Deer season

[Complete Turf Care]

One of my favorite parts of deer hunting was planting the food plots. On my last lease, we had about 16 acres of food plots on a 1250 acre lease.

We never had time to plant summer plots. I would go spray everything with Roundup in mid July, and then go spray again in mid to late August. By late September, or early October, we could just plow once and then broadcast our seed and cover it with a drag.

Spraying was a lot easier, cheaper, and faster than mowing.

One year we did try planting soybeans for the summer and had mixed results. If you do plant soybeans, I suggest finding a 'forage' type soybean that is "Roundup Ready". The forage type will grow a lot taller (up to 6 or 8 feet tall) and faster and might survive heavy grazing by the deer. These soybeans may be hard to find and expensive, but if you gonna plant soybeans, you might as well plant something that has a better chance.

 

[coobie]

Here痴 a decent North Carolina buck I got with a compound bow several years ago. 165 1/8 non typical

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Thats a dandy..

 

[Shaneard]

Thats a dandy..

He is. Killed his family member a few years later with a rifle. About half a mile from where the other one come from. Both NC bucks. Shot the other one late September, this one 2 days after Christmas.

 

[BRMyers]

In the high grass watch out for the fawns. About got me one the other day when I was mowing, not sure who was more startled, the fawn or me. Both of us made it through without a scratch.

 

[Larry Caldwell]

I have a nuisance buck who has become way to accustomed to me and my dog. It comes charging out to play with the dog, which is a springer bird dog that has no interest in deer or livestock. It's going into the freezer this fall.

 

[GregbkH]

I have been planting soybeans for several years now with great success. I use a JD two row planter and plant 2 acres and boarder it with sunflowers. I get the most bang for my buck with soybeans. I also have clover plots out in the woods which are great as well. I am in an agricultural area where a lot of corn, beans and alfalfa is planted. However, I'm the only one that doesn't harvest the beans. They stand all winter and draw deer from all over.The deer really come to the plot when there is a lot of snow and cold.

 

[Shaneard]

More pictures

 

[HawkinsHollow]

Man Shane, you haver some nice looking bucks coming in! My food plot is almost ready, gonna be planting clover and chickory in a couple weeks. Right now i have some corn and a mineral lick out there, trying to bring them in. So far a few does and fawns coming in, no bucks on camera yet.

 

[Shaneard]

Hope he hangs around.

 

[Shaneard]

Man Shane, you haver some nice looking bucks coming in! My food plot is almost ready, gonna be planting clover and chickory in a couple weeks. Right now i have some corn and a mineral lick out there, trying to bring them in. So far a few does and fawns coming in, no bucks on camera yet.

I’m gonna plant our food plot in the next couple weeks. Buckwheat this year.