Small Food Plot for Deer

Yeah, I'd imagine roots would stop ya in a heartbeat with the boxblade and rippers.

Do you currently have a box blade, or looking at a new tractor implement?

 

This is the area we'll try a food plot next spring, we've had three fawns around here the last two weeks. We usually have between 4-6 each year.

The three pictures are of two fawns from the same mother.

 

We don't have one yet so I'll look at what a new one cost.

 

We are reclaiming our food plots, didn't plant them for 2-3 years, got them mowed, still have a lot of work to do. Found a few white oaks that we had planted and left some volunteer persimmon trees.

 

Nice setup Sav, about an hour after we stopped our talk yesterday, the two fawns and mom showed up in our backyard which we enjoyed for about 30 minutes before they left. They were eating some of the clover I planted with grass seed years back.

 

Nice work T.Jeff Veal , what will you plant once it's ready?

 

Probably wheat/oats mix with some turnips and clover

 

How will you plant that. Broadcast? Disk in? BTW. deer love red beet tops/leaves.

 

Broadcast and lightly disk in

 

We have one of these we used when we did the grass seed, would this work?

 

That would probably work, especially on a small area. We have the 3 pt PTO Hopper spreader. Can use it for pellet lime, fertilizer or seed.

 

Yes, if we had a larger area for the food plot, we would use our three pt spreader too.

 

Can't get sugar beets to grow down here. Have planted the Japanese radishes, did great.

 

Planted an acre of turnips and radishes, along with some clover-hope the clover comes on next spring. Got some rain yesterday and some more in the forecast, hope it's enough to germinate.
Have plans to spray 2 acres this weekend-for rye and oats.