also tolerate clay, poorly drained soils over a wide range of soils. It even out performs small grains on wet soils most of the time. Did you [...]
11 Great Reasons to use Annual Ryegrass for Deer Plots
November 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment
1. soil builder 2. erosion fighter 3. weed fighter 4. great in most soils and most regions of the U.S. and Canada 5. 2,000 – 9,000 lbs/a/yr dry matter 6. nitrogen scavenger 7. good grazing 8. quick growth 9. Non-spreading, bunch grass 10. Increases water holding capacity of soil 11. establishes quickly even in [...]
Plants Important to Your Deer Food Plots
October 4, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Fall Planting Deer Food Plot Options: Wheat or other small grains
September 24, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Tip 19: Benefits-Cool Season Plants Whitetail Deer
September 22, 2012 By 1 Comment
Those plants that are planted in later summer, early fall or spring. Great for whitetail deer, mule deer, turkeys etc. Provide fall and winter deer food when the deer are under a significant amount of stress during the rut. Those plants that are planted in fall but emerge in the spring are great for giving [...]
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