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<blockquote data-quote="DoubleRidge" data-source="post: 5532169" data-attributes="member: 20594"><p>So the question is: what's the difference between year-round feeding of corn at a bait station verses a year-round food plot?</p><p></p><p>Corn in a high humidity climate can develop aflatoxin which is toxic to a variety of wildlife...Food plots don't have this issue.</p><p></p><p>Bait stations concentrate deer and certain style feeders even promote the sharing of saliva which can spread disease quickly....with Food plots this is much less likely to occur.</p><p></p><p>Corn feeders are dependent on a human to fill them on a consistent schedule...Food plots can feed a variety of wildlife for months with no human intrusion or interaction.</p><p></p><p>Corn feeders do not provide fawning or turkey nesting cover.... depending on what variety of seed is planted Food plots can provide excellent cover for wildlife in the spring and summer.</p><p></p><p>Food plots can be great for pollinators and a variety of non-game wildlife....corn feeder...not so much.</p><p></p><p>And the list goes on....true nutritional value, tons generated per acre, etc.</p><p></p><p>As for a food plot not being "natural"....deer eating green forage growing from the earth seems much more natural than yellow corn raining down from a plastic barrel.....but that's just an opinion.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DoubleRidge, post: 5532169, member: 20594"] So the question is: what's the difference between year-round feeding of corn at a bait station verses a year-round food plot? Corn in a high humidity climate can develop aflatoxin which is toxic to a variety of wildlife...Food plots don't have this issue. Bait stations concentrate deer and certain style feeders even promote the sharing of saliva which can spread disease quickly....with Food plots this is much less likely to occur. Corn feeders are dependent on a human to fill them on a consistent schedule...Food plots can feed a variety of wildlife for months with no human intrusion or interaction. Corn feeders do not provide fawning or turkey nesting cover.... depending on what variety of seed is planted Food plots can provide excellent cover for wildlife in the spring and summer. Food plots can be great for pollinators and a variety of non-game wildlife....corn feeder...not so much. And the list goes on....true nutritional value, tons generated per acre, etc. As for a food plot not being "natural"....deer eating green forage growing from the earth seems much more natural than yellow corn raining down from a plastic barrel.....but that's just an opinion. [/QUOTE]
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