whats the best fall food plot for deer?

[Living2Hunt]

i have about a acre on a hill top that is been flaten out. its had clover planted last couple years, but seens like the deer want eat it after the first frost. whats the best fall food plot, to atrract deer, that would last till jan. i have several acres of feed plots in the bottoms. i want this to be a hunting plot! i need to plant next couple months to hunt this year. thanks for any help!

 

[CopperHead77]

I've had great luck with winter wheat,grows just about anywhere,and the deer love it.

 

[Football Hunter]

Oats

 

[deerchaser007]

If you have several acres of plots in the bottoms and your natural browse is in good shape,. you might have a chance with winter peas. Winter peas are pure deer candy for a food plot in the fall,.. such as soybeans in the summer. Normally,.. you would need a 2 acre spot or more to prevent overbrowse on winter peas ,.. thats were your other food sources might help you. It would be worth a try!! BUT,.. if not,.. oats is a VERY close second. Just make sure if you plant oats they are a winter variety,.. buck forage oats are awesome,. but they have gotten very high in price,.. IMO. I have also used plotspike oats,.. they are very good also. The most important thing to remember with oats or any grain is your gonna have to but down extra nitrogen for it to keep performing thru winter.

 

[Living2Hunt]

awesome! thanks for the suggestions! can u blend winter peas with winter wheat? and whats the difference between rye grass and winter wheat. pics look the same?

 

[deerchaser007]

Winter wheat and winter peas can be mixed together. Winter wheat is more prefered over rye,.. just as oats is more prefered over all the grains,.. wheat is also cheaper,.. and rye can be very hard to control. For the price,.. its hard to beat winter wheat seed,. which is better to use pure seed instead of feed wheat.

 

[deerslayer25]

what to plant with chicory and clover.

i just planted my bowstand plot thats the evolve clover plus chicory and just wondering what i need to plant with it?? its an area of bout 35 yds long and 20 yds wide.. the bag i planted said itd plant 11,000 sq ft.. but i figure some seed wont make it and the turkeys and varmits will each some too... thanks for your help.. i tried winter wheat last year and it smothered out my plants.. what can i plant with it?? i'm going back to the plot tmorrow to add seed or maybe leave it as is..

 

[Living2Hunt]

Re: what to plant with chicory and clover.

THANKS FOR YOUR HELP DEER CHASER, THIS INFO HELPS ME ALOT!

 

[MickThompson]

Re: what to plant with chicory and clover.

awesome! thanks for the suggestions! can u blend winter peas with winter wheat? and whats the difference between rye grass and winter wheat. pics look the same?

The difference is that deer prefer wheat and oats much more than ryegrass and ryegrass WILL become a weed problem in any future cool season plantings. I can think of no situation where I would choose ryegrass over wheat or oats for a food plot.

 

[MickThompson]

Re: what to plant with chicory and clover.

i just planted my bowstand plot thats the evolve clover plus chicory and just wondering what i need to plant with it?? its an area of bout 35 yds long and 20 yds wide.. the bag i planted said itd plant 11,000 sq ft.. but i figure some seed wont make it and the turkeys and varmits will each some too... thanks for your help.. i tried winter wheat last year and it smothered out my plants.. what can i plant with it?? i'm going back to the plot tmorrow to add seed or maybe leave it as is..

The bags said it covers 11,000 sq ft. You planted about 6300, so I wouldn't add anything else to it. Food plots aren't necessarily any better with multiple species in them.

 

[Living2Hunt]

Re: what to plant with chicory and clover.

THANKS MICK! THATS SOME USEFULL INFO!

 

[Football Hunter]

Re: what to plant with chicory and clover.

Or.....a dump truck full of corn dumped out,it would be the best,but not to legal

 

[nbforrest#3]

Re: what to plant with chicory and clover.

winter wheat is great.

But what I have planted the last 3 years that is
a great late season plant is Feeding Frenzy