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re: Deer Food Plots
Posted on 8/26/24 at 4:17 pm to Red Stick Rambler
Posted on 8/26/24 at 4:17 pm to Red Stick Rambler
Can you elaborate on your screen name?
The reason I ask is that I will be hunting with a T/C Contender for the first time this year... and looking forward to it!
Use to own a 28' Contender - Back when when I had time to fish
The reason I ask is that I will be hunting with a T/C Contender for the first time this year... and looking forward to it!
Use to own a 28' Contender - Back when when I had time to fish
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Posted on 8/26/24 at 8:56 pm to LSUDUCKMAN67
Dixie 6 has worked well for us the last 3 yrs. We drop seeds the 2nd or 3rd week in October. We run a tiller over all the seed, no worries about burned seed and less for the turkeys to steal.
Posted on 8/27/24 at 6:34 am to livnthehighlife
I had a really good oat and wheat blend from TS. Either Biological or Plot spike maybe. I threw in some Domain mean green. My plots looked great once we had some consistent rain.
Posted on 8/27/24 at 7:16 am to WillFerrellisking
40 years experience in Louisiana planting food plots, observing what they want to come to. Not what the bag and marketing tells you. I have ran fenced and covered test plots all over with plot cameras and all. Prob have 800 hours of footage. The seeds i listed will draw, keep them and grow at a rate to sustain the plot unless you are in an overpopulated area. Will they nibble at rye wheat and oats, of course they will. But next to acorns and corn the mix i gave you will keep them in it and coming back for tender regrowth consistently.
Disclaimer. If your just looking for a pretty plot to take pics of and post then i highly recommend rye wheat and oats, it will stay beautiful and lush because it isn't hit hard and often..... But if you want well used plot then go with what i suggested.
Disclaimer. If your just looking for a pretty plot to take pics of and post then i highly recommend rye wheat and oats, it will stay beautiful and lush because it isn't hit hard and often..... But if you want well used plot then go with what i suggested.
Posted on 8/27/24 at 7:28 am to One More Shot
How big of food plot are you planting to achieve mature growth of the clover and brassicas?
I’ve found plots under an acre need some type of grain to act as a cover crop to let those brassicas, clovers, and peas get established.
I’ve found plots under an acre need some type of grain to act as a cover crop to let those brassicas, clovers, and peas get established.
Posted on 8/27/24 at 8:24 am to One More Shot
If my plots get any shorter due to browse pressure it’ll be dirt. I’m in southwest ms with a large deer herd. Sometimes I mix my own mix with brown bag seeds, there’s no pictures of big bucks on my bag (unless I get lazy and buy premixed bag from store).
Different area than you so I can see it being different between us. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
Different area than you so I can see it being different between us. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
Posted on 8/27/24 at 10:26 am to One More Shot
I’m in SW Mississippi with a high deer density. It does absolutely nothing to add any type of bean to a food plot blend. They get nipped off shortly after germination and they’re done.
I’ve planted blends in the past that included cow peas, forage peas, winter peas. None of them ever grow
I’ve planted blends in the past that included cow peas, forage peas, winter peas. None of them ever grow
Posted on 8/27/24 at 10:26 am to LSUDUCKMAN67
I gave up on mine. Turns into a giant playground for hogs. Does not help that my neighbor feeds them year around, then complains about the concentration of hogs.
Posted on 8/27/24 at 11:51 am to mcpotiger
I’ve gone the no-till drill route. I planted 8 acres of Hunt-Stratton Heritage blend in May. I will plant their Legacy Blend right through my standing crop in mid October and spray glyphosate the next day to kill the weeds and grass. Saves quite a bit of time.
Posted on 8/27/24 at 3:18 pm to Bayou Ken
I hope to have a no-till drill one day to go the regenerative route and quit tilling/discing the ground
Posted on 8/27/24 at 9:35 pm to One More Shot
I don’t care how many years you have been keeping records but to say that deer will only nibble at wheat, oats, and cereal rye is asinine. I’ve been planting Polly’s for over 20 years myself.
