It seems like everyone is planting food plots these days; and for good reason. Wildlife benefits from them and they make for great hunting. Food plotters spend endless hours pouring over seed catalogs in hopes of finding the perfect food plot forage. Unfortunately they don't spend nearly as much time thinking about the soil they are going to plant in. A week ago I blogged about the importance of doing a soil analysis before planting, but that's only the half of it. First, you have to find good dirt to work with. If you are going to hunt the plot, it has to be built correctly. The higher quality the dirt, the better your plot will grow. Trouble is, most of the good dirt is tied up growing agricultural crops and most food plotters are forced to work with what the farmers don't want. So how do you find good dirt for your food plots?
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Follow this 15-step guide to create the perfect food plot for deer. Your hard work will all be worth it in the fall.
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The Antler King Great 8 Food Plot Blend features eight specially selected seed varieties that mature at different times throughout the hunting season to help ensure your deer always have something good to eat. The Great 8 food blend eliminates the guesswork of trying to figure out what to plant and is ideal for those who plant just one food plot. The winter peas, buckwheat and ryegrass will attract deer during bow season, while the radishes, turnips and forage rape attract deer during the rut. The winter oats and cereal rye mature from early bow season to late gun season and beyond. This nutritious food blend can provide the protein and critical energy needed to sustain your deer herd well into the harsh, cold winter while also helping antler growth in the early spring season when other plants have yet to turn green. This delicious food blend keeps growing strong all hunting season long. Nutritious food plot blend contains winter oats, tetraploid ryegrass, winter peas, cereal rye, radish, turnip, forage rape and buckwheat Early fall to late winter food plot blend High in protein and energy Proven high traffic
The author's outside-the-box methods will help you better prepare for your fall food plot planting this season or next.
Planting the best deer food plots provides nutrition for antler growth, gestation, and critical winter forage. Learn more about whitetail food plots here.
Deer season approaches and as hunters begin to scout territory. Novice hunters might wonder what deer like to eat. The answer could impact where they hunt.
No matter how big or small your food plot program is, you can expect success with this proven no till food plot method, even without a tractor or disc.
Illustration by Robert L. Prince When deer bed deep in the woods, it can be hard to predict where to hunt them in the evening. Instead of guessing, channel deer to your stand with a pyramid of food plots. Here's how it works.
By the time you read this blog, you may have already planted your food plots for the 2016 season. Hopefully they are off to a good start and headed for a productive fall. If they are like most plots, however they will experience one or more bumps in the road. Here’s the most common pot holes you are most likely to bust an axel in. We should know we have been hitting food plot bumps in the road for over 25 years. We’ve seen food plot failures of all types but they typically fall into three categories: poor soils, weeds, and over use by deer. That’s the bad news, the good news is they can be either prevented or fixed.
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“Get excited for opening day while sitting around the campfire, roasting marshmallows and sharing stories of past hunts!” Come to deer camp and tag along as a family in pursuit of a whitetail buck gets ready for deer season by cleaning out the deer blind, placing the game camera, preparing the food plot, scouting the woods for deer sign, and experience an opening day hunt that ends with the hunters filling their tag and the freezer.
