SD51555
5 year old buck +
I've been forced to become a student of the forages. I've never had enough plot space to grow first choice forages. Hell, I don't think I could get 1-4 to November to be honest. So I've spent a long time trying to understand in what order and at what time deer eat certain things during bow season, and through gun season. I've also come up with a guess on what I think is the order of forages on my place.
Beans, corn, brassicas, and oaks won't ever be a hunting draw for me. So let's start at #5
5. Alfalfa - mid September into early October
6. Clover - October
7. Cereals - Late October until snow burial.
8. (blank for the snow intermission. It snows, deer vanish for two weeks)
9. Clover - They come back in winter and dig it up.
Anyone else try shifting their forage offering to make it last to your desired time?
Beans, corn, brassicas, and oaks won't ever be a hunting draw for me. So let's start at #5
5. Alfalfa - mid September into early October
6. Clover - October
7. Cereals - Late October until snow burial.
8. (blank for the snow intermission. It snows, deer vanish for two weeks)
9. Clover - They come back in winter and dig it up.
Anyone else try shifting their forage offering to make it last to your desired time?