Food Plots Clover Plot

[bowhunterfanatic]

Clover plot is looking good. Doesn't look to be getting much use but it's in great shape.

 

[jmb4wd]

Looks great. All that matters is that it's there when they get ready for it!

 

[Ballerski]

put an exclusion cage in the middle...probably getting used more than you think.

 

[DntBrnDPig]

What kind of clover is that?

 

[drrxnupe]

What kind of clover is that?

Looks like ladino to me at a distance

 

[spoon]

Looks like it needs mowing

 

[mathews338]

Very nice

 

[bowhunterfanatic]

Looks like it needs mowing

It was mowed about two weeks before the picture. All the rain jumped it back up.

 

[Hunter 257W]

Looks perfect to me. Long narrow strip with cover on both side. Should get a lot of use.

 

[CAW]

put an exclusion cage in the middle...probably getting used more than you think.

Pretty good advice right there.

 

[flyinpro]

Hate to be stupid. But what is a exclusion cage? I'm new in food plots and hope to do more in the years to come.

 

[Hunter 257W]

An exclusion cage is just a wire cage that you put out in a food plot so that deer can't eat inside the cage. You can see how much the deer are eating from the plot by comparing how tall the plants are inside vs. outside the cage.

While this is true in a general sense, I'm not so sure it tells you 100% how much has been eaten as once plants are bit down to the dirt they tend to get "stunted" and not grow very fast. This could very well make the cage test appear that the plot has produced more for deer than it really has. Still it's worthwhile to do.