Late Season Crops for Attracting Whitetails
Filed under: Ask Grant, Food Plots
I really enjoy your weekly videos, keep them coming.
I have 20 acres of ag beans planted on my farm almost every year. I have 5 acres of clover/chicory food plots and a 1 acre plot of oats, turnips, and winter wheat. I also have a 1 1/2 acre plot that I would like to plant for late season hunting (December & January). What would you recommend to plant there, corn, more soybeans, brassicas, or something else? Also, if corn, what would you rotate it with?
Thanks,
John
John,
Deer readily consume grain during the late season. Soybean or corn grain is a great attractant and provides quality nutrition. Are the 20 acres of conventional beans you mentioned left standing or are they harvested? If they are left standing, are they totally consumed before spring? If so, adding another 1 ½ acres is probably not a good plan. If they are harvested, consider a rotation of corn and soybeans in the new plot. Since your mission for this plot is to provide food during the late season, it may be necessary to use an electric fence that is designed to exclude deer. This would help insure there is a source of grain during the late season.
Growing Deer together,
Grant
