Food Plot Basics

[dennishoddy]

Very nice setup!

 

[undeg01]

i disc & seed a lot of my trails on the farm, keeps em clean & funnels deer past ladder stands, and especially helps in bow season:

I’ve got a couple areas I plan to do that with this year.

 

[Powder Monkey]

Some of my other plots that get planted each fall:

 

[Powder Monkey]

Birth of a food plot pix....

Had an area on the farm that always held lots of deer, but was pretty wooly, hard to access quietly....which is why the deer liked it i guess.

Did some scouting, starting finding these:

Buddy of mine had a tree shear, and i paid him to drag it down & put him to work:

He removed timber off a couple of acres for me, and added a road...i brought the tractor over & cleared it:

after seed, time, and rain:

 

[Powder Monkey]

more seed slinging & ground work:

when mowing is too much work...burn baby burn:

 

[Powder Monkey]

another view from the eye in the sky...maybe at this point they're watching me??

same plot, but from ground level after scalping:

 

[undeg01]

I went out to mow a couple of my food plots this afternoon and was pleasantly surprised at how well my clover has held up this summer.

 

[dennishoddy]

Went to the farm today to brush hog last years food plot of hard red winter wheat.
Had to mow 10’ Johnson grass to get in there.

Seed heads were full so no need to buy more this year, just till it in. May leave it lay for a few days to see if any dove have an interest. Even had a floorboard full of wheat seeds.

Then moved to location #2. More Johnson grass, but it’s all mowed clean.

 

[Okie4570]

Still not a chance of rain in sight. Not going to attempt to plant an alfalfa plot this year, too expensive to risk it.

 

[TedKennedy]

I picked up seed from Deerslayer Friday - super nice guy!
Planted three plots with Buck Forage Oats and wheat. Overseeded two of them with the 4x4 mix.

I'm squeezed for time this year, so I needed to get them in the ground. Hopefully Mother Nature gives me the right kind of rain.