Food Plot Advice Needed!

[hcdeerman]

Got my foodplot fixed this weekend before the rain we so desperately needed. After checking things out yesterday though, I feel like I am going to have problems. There were deer tracks EVERYWHERE in that plot and even one yearling standing in it when I pulled up. I have never had the amount of traffic in a plot so early and this is a good thing. However, my biggest fear is that with that much activity before the first sprout is even above ground that I will never get a good stand of growth that would last until the gun season I prepared this particular plot for. What do you guys use to get your plots a jump start and keep the deer from keeping things nipped to the ground? This plot is about 2 acres and I dont have access to a battery powered electic fence box or anything like that.

 

[spoon]

You should be fine as deer are moving more towards acorns

 

[Savage]

If you dont get a good stand, you could always go in with a second sowing of winter wheat about the 10th of October. It would be up late season.

 

[Bayou Buck]

If its 2 acres I wouldn't worry. You can always overseed some in the bare spots.

 

[Columbia Scott]

The truth is the deer generally avoid my plot until after the first heavy frost or two. There is plenty of mast and understory to browse on. I changed to a different type of seed last year and was very disappointed because they went absolutely untouched. I almost gave up that stand. Until......