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<blockquote data-quote="Deer Slayer" data-source="post: 1253730" data-attributes="member: 8855"><p>We will begin our journey from a piece of raw unturned pasture to incorporating a high yield food plot (s), you need to keep in mind our ultimate goal: we want to end up with a series of food plots, which may be just 1 or 2, that will make the property we hunt as ATTRACTIVE TO DEER, NUTRIOUS, and HUNTABLE as possible. If this is your goal, then the following 4 steps will accomplish that assuming Mother Nature will cooperate.</p><p></p><p> 1) Determine how many plots that you want to plant and where you will put them.</p><p></p><p> 2) Decide what you want to plant in each site.</p><p></p><p> 3) Prepare the sites correctly for planting.</p><p></p><p> 4) Follow the instructions and plant correctly.</p><p></p><p> It does not matter if you have hundreds of acres or just 20 acres, the steps will get you from no food plots to a food plot system that will pull deer from the surrounding property and as far away as a mile or two. The specific steps must follow in the same order. I got a little head of myself in the previous post.</p><p></p><p> Regardless of the size of your property you want to have enough acreage in plots to maximize the attraction and nutrition, but without planting so much that the deer have no reason to move. Most people plant from 2% to 5% of their total property into food plots if they just want "hunting plots". I personally have 10% of my total property in food plots. This is divided fairly evenly between "hunting plots" and "feeding plots". Most people who plant food plots plant hunting plots. These plots can be a 1/10 acre up to a couple of acres.</p><p></p><p>In coming weeks I will discuss fertilizers,herbicides, specific seeds to plant, growth stimulants and more.</p><p></p><p> Gentlemen start your engines.... it is time to start your prep for Fall. More tonight.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deer Slayer, post: 1253730, member: 8855"] We will begin our journey from a piece of raw unturned pasture to incorporating a high yield food plot (s), you need to keep in mind our ultimate goal: we want to end up with a series of food plots, which may be just 1 or 2, that will make the property we hunt as ATTRACTIVE TO DEER, NUTRIOUS, and HUNTABLE as possible. If this is your goal, then the following 4 steps will accomplish that assuming Mother Nature will cooperate. 1) Determine how many plots that you want to plant and where you will put them. 2) Decide what you want to plant in each site. 3) Prepare the sites correctly for planting. 4) Follow the instructions and plant correctly. It does not matter if you have hundreds of acres or just 20 acres, the steps will get you from no food plots to a food plot system that will pull deer from the surrounding property and as far away as a mile or two. The specific steps must follow in the same order. I got a little head of myself in the previous post. Regardless of the size of your property you want to have enough acreage in plots to maximize the attraction and nutrition, but without planting so much that the deer have no reason to move. Most people plant from 2% to 5% of their total property into food plots if they just want "hunting plots". I personally have 10% of my total property in food plots. This is divided fairly evenly between "hunting plots" and "feeding plots". Most people who plant food plots plant hunting plots. These plots can be a 1/10 acre up to a couple of acres. In coming weeks I will discuss fertilizers,herbicides, specific seeds to plant, growth stimulants and more. Gentlemen start your engines.... it is time to start your prep for Fall. More tonight. [/QUOTE]
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