What’s the best time to establish food plots in Georgia?
Filed under: Food Plots
I want to let you know that my Father and I enjoy watching and learning from your videos. He did not have the opportunity to grow up enjoying the outdoors like I have so it has been a great experience growing and learning together. As a whole, we have not had a ton of success whitetail hunting but have progressively seen more and more deer throughout the past two years. Fortunately, we found an opportunity to hunt some great property for next year in Georgia. My mind is constantly wondering on how I can make the most of this opportunity for next year thus leading to my question.
– When would be the best time for me to go in and begin construction of food plots?
– What would be the ideal forage for me to plant during those time frames to best support the local deer herd?
thanks again,
-Bryce
Bryce,
I’m glad you and your father have a place to hunt! I attended the University of Georgia and still have several clients there.
Eagle Seed’s forage soybeans have worked very well for my clients in Georgia. Soybeans produce very high quality forage that attract deer during the growing season (including early deer season) and pods that attract deer when the temperatures are cold. I often overseed the standing beans with a cool season blend such as Broadside about 60 days before the average first frost of the fall. This system provides quality forage for deer almost year round with minimal work and does a great job of improving the soil quality.
Soybeans should be planted when the soil temperature is about 60 degrees at two inches deep. The University of Georgia maintains a good website (http://weather.uga.edu/?zip=) that posts current soil temperatures and other useful information.
Enjoy creation,
grant
January 21, 2016
