Andy,

Mature wheat grain has some nutritional value. However, it is not as rich in most nutrients as corn or soybean grain. Another consideration is the time between the forage stage of wheat and when the grain ripens. During this stage, wheat is not palatable or very nutritious to deer. This occurs when does are having/nursing fawns and bucks are producing antlers. Most deer managers can’t afford to tie up food plot real estate during this time while waiting for wheat to mature to the grain stage. Unless I plan to use the wheat grain for a dove field, I spray wheat during early spring and prepare the plot for a more desirable warm season forage crop.

There are usually much better forage options than wheat during the warm season, so I don’t plant spring wheat.

Growing Deer together,

Grant