Soybeans, sunflowers, and cowpeas.
Familiarizing yourself with some of the more popular forages should help you refine your choices even more.
Rape is a member of the Brassica family. Rape is high in protein but low in preference by deer, especially early on in its growing stages. You will probably not experience much utilization, but what the deer eat will be good for them. I strongly discourage anyone planting Brassica for fall attraction in the south. Cold weather makes the plant more desireable and the further north you go the better choice Brassica’s become. Brassica’s includes turnip greens, mustard greens, spinach and rape. Remember this is a generalization for this group.
Because each plant is different this gives the land manager/hunter the chance to mix and match different seed combinations so that the various species of plants can grow together providing a more durable and longer lasting food plot than could be achieved with any single species alone.
big buck Clover is one of the most popular forage crops for deer. But clover is a bit ambiguious because there are so many varieties and they are so different in their various characteristics.
Generally speaking clover can be planted because clover patches can be established that won’t need to be replanted each year which saves on money. But clover also has a reputation of being hard to establish. Basically if you want to establish clover you will need to put in time year round. You can’t abandon it all summer and expect it to be a thick lush plot in the fall. If you land or lease is hours away and you don’t get up there except during deer season you can do well with clover just expect to have to plant it each year.
However, if you have the equipment and the time clover can be an excellent forage crop that can really cut down on the cost of your food plots.
American Joint Vetch is a realative new comer to the deer scene. It is a plant that will die at the first frost and is also much more expensive to plant. So take that into consideration. But it is very high
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Originally posted by king of the pierFamiliarizing yourself with some of the more popular forages should help you refine your choices even more.
Rape is a member of the Brassica family. Rape is high in protein but low in preference by deer, especially early on in its growing stages. You will probably not experience much utilization, but what the deer eat will be good for them. I strongly discourage anyone planting Brassica for fall attraction in the south. Cold weather makes the plant more desireable and the further north you go the better choice Brassica’s become. Brassica’s includes turnip greens, mustard greens, spinach and rape. Remember this is a generalization for this group.
Because each plant is different this gives the land manager/hunter the chance to mix and match different seed combinations so that the various species of plants can grow together providing a more durable and longer lasting food plot than could be achieved with any single species alone.
big buck Clover is one of the most popular forage crops for deer. But clover is a bit ambiguious because there are so many varieties and they are so different in their various characteristics.
Generally speaking clover can be planted because clover patches can be established that won’t need to be replanted each year which saves on money. But clover also has a reputation of being hard to establish. Basically if you want to establish clover you will need to put in time year round. You can’t abandon it all summer and expect it to be a thick lush plot in the fall. If you land or lease is hours away and you don’t get up there except during deer season you can do well with clover just expect to have to plant it each year.
However, if you have the equipment and the time clover can be an excellent forage crop that can really cut down on the cost of your food plots.
American Joint Vetch is a realat
yes it was.works for us
looking to make an attempt to get some doves in my field for the 2015 season. The field is not very big…maybe a little over an acre in a rectangular shape. Was thinking about planting corn. Have heard round-up ready corn is the route i need to go. Others tell me sunflowers. There is nobody around me that plants anything at all, so hopefully it will produce birds. Anybody got any opinions on round up ready corn; best place to buy it etc. Thanks
22 mako
200 e-tec
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Originally posted by blacknbluelooking to make an attempt to get some doves in my field for the 2015 season. The field is not very big…maybe a little over an acre in a rectangular shape. Was thinking about planting corn. Have heard round-up ready corn is the route i need to go. Others tell me sunflowers. There is nobody around me that plants anything at all, so hopefully it will produce birds. Anybody got any opinions on round up ready corn; best place to buy it etc. Thanks
22 mako
200 e-tec
We did about 10 acres of sesame. Worked great! 6 hunts and just under 200 birds. Corn and sunflower work good but the deer didn’t touch the sesame. We replanted the sunflower twice and deer took it out both times, as for our corn, we got a little.
Millet is also very good for a dove field, and the deer don’t bother it much.
Capt. Larry Teuton
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Originally posted by blacknbluelooking to make an attempt to get some doves in my field for the 2015 season. The field is not very big…maybe a little over an acre in a rectangular shape. Was thinking about planting corn. Have heard round-up ready corn is the route i need to go. Others tell me sunflowers. There is nobody around me that plants anything at all, so hopefully it will produce birds. Anybody got any opinions on round up ready corn; best place to buy it etc. Thanks
22 mako
200 e-tec
plant the whole thing in sunflowers, put a Hotwire around it of its only an acre or so and that will solve the deer problem, feel free to shoot me a pm if you need any more info , we typically have a piece of a bag leftover we sell every year which would be more than enough to plant that plot.