Product Details Whitetail Institute Secret Spot Food Plot Mix 78997650004 Most hunting properties have a few locations that are tough to hunt because they are difficult to access. These are the type places the biggest bucks prefer because there is usually less human disturbance. Find or create a small opening in these type areas and create a Secret Spot food plot known only to you and your deer. With Secret Spot you get the advantages of an easy-to-plant annual blend with optimal nutrition and attraction. And you can easily put it in those places that only you and your deer will find. Secret Spot is easy to plant - just clear the area of existing vegetation and debris and expose the soil to ensure seed-to-soil contact and you can plant your own personal food plot and keep it a secret. Secret Spot works well in small openings in the woods on high places in swampy areas and in just about any area where sunlight reaches the ground. Secret Spot is designed to be planted in late summer or fall. 4 lb. bag covers ¼ acre. Features Annual forage specifically designed for smaller remote food plots (areas known only to you and your deer!) Even contains soil pH booster to help forage growth even in slightly acidic soils Can be planted with minimal ground preparation - just enough to establish good seed-to-soil contact Broad range of 12 forages specially selected and combined to provide maximum attraction through hunting season and beyond California Residents WARNING: Cancer and Reproductive Harm - www.P65Warnings.ca.gov
This hands-on guide explains no-nonsense techniques on how to develop a well-balanced and well-planned food plot and deer management program that will enhance your deer hunting success tenfold. Peter Fiduccia has successfully planted food plots for deer and other wildlife for more than twenty years. His know-how and sage advice will help you grow more successful food plots and improve your daily deer sightings and buck harvests. Through practical, understandable, and easy-to-apply information, this food plot authority divulges the plants that are guaranteed to attract bucks and keep them coming to your land when you want them there most—during the hunting season. Fiduccia shares these time-tested planting tips and techniques that he has used on his own land to help you grow food plots like a pro. Some of the topics in this essential guide include: Growing larger-antlered bucks Food plot hunting tactics Tips to lure bucks in November Go nuts! Plant mast trees Tactically placing food plots Other wildlife plant choices Dead deer do talk! Unique shrub and tree ideas How to age deer accurately Keeping detailed harvest records Real-world buck management Winter-hardy plant selections Basic practices for adult bucks Clovers that survive in winter This practical guide, with totally up-to-date information on planting food crops in a world of global warming and a changing climate, will help you take your planting skills and deer management knowledge to the next level for better deer hunting and a healthier herd. | Author: Peter J. Fiduccia | Publisher: Skyhorse | Publication Date: Mar 28, 2023 | Number of Pages: 480 pages | Language: English | Binding: Paperback | ISBN-10: 1510759018 | ISBN-13: 9781510759015
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Photo by Charles Alsheimer I was like a proud father waiting to show off his newborn son. I had recently closed on my own 17-acre patch of dirt and invited whitetail habitat guru Jeff Sturgis for a visit. Sturgis, who offers habitat-consulting services, spent more than an hour scouring the ground and was ready to make some recommendations for enhancements that would, I hoped, make the land more attractive to the area's whitetails and turkeys.
Check out part one of this three-part series on how to create the best food plot for deer.
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Planting your food plots with indigenous forage species benefits both your land and the wildlife that use it.
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There are lots of articles written about deer food plots but we sometimes forget about making sure upland birds have what they need to get through lean times
Why do we insist on making things so difficult? Clear the weeds; plant the seeds. A functional food plot need not be more complicated than that.
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When I first hunted my 117-acre farm in northwestern Virginia, I saw only a few young bucks and way too many does. Big deer were rare. The unbalanced age structure and buck-to-doe ratio meant the rut was subtle and often a letdown. Now, though, mature bucks are common, some sporting big, heavy racks. The rut is intense, and the deer herd is better balanced and healthy.
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Albino Deer or "White Deer" are White-tailed Deer and are quite rare in Northern Wisconsin. There are only 200 to 300 Albinos in the entire state of Wisconsin. We are very lucky to live near a State Forest and lots of private land. Albinos are protected in Northern Wisconsin and cannot be hunted. When we first moved here in 1994 we would only see a couple of Albinos every now and then. When I built a Food plot to attract deer there were 4 Albinos living on our land and another 20 or 25 within 2 or 3 miles. Unfortunately their numbers have dwindled and we are now down to 2 on our land with a scattered population of them all around the surrounding Boulder Junction area. They live with the brown whitetails but do not like them. The Albinos are a lot more aggressive and will fight the brown whitetails to chase them away. They do interbreed and have both white and brown fawns. We love all the deer but when an Albino comes into sight you do not even notice the brown deer. They are truly one of God's most beautiful and rare animals. View videos of the Albino White-tailed Deer on YouTube
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5lb bag Feed uses 100% Real Sugar beets One-of-a-kind attractant Height 14.25 Width 9.00 Country Origin Code US Length 5.00 Hazardous Material No
Photo by Charles Alsheimer I was like a proud father waiting to show off his newborn son. I had recently closed on my own 17-acre patch of dirt and invited whitetail habitat guru Jeff Sturgis for a visit. Sturgis, who offers habitat-consulting services, spent more than an hour scouring the ground and was ready to make some recommendations for enhancements that would, I hoped, make the land more attractive to the area's whitetails and turkeys.
Fall is late in most areas of the South, and procrastinators have lagged behind in their food plot plantings. There's still time. In fact, some seed blends can wait until early October to go in the ground. If you're a bowhunter who hasn't considered planting food plots where you hunt, give it some more thought. It doesn't take much time or trouble to develop a few small plots that can pay big dividends later on in the season.
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