The Importance of Native Plants for Enhancing Deer Habitat Why Native Plants? Native plants play a vital role in enhancing deer habitat. Not only do they provide a source of food for deer, but they also offer shelter and protection from predators. In this article, we will discuss the importance of native plants in …
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Summer Food Plot Plant Descriptions Planting a Multispecies Crop for Maximum Biomass Production When you combine all of the above plants, you will find that they all grow better together. Diverse cover crops are extremely good for soil building and maximizing the available forage for deer. You can let the summer cover crop go to …
Creating Better Wildlife Habitat with Cover Crop Food Plots Cover crops are becoming more and more popular in the farming community. Its not just about soil conservation but also about bringing nutrients out of the soil for use by cash crops and animals. In our case, as wildlife habitat enthusiasts, we are concerned with …
In my decades of working in the Forestry and Wildlife Habitat Consulting business, I have seen just about every mistake there is and continue to see the same mistakes over and over. So, I decided to write this blog article and hopefully, a few people will read it. If you are reading this, congratulations, because …
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Creating Deer Habitat That Also Benefits All Wildlife As a landowner who cares about good stewardship of the land and who likes to see lots of game, songbirds and other wildlife like reptiles and amphibians while you walk your woods and to have great success in hunting season, this article is for you. As a …
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How to Interpret a Food Plot Soil Test I was in a meeting the other day with a phD soil scientist Dr. Spargo at Penn Stat and my agronomist friend Derec Markle of Yonder Mountain Conservation, discussing soil testing and how to interpret a food plot soil test. I shared with them some examples of …
The Best Spring Food Plots for Deer and Turkeys I was looking at the shiny bags in the store the other day and was amazed at the marketing effort, obviously successful, targeting hunters who want magic bag of beans to attract deer to their property. I picked up a bag of Monster, Super Giant Buck, …
Soil Test Report: PH is the Most Important Characteristic to get Right I recently received a message from a client who, after sending in his food plot soil test and getting the result was asking me to get him a delivery of lime. He told me his test came back with a 6.2 pH, close …
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