food plots

[jimbires]

our soybeans got to about 10 or 12 inches high , and the deer destroyed those food plots . they ate the soybeans down to about 2 inches high . we are going to replant those fields this coming weekend with some kind of a seed blend , I think it's called fall plot . get that replanted and we are done , no matter what happens , the club is out of money . counting the cost of the soil samples , seed , fertilizer , we spent right at $5500 this year on the food plots . that does not include equipment , like the new discs , fuel , broadcast spreader , things like this .

 

[RL338]

It is amazing how fast deer can mow down a plot of beans.
I sprayed my bean patch on Friday , what hadn’t drowned out. Of the 2.5 acres I’ve lost about an acre do to wetness.

 

[Nannyhammer]

i have had good success with the 3D electric to keep them out until my small plots get a head start.

 

[mjcmichigan]

Thought you guys would like to see one of my bucks in velvet…saw a little sparing action on trail camera already.. bucks checking and doe checking their scrap lines..I hear they do that all year, but I’m seeing it this year… it’s been drier lately and they are getting ahead of growth.. so food plot getting shorter.. probably won’t make fall at this rate.. will oversees in 2-3 weeks and hit it with some fertilizer…

 

[salmonchaser]

It is amazing how fast deer can mow down a plot of beans.
I sprayed my bean patch on Friday , what hadn’t drowned out. Of the 2.5 acres I’ve lost about an acre do to wetness.

Bastards always sneaking around the barn

 

[JD338]

This buck was strolling across the driveway.

JD338

 

[JD338]

Tilled 3 food plots today. Got one more to do.
I'm going to reseed these plots.

 

[RL338]

If it can dry out I would like to plant something in the center in front of my stand where the beans died out.
I wish deer would like the taste of rocks , plenty of them to eat

 

[JD338]

Got my last food plot tilled. This makes #4.
My food plots are small and not very far from thick cover. The deer are in them at all hours of the day.

 

[RL338]

Yesterday I seeded down the area where the beans died out and a small plot where I set up my bow blind. Beans that are growing are about 6” tall and flowering , usually they’re thigh high by now.
This year’s growing season has been a challenge for sure.

 

[cloverleaf]

Again- you guys impress me. I am also amazed that at this late date- (early august) you can get food plots to grow. Course I am stuck in MN. Few weeks are all that is left of the growing season for most things. Wish my tomatoes would start ripening- looking good. CL

 

[RL338]

What I seeded in is design for a fall plot. Turnip , rape , and kale as a fall mix.
This year has been a challenge to say the least.

 

[RL338]

New little plot is greening up.

 

[JD338]

I tilled and reseeded 4 of my food plots on 7/31.
They are starting to take off. The deer are in them at all hours of the day.

JD338

 

[jimbires]

the stuff we planted the end of July is growing great .a week ago it was about a foot high . the deer were nipping at it , but not devouring it .

 

[RL338]

This little plot went from this
to this

I took it from my blind. There is a oak to the right and a crab apple to the left in the background. The deer just walk around the outside of it , no one picture of a deer in it. I moved my cellular camera to the oak this past weekend.

 

[salmonchaser]

My neighbors have a food plot about a mile from our house