Food plots

[Dwight Davis]

I have tried many kinds of seeds to make the best food plots for deer. This year it is a combo of wheat, white clover, rape and 7 top. Even with all the acorns we have the deer are coming to the food plot. Looking real close I can see that they are mainly eating the clover and wheat. I also have a half acre of corn planted and they do go to it some.

What is your favorite plants to have in a deer food plot? Let me know for I am always game to try another.

Happy hunting,

Dwight

[Dwight Davis]

Well, more rain in Tennessee this weekend but I have to work anyway. All this rain has been very good for this food plot because it is on top of a hill and can get pretty dry up there. We have had 2 frost and it did no harm at all. Everything is growing very well and with the muzzleloading deer season only a week away I am getting excited.

[Dwight Davis]

This morning I returned to my food plot and noticed that it was doing very well. We have had the rainiest October here in Tennessee on record. I just had one small buck come through looking for does and didn't stop to eat but this is an evening spot to hunt. I will return this afternoon but tomorrow I will be back in the woods where the acorns are. Happy hunting.

[Dwight Davis]

Archery season and a week long muzzleloader season has now come and went and I have not bagged a buck yet. The food plot is doing very well and the deer (10 does at one time and 7 different bucks) seem to like it. The rut is on and I still feel that it is a matter of time and one of the girls will bring in her date and he will have a nice set of horns. The best buck so far is 13 or 14 inch 8 pointer. He needs one more year.

[Dwight Davis]

I got this 8 pointer today just beside the food plot. He has a 17 3/4 inch inside spread.

The food plot is still doing well. We have had enough rain and not so much cold weather. Chances of snow later this week so I am watching to see how that effects the plants. There has been very heavy feeding on all my food plots and the clover is what most deer are feeding on. Next year I will probably just plant corn and beans during the summer and all clover in the fall.

Dwight

Dwight

[Dwight Davis]

This evening I hunted the food plot again. Probably the last time during the first part of Tennessee's deer gun season. The deer came trotting in to the food plot and stayed in the clover area. This evening I just had does come in. I was hoping that a buck would follow but no luck.

Next week will be archery season again and I am off work and will be back.

Dwight