WHAT AND WHEN ?

[Paratrooper395]

what is favorite food plot to plant and hunt over? and when do you put that seed in the ground?

 

[Rockspek]

What kind of seed? Acorns and apple seeds

when?  When you're young(they take a while to grow) or for your children. 

Probly not the answer you were looking for but for my first year plotting this year clover was the easiest and the deer are already eating it. 

[growalot]

Winter grains with clovers. This is late in the growing season some a Sept planting of winter grains are good. Clovers won't get a lot of growth now but in spring they will really take off. Turnips and hog radish can get some good growth. Now as far as mast trees . Dunstun Chestnuts are great, hazel too....they produce earlier than most and yearly.

[Paratrooper395]

@Rockspek, @growalot

thanks for the info trying to get an idea of what i want to put down first 

 

[wolc123]

I like a mix of winter wheat, white clover, and soybeans planted in late August to early September.  Get the ground tilled up, adding some 5-10-5 fertilizer, prior to the last pass with a disk.   Broadcast the wheat and soybeans, then cultipack.  Broadcast the clover, then cultipack again.   The sprouting soybeans will soon draw in deer from miles around.  They will hang around thru hunting season to feed on the wheat.  Bushhog that down the following late spring, before it goes to seed.  The clover will then  give you 3-5 more good years with just one or two mowings a year.    Prior to all that, a soil test to determine the PH is a good idea.   Lime is often needed to get good clover plots but wheat will grow on poor soil.

Edited August 28, 2016 by wolc123
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[Fantail]

Well the when is 1 - 2 weeks before labor day weekend 6k.

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[Paratrooper395]

@wolc123 that's a solid plan think I might go with an approach like that 

[ATbuckhunter]

Only time I can hunt over any open field its only grass. Deer seem to like it enough though so ill have to say grass.