that spot would be great but they won't let non family hunt it is what I am told from my uncle. However he is an terrible alcoholic so maybe its just hem they don't want on the property.
that spot would be great but they won't let non family hunt it is what I am told from my uncle. However he is an terrible alcoholic so maybe its just hem they don't want on the property.
Looks like nothing to the North to draw deer from for the most part. Your deer will likely be coming from the South across that blacktop road or living in the dense woods in your pic. They aren't lacking food in that area across the road either, so that is your conundrum. If there is not any hunting going on down there, a feeder will draw the does from that area, and the bucks will follow when rut comes along. Not sure I'd even put in a food plot with all of that agriculture going on around it, but it all depends on what the farmer is going to do. If you get a food plot in at the first of September, and the farmer doesn't plant until November, a food plot would help to get/keep them in your area. Its been my observation that deer will eat from a feeder, move to a food plot for awhile, and then go back to the feeder until the food is gone, then they leave.
Your area is not much different looking than mine except there is not a heavily traveled road, just a county graveled road that gets little traffic.
Your area is not much different looking than mine except there is not a heavily traveled road, just a county graveled road that gets little traffic.
Yes it is
The law states that you can't shoot from or across any road. You can have a tree stand 20' off the road, but you have to shoot away from it.
I hadn't really considered a food plot. Would it mess with his crop? I think next year I am going to just get my little clearing cleaned up and keep it that way. Along with a spot on the north side that could possibly hold a stand if cleared of brush so I could see. If I keep it cleared down I know I could put in a food plot and make something grow. It will be a ton of work though, that place stays to muddy for a tractor. I may just have to buy one of those trimmer mowers
Thanks, I should be in the clear for that in rifle season then.
It shouldn't mess with his crop at all as you would be inside the tree line. There are seed companies that make some seed called no plow that you basically throw out on the ground and it grows. Its a crude food plot, but it works. How wide is that finger of trees? 100 yds?
yes, just over a 100 yards at its widest. Are you saying to throw seed under the trees?
Preferably in a small clearing that gets some sun, and right around your feeder. If you have any way to disrupt the soil and possibly rake it in, it will grow better, but if it gets some rain, its not necessary.
You can even get some free samples/advice that are free except for shipping that do 1/4acre at the whitetail institute. Google http://www.whitetailinstitute.com/free-samples-1/ to get some.
