Fall food plot

[tcook8296]

Starting to convert summer soybean plot into a fall and winter plot.

I broadcast turnips and radishes into the beans about 2 weeks ago.

Just started prepping the cereal grain portion.

This year I am doing a strip around the perimeter field edges instead of broadcasting the whole field. Im hoping it keeps the deer feeding along the edges within bow range.

Going to plant around labor day winter rye, wheat and oats mix. May throw in some more beans. Bucks are starting to change it up a bit, I had 2 new 8 pts show up for the 1st time within the last few days

Turnips and radishes in soybeans

Turnips and radishes

Ceral grain strip around field edges

Edited August 24, 2017 by tcook8296

[Rusty]

Looking good Mr. Cook.    

 

You're lucky, if I had to rotate one more picture it was gonna cost you a hunt on that pretty farm of yours.  But I only had to fix 4 of the 5, so you're good.  

[tcook8296]

Lol I rotated them also.

[Silver Belly62]

Looks good, nice job. Do you do any corn also ?

Edited August 24, 2017 by Silver Belly62

[tcook8296]

Looks good, nice job. Do you do any corn also ?

No corn. Corn is expensive for foodplots and the amount of deer in my area would wipe the plot out.

Also, I have a few hundred acres of corn across the road from me

Edited August 24, 2017 by tcook8296

[tpr1921]

Very nice.

[Nanuk]

Looks Great !! With all this rain this year everything must be growing quickly .

[JerseyJaysTaxidermy]

Looks Great !! With all this rain this year everything must be growing quickly .

Including the weeds.. tough competition for the plots

 

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[tcook8296]

Including the weeds.. tough competition for the plots

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Nothing wrong with some weeds. Deer eat them too.

Look at the bare dirt in the 1st pick. Using winter rye in the plot the previous fall suppresses the weeds.

Thats why most clover plots are planted in the fall with a nurse crop of rye. It makes a big difference in weed competition.

I will broadcast some more turnips and radishes into the bare spots to fill them in

Edited August 24, 2017 by tcook8296

[Bmelvin]

Great looking plots as usual Tom. Best of luck this year

[Livesintrees]

Everything from shoulder height down is deer food. Deer need variety. No need to get overly concerned with weeds in the plot.

[rocky]

You put a hell of a lot of effort into your deer management sir. Hopefully it will pan out for you in the near future. I myself watched a couple real nice shooter bucks over the years, and the more I saw them the less I wanted to hunt them. I actually enjoyed seeing them more then hunting them. Eventually they disappeared but that was ok for me.

[tcook8296]

You put a hell of a lot of effort into your deer management sir. Hopefully it will pan out for you in the near future. I myself watched a couple real nice shooter bucks over the years, and the more I saw them the less I wanted to hunt them. I actually enjoyed seeing them more then hunting them. Eventually they disappeared but that was ok for me.

I enjoy watching the deer feed in my food plots. 

Mostly does and fawns. I try to keep the does happy as they are the best attractant for bucks