So far, my food plots are a bust. I've had them in for a few months, and I'm not seeing much, if any sign that they are being used. I have wheat, turnips, arrow leaf clover and rye growing. I also have a broadcast feeder with corn in it that runs year round, and I put a protein feeder out with Purina Deer Chow. I can see a track or two from time to time, but nothing that indicates they stoped or spent any time there. I don't have very many deer and have only seen one doe so far this season. I believe there are good bucks here since I have quite a few pics of small bucks at the feeder over the last four years, but not one picture of anything that is close to being four years old or older. I havent' shot a buck in the last six years that I've owned the land, my neighbor has 240 acres on two sides of me, and he's never shot a buck on his land. The property across the creek from me is 460 acres of jungle. The owners haven't done anything with it, and it's very thick. The guys from the Water Dept. have the lease to hunt on it, but have only shot two bucks in the last six years. Both small.
I have the only food plot in over a square mile, but the deer either don't care, or haven't found it yet. I had a late acorn crop this year, and it wasn't as good as previous years, so I'm hoping they will run out of acorns pretty soon and get hungry for what I'm growing.
I planted claypeas last year in the spring for my summer crop. They did really well, but I didn't see any deer in there. All the tracks seem to be passing through, and not milling around. I would think that if they are eating the plants, that they would leave more sign that they have been there. I'm thinking about trying beans for my summer plot, but still haven't decided for sure.
Nice to hear your food plot is working. Sorry to hear about the accident.
Eddie