Food plot planning, development and management.
Introduction: What are Clover Varieties and How Can They Help Improve Deer Food Plots? Clovers come in two general types: annual clovers and perennial clovers. We can also add biannual clovers – types that are all vegetative the first year and make seed the second year of growth. Annual clovers complete their life cycles within …
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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 …
What to Plant in spring food plots Summer is right around the corner and with all the rain we’ve been having is making everything grow and green up in our spring food plots like crazy. If you are thinking about planting a new plot and wondering what to plant in your spring food plots, read …
Food Plot Soil Health Today I would like to write about soil health. Everyone knows we have to lime and fertilize our food plots, but why? When? How much? How often? Once you have your food plot soil corrected in terms of pH and fertility and plant and animal communities working correctly in the soil, …
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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Any time you push out a patch of woods and install a food plot, you will surely need lime and fertilizer to grow most food plot plants. The first tip I have is when you pick a place to put your plot, if you can, place it where you can get to it with …
We were anxious to see how much use the new bedding and feeding areas would be this fall. Having just finished up the season in NY, I would have to say that the work we did was a success. During archery season, I shot a big buck chasing a doe around the thicket we created. …
