Food plot Pictures

[deadeye]

This picture was taken last fall (Plot was planted in mid July)


This is what the same view looked like yesterday.


Close-up of fenced area. I fenced this yesterday because they are beating the food plot to death and I wanted to see what it would look like with out browzing.

[dakids]

Looks like a big food plot.  If the deer are eating to much I am willing to volenteer my services in the removal of extra deer.

[Big E]

What is planted in there? Are you planting something different this yr?

[deadeye]

Yes it is a fairly big plot (50-60 feet wide and about 1000 feet long) basically following the southern edge of a hay field.  If they keep it grazed to the nubs, I may need help in thinning the herd.   
I put in this plot last summer.  I sprayed the area with Roundup twice (mid June and the end of June) around the middle of July I broadcast the area with a mixture of clovers, chicory, some annual plants (had a bag designed for upland bird cover), and fertilizer.  The weather cooperated and it stayed fairly wet all August/September.  Because the clovers are perennial plants, I don't plan to add anything to this area for the next three years or so.  This plot is more for forage than hunting so it's hard to beat the amount of deer food produced for the effort and cost.  For me, due to the ease of plot preparation, planting, maintaining, volume produced and deer attracting/holding power, "Clover is King". 

[Big E]

Tough to beat a established clover plot. Easiest plot to maintain. I'm broadcasting some more clover into my existing plots this weekend. I had clover mixed with my brassicas last yr in one plot. The clover is coming back now so I'm going to throw some more in along with some chicory to thicken it up so it competes with the weeds better.