BuckSutherland
5 year old buck +
After having food plots from 2013-2017 on 40 acres and many more untouched state land acres around I have come to the conclusion that they are WORTHLESS. Land was purchased opening weekend of 2012. I shot a nice 8 pt the first week of owning that property before we did any work. From 2013-2017 we had ONE buck sighted in daylight that I can remember and it was far away from any food plot. That's right, one buck in 4 years. And the property is hands down one of the best in the area. We have the biggest bedding area right on the south side of the property and the big destination food source on the north side.
Fast forward to this year and I let the stupid plots grow up in weeds. This year I had 4 sightings of nice bucks. Twice a great ten point for my area, once a great 8 pt and, once a small 8 pt. Should have connected on the big ten, but didnt. From my cameras and my sightings I know he moved during daylight 4 times during hunting hours. Almost all of our trail cam pics for 2013-2017 show only night time buck movement. Never did we have a camera pic of a buck moving in daylight during hunting. All buck movement in the food plot years was at 3am.
This video does a pretty decent job of explaining how I feel.
Fast forward to this year and I let the stupid plots grow up in weeds. This year I had 4 sightings of nice bucks. Twice a great ten point for my area, once a great 8 pt and, once a small 8 pt. Should have connected on the big ten, but didnt. From my cameras and my sightings I know he moved during daylight 4 times during hunting hours. Almost all of our trail cam pics for 2013-2017 show only night time buck movement. Never did we have a camera pic of a buck moving in daylight during hunting. All buck movement in the food plot years was at 3am.
This video does a pretty decent job of explaining how I feel.