Abundant leafy forage during hunting season will equal more deer on your food plots.
Best summer food plots for deer.
It also contains winter peas and annual clovers that emerge quickly to provide early forage.
Sunn hemp for deer food plots don t forget that food plotters in the northern united states can grow some cool season crops in summer with a spring planting.
Highly palatable to deer legumes offer a wealth of protein and digestible nutrients.
How to make a small hunting food plot using hand tools.
Food plots composed of one half grain sorghum legume mix and one half red clover arrowleaf clover oats mixture make an excellent spring summer fall food supply for deer.
Best food plots for deer overcome summer challenges 1.
Trical triticale has sucrose levels that surpass wheat oats and other triticale varieties and is the sweetest forage cereal grain you can plant.
Adding fertilizer when it s dry hot and the plants are stressed is.
Maybe it s time to try a diverse blend.
This blend is a mix of peas beans buckwheat and sunflowers.
This combo planting of durana clover and chicory makes an excellent summer crop choice but there are lots of varieties besides clover to choose from.
A step by step guide to making a small food plot without a tractor or heavy equipment it is in a strategic area between a bedding area and timber with a natural pinch point to funnel deer.
These species won t survive hot summers of the deep south when established in spring but will do just fine in the north.
They include clover chicory oats and alfalfa.
Larger summer food plots will really attract and concentrate deer in the evenings and so there could be dozens feeding at a time.
We refer to it as green manure james said.
Plant early maturing fruit trees.
Fertilize plots but only at appropriate times.
Legumes are a fantastic summer food plot.
It creates great attraction and improves the soil.
Soybeans are one of the best options in food plots for deer as they re high in protein grow fast and whitetails can t get enough of them.
If your tree stand is located right on the edge of the field this makes it really difficult to sneak out at the end of your hunt.
Are the deer numbers too high for your food plot to grow.
This blend will provide forage from late spring until the first frost.
The buckwheat first emerges to provide early forage while the beans and sunflowers begin to grow.
They are very versatile and will grow in a wide variety of soil types for most every part of the country.
Wms recommends the pea patch seed blend as the best spring and summer food plot for deer.