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Post by NitroHunter on Mar 5, 2004 19:43:02 GMT -5
My brother in law bought some land and is wanting to make it a great place to deer hunt for just the family and close friends.
It has a descent population of deer on it and the turkey hunting is already good. I was just wondering what some of your thoughts were on what is best to plant and stuff like that.
I realize that it's a few years down the road but this has the makings of a great place to hunt.
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Post by deerslayer11 on Mar 5, 2004 19:47:43 GMT -5
I bought a friend a bunch of the 1pound samplers for X-mas. I figured that way he could find what they liked best.
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Post by gulfcoasthunter on Mar 6, 2004 2:12:11 GMT -5
I have tried several of the blends and found that the deer eat them when they first come out of the ground then pretty much leave them alone. Best results for me have been soy beans and iron clay peas in the summer and Austrian winter peas in the fall/winter. Just have to plant enough acrage to keep the deer from mowing it down the fist week or two.
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Post by noonebil on Mar 8, 2004 16:44:00 GMT -5
Check with your local DNR biologist to see what the deer/turkey in your area are eating. Make sure you check soil pH before planting anything. The animals won't touch anything you plant if the soil is too acid (makes the plants bitter).
Planting should be done according to what you intend to get out of the food plots. If you are looking for year round nutrition, you should have a different plan from if you are looking to plant plots to attract animals to a stand.
There are a lot of variables & lots of info out there.
FYI: I intend to plant mustard greens this fall. I generally plant plots for hunting over.
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Post by RedOak on Mar 16, 2004 12:56:40 GMT -5
Well since yall own the land I would go with some fruit trees. Deer will tear up apples and pears. Sure it will take a few years until you start getting decent production but I have yet to see an apple or pear a deer wont eat. I really don't think the cost would be all that much. Trees run about $20 or so, less if you get younger ones, but these are more fragile and take longer to bear. While the initial investment may be high, consider that it is basically a one-time investment.
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Post by NitroHunter on Mar 16, 2004 18:55:31 GMT -5
The fruit trees are something we've been talking about and probably will go with. Like you said it will be a few years down the road, but it's a one time investment that will produce year after year.
I dont see how we could go wrong with something like that.
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