I have been considering puting a foodplot in for a year or two. I am hunting an area in the mountains of PA. The soil is very rocky and hard to plant in. I was wondering how throw n grow might work in this type of soil? Also if i have success planting a plot, how might i place my stand, travel route or on the food plot? Also how will i get into my stand in the morning without spooking deer off the plot?? I am new to bowhunting, this is my first year and have loved every second of it, just looking for some help from bowhunters with more experiance! Thank you all ahead of time, -BowHunt4Life
When we visit our feeders and stands, we always pull up in a vehicle and leave it running while we do our business. In the mornings or afternoon I will have someone drive me close to the stand and drop me off, then they go park the vehicle far away. It covers any noise of getting into a stand or getting set up that seems unnatural, the deer just hear a vehicle that they have heard all summer long. This may be bad advice, but it has always worked well for me in the past to keep deer from being spooked before our hunts. You may not have the luxury of hunting with partner though, so the advice may be useless!!
Not sure what to suggest for seed to use since I have no experience with planting on rocky mountain terrain. If I was going to experiment I'd start with clover, a lot of varieties that do well in very different conditions. As for hunting, I seldom hunt on a plot, I hunt travel corridors between the plot and bedding, far enough away to not spook deer off the plot or out of bedding. Also try to find a exit and entrance route that is least intrusive. A perfect stand location with poor exit and entrance routes is not worth hunting. Good luck!
Thanks for the help, Ill get my trail cam out and find the best travel route between bedding and feeding during spring
The throw and grow didn't work much for me. It grew great, but the deer didnt eat it. It's better to just cut what's there...the deer love that fresh cut.
All that is along the side of the mountain where i hunt is a complete briar thicket, north facing slope. There are some good game trails going through there i thought about hanging a stand possibly. Heard that some decent bucks like to hang out in thick stuff, land i hunt in is private land and non pressured so im not sure how much of that stands true.
