Food Plot Basics

[dennishoddy]

TY! We've tried a mix with soybeans and cowpeas before but they get wiped out by the deer before even close to producing a bean.

That's the problem with planting beans. They get nipped off and never grow back unless you have a huge plot that will keep them fed all season and need more rain than we get in NW Ok.

 

[undeg01]

I planted my food plots a week ago Tuesday, then started getting rain on them a week ago today. Since the rain started, I have had 3.1” total, getting rain about ever other day. Needless to say, I was very pleased when I pulled in today and saw a perfect stand of cowpeas. I then took the tractor to the back of the place to check out the summer wildlife mix I planted and was pleased with how it is coming on.

 

[dennishoddy]

View attachment 475394I planted my food plots a week ago Tuesday, then started getting rain on them a week ago today. Since the rain started, I have had 3.1” total, getting rain about ever other day. Needless to say, I was very pleased when I pulled in today and saw a perfect stand of cowpeas. I then took the tractor to the back of the place to check out the summer wildlife mix I planted and was pleased with how it is coming on.

That's going to be a great food plot!
Do you use a grow cage to see how hard they are hitting it? I need to and never have.

 

[undeg01]

That's going to be a great food plot!
Do you use a grow cage to see how hard they are hitting it? I need to and never have.

I hadn’t thought of that, but I will. I think I’ve got some hog wire around here someplace.

 

[undeg01]

 

[undeg01]

And the clover plots I have been developing are looking really good this year.

 

[Okie4570]

Rain makes all the difference lol. We finally got some Saturday and a little on Monday. Planting mine today.

 

[Okie4570]

No dust for a change and seed in the ground. Prob the only 71' bronco in the world pulling a grain drill today. Didn't have access to my trailer today to get the small tractor to the plot, so I improvised lol.