OK,.... I'm hooked....

[Grizz1219]

This year I did 2 food plots.. did Biologic Green Patch plus in both.... Looking towards next year to go a step or two up from this.. what should I plant.. when should I start working the food plots.. etc...

[growalot]

keep Welter seed and Honey corp in mind....they have a lot of choices and with small seed per pound you can get a lot on a small box for shipping...on big bags...order real early and the do 1/2 price shipping for stuff you can't find locally

[landtracdeerhunter]

Yeah, +1 on Welters. They have some really nice seed too.

[G-Man]

you need to access what surrounding land use/provides the deer and plant what is missing. if you have a large ag fields around you but they are all harvested early, you may want a late season food source, standing corn/brassicas. if your land is covered in forest and not much else, a year round mix may be what you need. there are options for everything and soil type and moisture will tell you what specfic type of seed. as always the better prepared seed bed the better the planting will do.

[Grizz1219]

It's a large farm... They plant corn, soybean and sunflower.... Thinking late season and maybe early season... plus mineral sights as well.. What we be good to maybe frost seed for an early spring bonus for them???

[G-Man]

Mineral sites are illegal in NY. If your looking for spring planting turning under old sod now is a good idea. Sounds like a clover or alfalfa mix(if dryer/quick draining soil is preseNt. ) should be a larger planting,acre or so, i would concentrate on brassica, or a corn soybean mix for late season. Perhaps a cerial grain with clover or alfalfa planted with it is a good idea as well. Oat,n clover do well.

[growalot]

but if alfalfa ...you need to make sure your PH is very good...reds and some wht clovers more ph tolerant as chicories and trifoils

[Grizz1219]

Why can't you put out minerals in the spring???? You aren't hunting.....

[landtracdeerhunter]

Never would be without legume- grass mix, but alfalfa and trefoil loose alot of nutrition after a good killing frost. I like the blue grass, red top and timothy grasses mixed in.  Clover gain sugars and become prefered. Great for mid to late bow right into gun season. Brassicas fill the void when other wither out. Then again, can't forget the Dakion Radish, feeding right into February.

[growalot]

Q: What types of attractants are legal for deer hunting?
A: You may use cover scents and lures, such as doe urine, for deer hunting. However, it is illegal to place a salt block or mineral lick on lands inhabited by deer at any time of year. It is also illegal to feed deer. Some attractants that are marketed for deer are liquids or dissolving powders which deer may not directly consume, but the attractants may entice deer to feed on the material which absorbed the attractant. These types of produces would not be legal.

 

[Grizz1219]

Well... that will save me some money in the spring then.... That seems odd though, I can see not during hunting season... but in the spring??? Oh well.. Thanks for keeping me on the path... LOL

[WhitetailAddict11]

Check out "Big 'N Beasty" by frigid forage. Bill Winke is a great whitetail hunter and manager and he literally just broadcasts that seed and it grows full and thick, and deer eat it clear into the snows of late season.

[Grizz1219]

I love Bill!!!! Great deer hunter for sure..

 

[WhitetailAddict11]

You said it man!

[WesternNY]

AS said before know what is around you, but I would try to plan and plant to provide as close to as you can year round food.   Clover is king in my opinion,  Corn,  Brassica's (frigid Forage is awesome stuff)  Winter rye or winter wheat.

The winter rye/wheat are planted first couple weeks of Sept will give them food fall, winter and into spring.  Clover is mainly Spring green up til snow, but they will dig to get to it, but it is dormant in winter.  The rye and wheat will grow a bit under the snow.   Sounds like you already have corn.   Brassicas are a great late season forage, they will dig and eat the bulbs in Jan and Feb.  Good luck and welcome to the addiction of food plotting.