Besides something hard to grow like chufa, what is the best food plot plant for turkeys. I'm leaning toward Imperial Whitetail Clover. Any other suggestions?
I do.Do you all frost sow the clover?
YesDo you all frost sow the clover?
^^^this^^^A good clover mix like Crimson, Arrowleaf & Landino is just about as close as you can come to a year round food source for deer, turkey & rabbits.
I tilled and planted mine 2 years ago. I'm hoping we get another snow here soon and plan to sow more then or the next big frost if I can make it out there.Do you all frost sow the clover?
True... but the boss hen is going to be 500y from good nesting habitat and good brood habitat (the ones that choose poor nesting and brood sites don't end up being boss hens... they end up being coyote food). And a small food plot is EXCELLENT brood habitat... and edges of a plot can be EXCELLENT nesting habitat if managed properly.Turkeys being turkeys may stumble across your food plot, will maybe stay a couple of days. BUT turkeys are not territorial like deer. The ones you see today or yesterday may be 3 miles away tomorrow. So forget the ideal that you can keep turkeys in a food plot. THE TURKEYS WILL GO WHERE THE BOSS HEN SAYS
In front of heavy rain will work too, even this time of year. Did it last year the first week of March & worked great.I tilled and planted mine 2 years ago. I'm hoping we get another snow here soon and plan to sow more then or the next big frost if I can make it out there.
Turkeys have stayed in our clover plots for past 20 years. Hens stay year round, probably 80-125 right now. Gobblers shift every fall about 4 miles away, but they always come back in spring as we have the girls!Turkeys being turkeys may stumble across your food plot, will maybe stay a couple of days. BUT turkeys are not territorial like deer. The ones you see today or yesterday may be 3 miles away tomorrow. So forget the ideal that you can keep turkeys in a food plot. THE TURKEYS WILL GO WHERE THE BOSS HEN SAYS