Comments on: Common Spring Food Plots for Deer http://www.buckmanager.com/2008/02/27/spring-food-plots-for-deer-with-common-plants/ Deer Hunting and Habitat Management Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:29:47 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Save http://www.buckmanager.com/2008/02/27/spring-food-plots-for-deer-with-common-plants/comment-page-1/#comment-1974 Save Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:22:02 +0000 http://www.buckmanager.com/2008/02/27/spring-food-plots-for-deer-with-common-plants/#comment-1974 Corn leaves contain 19% protein on a dry matter basis. Hence, the reason many are recomending it for cattle grazing in the late summer when there is limited amounts of other forages. Corn leaves contain 19% protein on a dry matter basis. Hence, the reason many are recomending it for cattle grazing in the late summer when there is limited amounts of other forages.

]]> By: Lance Cabaniss http://www.buckmanager.com/2008/02/27/spring-food-plots-for-deer-with-common-plants/comment-page-1/#comment-1709 Lance Cabaniss Mon, 03 Aug 2009 16:28:03 +0000 http://www.buckmanager.com/2008/02/27/spring-food-plots-for-deer-with-common-plants/#comment-1709 Iron and clay peas make a high protein deer forage and are tougher to kill due to grazing. They grow good in the southeast as I plant it for myself and a number of clients in the Clarke City, Alabama, area. The down side is once whitetail deer know what they are looking for a year or two down the road, it's hard to create any type of food plot using beans or peas into a 1 to 2 acre plot. They just overgraze it too early. What else could I plant as a food plot to provide protein and forage during the antler growing stage and fawning period? We have high density deer numbers and our ground is sandy loam. The pH is 6.8 to 7.2 and we spare no expense when planting, so money is not an object. Please help. Iron and clay peas make a high protein deer forage and are tougher to kill due to grazing. They grow good in the southeast as I plant it for myself and a number of clients in the Clarke City, Alabama, area. The down side is once whitetail deer know what they are looking for a year or two down the road, it’s hard to create any type of food plot using beans or peas into a 1 to 2 acre plot. They just overgraze it too early.

What else could I plant as a food plot to provide protein and forage during the antler growing stage and fawning period? We have high density deer numbers and our ground is sandy loam. The pH is 6.8 to 7.2 and we spare no expense when planting, so money is not an object. Please help.

]]> By: Game Ear http://www.buckmanager.com/2008/02/27/spring-food-plots-for-deer-with-common-plants/comment-page-1/#comment-688 Game Ear Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:03:41 +0000 http://www.buckmanager.com/2008/02/27/spring-food-plots-for-deer-with-common-plants/#comment-688 Excellent article. My father and I are planting clover and some food plot mixes this year for the first time. We see plently of tracks but they are always going through our land, not to our land. Hopefully this year we will fare better. Excellent article. My father and I are planting clover and some food plot mixes this year for the first time. We see plently of tracks but they are always going through our land, not to our land. Hopefully this year we will fare better.

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