Deer season

Shaneard · Jul 2, 2019

Got started on the food plot for the 2019 season. Weeds were so tall you could barely see the blind at the end of the field. Going to spray it and kill it then plant buckwheat. I've never planted buckwheat before. Planted soybeans last year in this field and they came up about 6" high and got murdered. Tried turnips for late season and that didn't work.

Thomas · Jul 2, 2019

Nice layout :thumbsup:
High grass weeds this time of the year found fawns turkey chicks and had some close calls.

nybirdman · Jul 2, 2019

We gave up on soy-beans;deer eat them as fast as they come up.We planted field corn,sorghum,sun-flowers,cow-peas;late planting will be millet,winter wheat and brassicas.

coobie · Jul 2, 2019

Our food plot this year.Had it planted before all of the crazy rain started.

jaxs · Jul 2, 2019

Re-sprouting weeds following being mowed down is about as attractive as anything. Diversed plants can help, as deer are disimating one type by over-grazing,other types are able to grow. One of the best deer magnets I've seen was created by accident. A hunting pardner borrowed a brush clearing machine from the utility company he worked for. He cleared several shooting lanes that happened to have lots of honeysuckle in them. In Tx,honeysuckle is evergreen so there was plenty of new growth from the clearing operation.
So,I suggest you plant 2 or more types and mow areas in addition to those that are being seeded. Last but not least,take a kid hunting.

jaxs · Jul 2, 2019

:thumbsup: Suitable for framing coobie.

Shaneard · Jul 3, 2019

Early pics look promising.

coobie · Jul 3, 2019

A pic of a few bucks in the food plots few years ago.The pic on the right is this last years buck in the front yard.Last pic was down in our woods.He was HUGH,never seen him again.

fried1765 · Jul 3, 2019

coobie said:
A pic of a few bucks in the food plots few years ago.The pic on the right is this last years buck in the front yard.Last pic was down in our woods.He was HUGH,never seen him again.

What a magnificent brute!

Shaneard · Jul 4, 2019

Here’s a decent North Carolina buck I got with a compound bow several years ago. 165 1/8 non typical

Complete Turf Care · Jul 4, 2019

One of my favorite parts of deer hunting was planting the food plots. On my last lease, we had about 16 acres of food plots on a 1250 acre lease.

We never had time to plant summer plots. I would go spray everything with Roundup in mid July, and then go spray again in mid to late August. By late September, or early October, we could just plow once and then broadcast our seed and cover it with a drag.

Spraying was a lot easier, cheaper, and faster than mowing.

One year we did try planting soybeans for the summer and had mixed results. If you do plant soybeans, I suggest finding a 'forage' type soybean that is "Roundup Ready". The forage type will grow a lot taller (up to 6 or 8 feet tall) and faster and might survive heavy grazing by the deer. These soybeans may be hard to find and expensive, but if you gonna plant soybeans, you might as well plant something that has a better chance.

coobie · Jul 4, 2019

Shaneard said:
Here痴 a decent North Carolina buck I got with a compound bow several years ago. 165 1/8 non typical

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Thats a dandy..

BRMyers · Jul 5, 2019

In the high grass watch out for the fawns. About got me one the other day when I was mowing, not sure who was more startled, the fawn or me. Both of us made it through without a scratch.

Larry Caldwell · Jul 6, 2019

I have a nuisance buck who has become way to accustomed to me and my dog. It comes charging out to play with the dog, which is a springer bird dog that has no interest in deer or livestock. It's going into the freezer this fall.

GregbkH · Jul 7, 2019

I have been planting soybeans for several years now with great success. I use a JD two row planter and plant 2 acres and boarder it with sunflowers. I get the most bang for my buck with soybeans. I also have clover plots out in the woods which are great as well. I am in an agricultural area where a lot of corn, beans and alfalfa is planted. However, I'm the only one that doesn't harvest the beans. They stand all winter and draw deer from all over.The deer really come to the plot when there is a lot of snow and cold.

Shaneard · Jul 15, 2019

More pictures

HawkinsHollow · Aug 23, 2019

Man Shane, you haver some nice looking bucks coming in! My food plot is almost ready, gonna be planting clover and chickory in a couple weeks. Right now i have some corn and a mineral lick out there, trying to bring them in. So far a few does and fawns coming in, no bucks on camera yet.

Shaneard · Aug 23, 2019

Hope he hangs around.

Shaneard · Aug 23, 2019

HawkinsHollow said:
Man Shane, you haver some nice looking bucks coming in! My food plot is almost ready, gonna be planting clover and chickory in a couple weeks. Right now i have some corn and a mineral lick out there, trying to bring them in. So far a few does and fawns coming in, no bucks on camera yet.

I’m gonna plant our food plot in the next couple weeks. Buckwheat this year.