Too big?

[Doc]

sounds like the right choice for you Doc. Don't think anyone was going to change you already made up mind anyway. Clearly food plots don't fit very well with your hunting style or philosophy and it would have been nothing but stress for you.

As I clearly explained, I have no problems with food plots relative to my hunting style or philosophy. Where on earth did you get that from? My issue with the proposed arrangement, as I clearly stated was with the lack of harvest management control on property that I was expected to drop some money into. And I'm not sure what the crack about a "made up mind" was all about. Where that came from, I have no idea. I posed a question and got a wide variety of answers. The only thing I made my mind up to was that I was heading for a bad deal.

[erussell]

Smart move Doc. I spent a bunch of money on putting a food plot once on my Grandfathers land. Unfortunately it was the same yr he decided to let the whole neighborhood hunt his 60 acres. It was a slaughter, I lost out big on the money and the herd hasnt been the same since. Havent hunted it since either.

Edited June 22, 2012 by erussell

[dave6x6]

Sorry Doc , I guess i'll just agree with you next time despite 50 posts by some very smart food plot guys. (All over sized plots are stupid and a waste)

Edited June 24, 2012 by dave6x6

[Doc]

Sorry Doc , I guess i'll just agree with you next time despite 50 posts by some very smart food plot guys. (All over sized plots are stupid and a waste)

You seem to be very eager to start a controversy where none exists. I frankly have no clue what the heck you are talking about. Look, if your thing is putting in agriculture sized food plots, knock your socks off. I frankly don't care, but this constant sniping is getting a bit silly. Do what you want. I was simply asking a question. You seem to want to turn it into some kind of an argument. Sorry but I just don't get it. You want me to say I'm wrong and you're right about something? OK ..... you're right and I'm wrong. I hope that finally settles what ever your problem is.

[landtracdeerhunter]

Doc, you have drawn my interest in this subject. I have yet, to find a formula for a calculation of food source quantity for browsing deer.

Edited June 24, 2012 by landtracdeerhunter

[Doc]

Doc, you have drawn my interest in this subject. I have yet, to find a formula for a calculation of food source quantity for browsing deer.

Well, I'm no expert on the subject of food plots, so it's probably not surprising that I have never ran into one. But as someone pointed out, conditions of herd size, available natural browse, the general health of the plot, and a bunch of other variables probably make boiling it all down to a single formula kind of difficult. On the other hand, I guess I thought that there might be at least a general formula that would give you a very rough guide with maybe a bunch of qualifiers. But, at least it was worth a question just to try to see what kind of info is available on the subject.

[dave6x6]

There are formulas out there. Just google them. Texas A&m study. Auburn study. Tacamote study ect. Pretty complicated to put it in a forum post. Much of the info is somewhat subjective and lots of variable and controlled circumstances.

Edited June 25, 2012 by dave6x6

[erussell]

Funny thing tho, There are no agricultural areas around where I hunt and very few people who put out even small plots let alone anything over an acre. And yet there are still people who shoot deer in the 140's and 150's around where I hunt, off from natural brows from hardwoods and overgrown fields. So yeah food is important but age is even more important. If a buck doesnt make it over 4 yrs of age it really doesnt matter what you plant a 2yr old will not break 130 unless its a freak of nature.