What would be a good fall food plot to plant i have a stand on top on a big ridge around woods and there is a opening of prolly half of acre of grass what would be something good to plant there!!!!!!! ps something easy to play to lol thanks guys
There's lots of good mixes out there. Right now I'm looking at planting Diakon Radishes in a spot like this. As for easy.....you'll only get out of it what you put into it. Here's a blog I wrote recently on plots like this. http://www.bowhunting.com/blog/post/Kill-Plots-The-Other-Food-Plot.aspx
Assuming you haven't limed it prior to planting, go with a somewhat hardier cereal grain like Rye (not rye grass). This would provide good green-up, will have allelopathic effects on the fall and spring competing weeds, and provide good green manure when you till under in the spring. If the PH is sufficient, I would plant clover with a cover crop of winter rye. That's my go-to, and I love it.
Not all deer herds will like brassicas. So unless you know the deer in your neighborhood like them, I'd stay away from them. I know one guy who has planted them for 3 years and the deer just will not eat them on his farm.
You know more than "A" guy.... I just worked up 2 more spots last night. Turnips in one and clover in the other.
How do you know they don't like it if you don't plant it ? ? I'm lucky to have enough left to hunt over when season gets here they keep it mowed so short. I have seen them not eat the bulbs but they keep the tops mowed off. It looks like I was in there with a weed whacker. :D
