Sad sad day.

[Dr2kill]

Was in Crossville last weekend and went to my property to check on my food plots. Dried up and brown both of them. So much for getting them in early this year they were looking good Memorial Day weekend but a month with no rain did them in. Buckwheat, red clover, white clover, chicory, and rape all gone but the deer have liked the openings in the woods they were covered with tracks. I guess I will try later on toward the first part of September. I did notice that my salt licks were getting a lot of use.....

 

[Boone 58]

Was in Crossville last weekend and went to my property to check on my food plots. Dried up and brown both of them. So much for getting them in early this year they were looking good Memorial Day weekend but a month with no rain did them in. Buckwheat, red clover, white clover, chicory, and rape all gone but the deer have liked the openings in the woods they were covered with tracks. I guess I will try later on toward the first part of September. I did notice that my salt licks were getting a lot of use.....

Summer food plots for us just arent justifiable from a cost standpoint but if they were i figure we would plant soy beans to get the biggest bang for the buck. :cool:

 

[BSK]

And now you know why I don't plant summer food plots. Too high of a chance for total failure due to dry periods, which are very common for our summers.

 

[Football Hunter]

And now you know why I don't plant summer food plots. Too high of a chance for total failure due to dry periods, which are very common for our summers.

The very reason I stick with perrenial clovers,deer love em,and they seem to stick around pretty good.

 

[BSK]

Good point Football Hunter. But even the perennial clovers are dead as a hammer in my area. At least in the upland plots.

 

[Quailman]

Good But even the perennial clovers are dead as a hammer in my area. At least in the upland plots.

Yes they are! Even on my farm on the Cumberland Plateau (where clover can normally persist through the summer), my plots are pretty much gone.

 

[Football Hunter]

Good But even the perennial clovers are dead as a hammer in my area. At least in the upland plots.

Yes they are! Even on my farm on the Cumberland Plateau (where clover can normally persist through the summer), my plots are pretty much gone.

Havent seen mine in a week or so,but still looked like they might come back with a little rain.Sure hope so,would suck to have to start all over.

 

[Jarred525]

Clover can be tough. It can look horrible in the summer but come back nice and lush in the fall with some rain.

 

[bigtex]

My clover plots are holding up remarkably well even with the heat and lack of rain.
I think the reason for this is because I also have orchard grass growing in the same plots and the grass is shading the clover.
And yes, I know, deer don't particularly like orchard grass I didn't plant it for deer but for the turkeys which like it as it will hold a lot of grasshoppers and other insects that turkeys especially poults love.

 

[PickettSFHunter]

Good But even the perennial clovers are dead as a hammer in my area. At least in the upland plots.

Yes they are! Even on my farm on the Cumberland Plateau (where clover can normally persist through the summer), my plots are pretty much gone.

Same here on the Northern end of the plateau. Even established clover is not doing so great. Providing some forage, yes but not alot. My buckwheat looks great though.

 

[Jarred525]

Good But even the perennial clovers are dead as a hammer in my area. At least in the upland plots.

Yes they are! Even on my farm on the Cumberland Plateau (where clover can normally persist through the summer), my plots are pretty much gone.

Same here on the Northern end of the plateau. Even established clover is not doing so great. Providing some forage, yes but not alot. My buckwheat looks great though.

I love buckwheat. I did not get mine planted this year. I always do a 1 acre plot somewhere and see tons of deer in it during the summer.

 

[W.Seay]

Perfect example of why I won't ever plant a summer plot!

 

[richmanbarbeque]

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And now you know why I don't plant summer food plots. Too high of a chance for total failure due to dry periods, which are very common for our summers.

My soybeans are growing nicely, very drought (eagle soybeans)tolerant.