Posted on 8/28/24 at 2:43 pm to LSUDUCKMAN67
My papaw said to plant after the first full moon in October. That man forgot more than I'll ever know about farming, so that's what I do and it hasn't failed me.
You've already gotten plenty of good advice, so I will only add that whatever you plant, mix in some chicory. My plots with chicory always get more browsing than those without. Also, given some luck and favorable soil conditions, it will re-seed.
Good luck.
You've already gotten plenty of good advice, so I will only add that whatever you plant, mix in some chicory. My plots with chicory always get more browsing than those without. Also, given some luck and favorable soil conditions, it will re-seed.
Good luck.
Posted on 8/29/24 at 8:50 am to Bayou_Tiger_225
have them as small as a single lane 200 yds long to 4 acre plots depending on location. the single lane plots in thick cover take a beating and some years i supplement the seed plant about 1 month after first sprouts to keep a new round coming in. Deer are gonna stay on it.
Posted on 8/29/24 at 8:52 am to WillFerrellisking
I also hunt Missisisppi and yea different area and huge herd, you can plant anything over there and its hard to maintain a good plot. agree
Posted on 8/29/24 at 8:55 am to WestMTiger
Im sorrry you feel that way. Im not here for feelings just the information ive put together over a long period of time. When you can run them out the plot with a sxs and they are back on it before your out of sight call me back. Ive got a 3 walls of 130's, 140's 2-150's and a nice160 that speaks for me.
Posted on 8/29/24 at 9:36 am to One More Shot
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Go with your red and or white clovers, chicory, mustard and or turnip green, throw in some pea seeds like purple hulls or black eyes. hell even lentils.
I like this approach a lot and do something similar. I always include chicory because for some reason it seems to pull more deer and it reseeds if given a chance. I love clover for its nitrogen fixing properties and because it's just so easy and effective. On top of this, I mix in leftover garden seeds for turnips, peas, and (this year) bush beans because I have a pile of them. Turnips are also good for breaking up the soil and making it more arable year over year.
Hard to go wrong with that mix.
Posted on 8/29/24 at 12:54 pm to One More Shot
That’s cute, I’ve got a 187, several 160’s, 150’s, and 140’s that can speak to the effectiveness of wheat, oats, and cereal rye in Madison Parish. I won the Simmons Sporting goods archery division 3 years ago. Shot the buck, a 187” deer in a wheat plot.
We have deer that will not leave a plot when you ride in on a SxS. That has nothing to do with what’s planted. That has to do with how much pressure you are putting on them.
I’m glad what you are doing is working for you. But to get on a forum and tell people that wheat, oats, and cereal rye are not effective winter food plots is simply just not accurate. We strictly manage over 2000 acres in Madison Parish. I’ve read every study on winter food plots and talked to more biologist than I care to remember.
We have deer that will not leave a plot when you ride in on a SxS. That has nothing to do with what’s planted. That has to do with how much pressure you are putting on them.
I’m glad what you are doing is working for you. But to get on a forum and tell people that wheat, oats, and cereal rye are not effective winter food plots is simply just not accurate. We strictly manage over 2000 acres in Madison Parish. I’ve read every study on winter food plots and talked to more biologist than I care to remember.
Posted on 8/29/24 at 1:06 pm to WestMTiger
How many tons of protein pellets you feedin? Don’t leave that out.
Do you have hogs? Don’t forget that either. Everywhere is different
Do you have hogs? Don’t forget that either. Everywhere is different
Posted on 8/29/24 at 1:10 pm to The Levee
Zero protein pellets or supplemental feed on us. Strictly the crops growing around us and what we plant. We are eat up with Bears and have Hogs also.
Posted on 8/29/24 at 1:12 pm to WestMTiger
I do agree that everywhere is different, but you can plant winter wheat, oats, and cereal rye anywhere in the country and the deer will eat it up is what I’m trying to get across.
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