Spring Food Plots On the Farm

Food plots for deer are usually associated with crops that green in the fall and thus attract deer to the gun.  We are currently in the process of making a push to provide year-round, protein rich food sources for the wildlife on our farm.  There is no doubt that the woods of Ohio County have what it takes to keep a herd of deer fat and happy throughout the year, but our goal is to give them good reason to stay on our property.  One of the easiest crops to plant is clover, and as a perennial, it comes back year after year with very little maintenance.  We usually do a one to two year rotation with winter wheat.  This involves planting wheat in the fall of year one and then sowing clover into the standing wheat during February or early March.  The clover will usually last one to two years when weeds are kept under control by mowing above the clover.  When the clover starts to get spotty we go back to wheat in the fall and begin the process all over again.

The abundant April rains have grown some trophy clover

Clover field with fescue that has been successfully sprayed in the background

This shows the importance of spraying when there is no wind 

Hunting blind I built for my grandfather.  At age 90 he killed a nice gobbler out of it last week.

View past the blind into what will be planted in corn and climbing beans, more on this later