Habitats & Food Plots

Hunting over food plots has become standard operating procedure for most landowner/hunters. Fall food plots concentrate deer and frankly make it a little easier to take that buck of a lifetime or harvest sufficient does to keep your population in check. But, there is a whole lot more to creating fall food plots than sprinkling some seed under a tree stand — a whole lot more.

Start With the Design

Seed Day;

Every type of plant for food plots has a "best" season to plant it. In the case of brassicas, that season is now. From August through September is the time to get these plants in the ground. Brassicas include plants such as kale, turnips, ***, radishes and others.

Lots of how-to's and the story of an old buck named Split Brow!

Study after study has demonstrated that bears, coyotes, and even bobcats prey heavily on fawns. Coyotes seem to be getting the most attention by hunters and for good reason. Coyote populations are burgeoning in most areas. Where they were once critters of the cactus and tumbleweed they now are showing up in cornfields and acorn flats. They've moved into neighborhoods and would just as soon make a meal of your pet tabby as chase a jackrabbit through a patch of cactus.

It's time to get those Reconyx Trail Cameras out and start focusing on antlers!

Wildlife food plots provide tons of high quality nutrition to whitetails and are a cornerstone of most well managed deer properties. But, before you get all wrapped up in an expensive food plot program, you would be wise to do some work with your property's native vegetation.

This episode is full of tips that every hunter can use!  Dr. Woods and the GrowingDeerTV team tour a property in Eastern Missouri offering the landowner tips and advice on how he can improve his property for better deer hunting and habitat.   Tips for timing of prescribed fire, trail camera set-up, water/ponds, and more!

In this episode Dr. Woods shares food plot techniques that will make a huge difference in the production of your food plots and future antler growth.

Clover can be a great addition to any wildlife manager's tool bag in providing quality forage and hunting areas. Watch right here to find out everything we do to keep clover in our food plots for years to come! If you think mowing is the key -- you'll think differently after watching this video.