Bill Loser
5 year old buck +
So as a relative newbie to food plots and such, meaning I'm just now seriously getting into planning prepping and planting for exclusively wildlife . I think its time to up my game some.
I have been planting any mixture of soy beans, corn, sunflowers, pumpkins and assorted other "normal" crops the last few years.
This coming year I'd like to change things up and plant more of a year round type food or foods.
I currently only have 20 acres, 6 of it is farmed and is alfalfa now. Another 6 or 7 is a retired crop feild that i have planted 7 apple trees, 2 pear trees, 6 hazelnuts, and an assortment of evergreens along with a few oaks , aspen and sugar maples.
All the trees except the fruit trees are young yet, less than 3 foot tall. The fruits have all been in for 5 years plus and should start producing well this year.
We mapped it and it comes to about 4 or 5 acres i can plant winding around the trees and bushes. I normally use the corn or sunflower as vision blocks first and food second. As this is open fields now i feel they need the cover to use it during the daylight. It has worked decent so far.
What i want to do is plant somethings that would give more of a year round feeding option for them than what i am planting now. Keeping in mind the need for some type of cover.
Im not looking for trophy bucks, just deer numbers and if i can get a bruiser or 2 once in awhile great. But im happy with just getting a deer or 3 a year.
Its a touph situation for hunting but it's what I got so i try to male it work.
I have been planting any mixture of soy beans, corn, sunflowers, pumpkins and assorted other "normal" crops the last few years.
This coming year I'd like to change things up and plant more of a year round type food or foods.
I currently only have 20 acres, 6 of it is farmed and is alfalfa now. Another 6 or 7 is a retired crop feild that i have planted 7 apple trees, 2 pear trees, 6 hazelnuts, and an assortment of evergreens along with a few oaks , aspen and sugar maples.
All the trees except the fruit trees are young yet, less than 3 foot tall. The fruits have all been in for 5 years plus and should start producing well this year.
We mapped it and it comes to about 4 or 5 acres i can plant winding around the trees and bushes. I normally use the corn or sunflower as vision blocks first and food second. As this is open fields now i feel they need the cover to use it during the daylight. It has worked decent so far.
What i want to do is plant somethings that would give more of a year round feeding option for them than what i am planting now. Keeping in mind the need for some type of cover.
Im not looking for trophy bucks, just deer numbers and if i can get a bruiser or 2 once in awhile great. But im happy with just getting a deer or 3 a year.
Its a touph situation for hunting but it's what I got so i try to male it work.