TheLBLman
Well-Known Member
Not at all a fact, although some people do think that's what they're doing.Fact... Plots are placed bait to make deer come to one area...it's the same...one just took a lot less work
Deer are typically already in the area.
If they're not, no deer will ever come to your plot.
Wildlife food plots primarily serve to augment nutrition for wildlife, often targeting specific species such as deer & turkeys, while most wildlife is benefitted rather than harmed by a single "spot" bait pile pile or feeder.
Having been in a very large private hunting club for decades, I can tell you most of the mature bucks that have been taken, have not been taken over a food plot. The plots are "pretty", but mainly a food supplement, not a primary food source. Older deer mainly use them under the cover of darkness, and again, mainly as a supplement (think "dessert") to whatever else they're BROWSING around on in the broader area.
Deer are BROWSERS. They naturally eat or feed "on the move".
They do not naturally hang around any one "spot", not even any one small "area", unless man has done something to restrict their movements, and/or prevent them from "browsing" a large area for varied food sources.