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Chapter 1 - food plot design strategies
Chapter 3 - tillage and pre planting preparation
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ARTICLES AND RESOURCES
Other topics you may find interesting:
Whitetail Deer Food Plot - Successful plotting is like successful business, think location, location, location: and then decide what deer food plot seed to start with!
Trophy Whitetail Deer Hunting - How to create the type of habitat essential for holding those trophy whitetail deer year-round.
Deer Hunting Tips: Overcome Buck Fever - ask a group of hunters going on a big game hunt and everyone will know exactly what you are talking about...
Tips for taking better trophy photos - Deer hunting tips for the photographer in you! Learn how to take better trophy images to share with family and friends.
Late Season Whitetail - While late-season hunting has its’ advantages, such as less hunters and solid winter patterns, it definitely comes with its’ disadvantages as well.
Top 8 steps to successful food plots - From wind patterns, to natural behavior to finding a perimeter trail. All you need for a successful deer food plot.
How to Use Brassica’s to attract deer to your food plot in hunting season. Learn about Kale (brassica oleracea), Turnips (Brassica rapa) and Forage Rape (Brassica napus).
Getting Started With Whitetail Deer Food Plots: Part 1. To increase the chances of even catching a glimpse at whitetail, many enthusiasts are creating their own food plots for deer. This article helps you getting started.
Getting Started With Whitetail Deer Food Plots: Part 2. To increase the chances of even catching a glimpse at whitetail, many enthusiasts are creating their own food plots for deer. This article helps you getting started.
5 Steps to Successful Fall Planting of Whitetail Food Plots. Step 1: Soil Testing, Step 2: Mid May, Step 3: Late May-Early June, Step 4: Late June or early July, Step 5: Late July Early August.
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REAL LIFE PLOT STORIES
Story 1:
We live in Florida. Our hunting property is in South West Tennessee. Makes getting some things done really a challenge at times. We bought the property last year and did not get to spend the time on it we wanted to. It was a learning period to learn the property and deer habits. We have a better understanding now on it.
Last year we saw that some of the fields were too wide and long to be any good for day hunting. We will plant some trees in a couple of weeks to form some cover in them. We will also plant some tall crops as the trees of course will not be of any help for cover. We have some areas of smaller plots to work on for the future.
We put some lime down last year will check it with a test soon. Need to deep till the ground as we had some heavy work done cleaning out the big plots (ground was really hard). I will make a plan for this year real soon and keep in touch. Might be something for a story on long distance food plotting. Had problems last year hope to cut down on them this year?
Thank you for your help makes a guy think.
Allan Raveling, Florida
Story 2:
Many entities, including designer seed companies, mislead the public about food plot reparation and maintenance so as to sell seeds. Food plot work is hard work and riddled with disaster or the well intentioned but ill prepared. My first attempt was in northeast Pennsylvania where the soil pH level was 4.7.
Can you imagine the amount of lime and time it took to neutralize the soil in this non-agricultural area where the only equipment available was a hand spreader and an ATV? Needless to say, my first year's efforts resulted in a field of pristine dirt and no deer heads on the wall.
After two years, it seems like I finally have got it right.
Mike Gangadeen, Pennsylvania
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