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Improving Soil Health with Summer Food Plots Soil health is the basis of any successful agricultural or food plot plan. Healthy soil provides the nutrients and structure necessary for plants to thrive, ensuring that your deer have the best forage...

Spring is a great time to start planning your food plot program for the year. Many avid hunters sit down and think about what they want planted in each plot, in order to have the best food plots and the...

If you’re looking to create a food plot, frost seeding might be the simplest, most effective planting method you’ve never heard of. This no-till, low-maintenance method requires minimal upkeep and pairs nicely with the freeze-thaw cycles of late winter and...

As any experienced food plotter knows, providing consistent nutrition for your deer is essential to maintaining a healthy herd. Creating a year-round food plot strategy can significantly impact deer health, antler growth, and population sustainability. A balanced, year-round food plot...

Timing is everything! If you are a food plotter, it is fast approaching a busy and crucial time of year! In some areas of the country, many of you have already gotten your food plots in the ground and are...

Hello friends and fellow food plotters, it is one of my favorite times of year: fall food plot planting season! I’m sure some of y’all have already planted and I wish you great success! However, for the folks who have...

When discussing what to plant in your food plots, what is the first thing that comes to mind? I would venture to say that most people would give an answer such as “I want something to keep the most deer...

Seed Bed Preparation is Key for a Good Food Plot Typically, when I get a call from someone or visit a food plot location that hasn’t had the best results, there are a couple of things that come to mind...

There is no doubt that growing food plots is gaining popularity each and every year as hunters want to step up their game for better hunting and better heard health. With working trade shows and helping food plot customers on...

Everything You Need to Know About Food Plot Screening Whitetail hunters all over the country spend countless hours planning, preparing, and planting food plots. Many times, they are pleased with how the plot looks come hunting season. It’s a beautiful-looking...

Do you have a place on your property where you would love to plant a food plot, but it doesn’t get much sunlight?   Maybe it’s an old logging road or an area near your tree stand in the woods....

Chemicals at first glance can be confusing. How are we supposed to know what all the different herbicides on the market do and which ones to use, when we can barley even pronounce the lengthy words that look like they...

With hunting season in full swing, there are ways to attract deer and provide them with the nutrition they need for optimum growth throughout the winter and into the next hunting season. Frost seeding deer food plots is an economical...

Tip 3: A caution. While management does require some disciple and restraint on the trigger finger, be careful NOT to let overly strict harvest rules take the fun out of hunting, especially for the young or inexperienced. Remember, any deer...

You know, it’s not all that hard to plant something that will attract deer, but why not take the same money, effort and time and plant plots that will also provide good nutrition? We call plantings that are both attractive...

It would be hard to imagine a better food plot than a really good stand of Tecomate Lablab, but does that mean Lablab is always the best food plot choice? No, it does not! Different plants do different things. You...

Distribution And SizeOk, you have a handle on the total acreage of food plots needed, but how many plots do you need, what size should they be and where should they go. You can’t really answer any of these questions...

You like the idea of more and bigger deer on your property, and you’ve become convinced that food plots can help get you there. You’re ready to commit the time and resources necessary to get into an agricultural-based food-source management...

170! This is the gross score of a buck that every hunter dreams of harvesting in a lifetime. So every year around this time hunters start preparing for the up coming season by hanging stands, fine tuning their bow, shooting...

While the temperature climbs and climbs through the summer and many of our minds are fixated on spending time in the water keeping cool, we often forget about those animals which we hunt each winter. Summer is one of the...

One of my favorite parts of hunting is planting food plots for the animals I enjoy to pursue. I believe we as hunters have a special relationship with the dirt and a special desire to better the property we have...