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Post by boonechaser on Jan 16, 2013 15:22:20 GMT -5
Have had feeder (corn) out for a month now and the deer are just hammering it. It's Been putting out about 2 pound's in morning and 2 pound's in the evening. Also have a mineral lick set up in same spot which is getting some use also. Got over a 1000 trail cam hit's in 10 day's, of course alot of duplicat's. But have identified 12 different buck's visiting daily. Put it in middle of corn field food plot (1.5 acre) so deer were allready coming to the area. Hoping to find some shed's soon as I believe alot of deer are staying close.
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Post by daneowner on Jan 16, 2013 21:12:15 GMT -5
I set up a feeder today, mainly to see if the turkey i've seen this week will use it. Only had 50 lbs. of corn on hand, will pick up another 150 lbs to fill it, which will last approx. one month. I have 4 differant turnip and radish fields (approx. 6 acre's) that are getting hit pretty hard now. All size of turnips from golf ball to softball size. I pulled one of the larger ones and it weight 5 1/2 lbs. I pulled my SD cards last Sat. and all the bucks still had both sides except one small fork-horn.
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Post by boonechaser on Jan 19, 2013 10:37:29 GMT -5
My turnips didn't do as well this year but are some and they have been digging them up also. Corn seem's to be getting most of the attention. Have seen several bucks with one side dropped and a couple with both side's gone.
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Post by daneowner on Jan 19, 2013 11:51:10 GMT -5
On the way home from Indy. last Thursday, I stopped at the Greensburg rural king to pick up some shelled corn for my feeder. They had most of their food plot seed on sale at 50% off, just couldn't resist, LOL, picked up a 10 lb. bag of Shot Plot for this fall. Found my first set of sheds yesterday while checking my trail cams, they were dropped about 40 yrds apart. A decent 8pt appox. 120" but had broken off most of his G2 & G3 on the LH beam. RH beam wasn't damaged. All the bucks I had on my trail pics. still had both sides.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2013 6:02:08 GMT -5
If you start feeding you Deer you might turn them into pets and then you won't want to hunt them. ;D
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Post by fullrut on Jan 20, 2013 7:08:26 GMT -5
Went through 100lbs of corn in 3 dyas last week. Almost all deer on it to, just a couple coons. 1581 pics in 3 days.
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Post by tenring on Jan 20, 2013 9:43:22 GMT -5
Nothing more than an old skillet I put out in our back yard to keep the local rabbits happy in the winter time, but it seems that deer like a free handout from time to time.  |
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Post by boonechaser on Jan 21, 2013 16:58:58 GMT -5
No worries. (Corn feed deer taste better.) I love taking care of them as much as i do shooting them. Take 3 or 4 every year.
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Post by parkerbow on Jan 21, 2013 19:17:28 GMT -5
I dont care what kind of turnips I plant the deer never touch them not even late winter. Waste of time and money for me. But then again i planted a 1/2 acre corn plot one year that did well and had plenty of ears and the deer did not touch that either. I ended up mowing it down in the spring. Food plots in my area do not seem to attract any deer for some reason. Seems weird to me.
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Post by daneowner on Jan 21, 2013 20:45:58 GMT -5
Is there a lot of row crops (corn, soybeans) near by? I planted 2 1/2 acres of corn for the wildlife this spring, plus approx. 6 acres with a mix of turnips, groundhog radish, rape and winter wheat. The corn field is cleaned out already, the other fields were used some before but are being hit hard since the cooler weather has started. They worked on the tops first, now they are eating the turnips. Hopefully there's enough to last most of the winter. Yes, it's a lot of time and money but I enjoy it and I believe it helps hold some wildlife on my property as well as providing some winter food.
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Post by daneowner on Jan 21, 2013 20:52:24 GMT -5
No worries. (Corn feed deer taste better.) I love taking care of them as much as i do shooting them. Take 3 or 4 every year. Can't argue that, but I like how the turnip feed ones taste also. LOL! |
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Post by fullrut on Jan 21, 2013 22:32:01 GMT -5
I have planted lots of different foodplots through the years and the best plot I could ever reccommend is soybeans. I have 5 acres of standing beans and by February you won't be able to find a single bean in our field. I pull in tons of deer with beans. I have recently started planting Buck Forage Oats in the spots where the beans were stripped while still green. They love this combination and we see tons of deer in these spots.
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Post by fullrut on Jan 21, 2013 23:05:40 GMT -5
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Post by boonechaser on Jan 22, 2013 8:04:48 GMT -5
Full Rut do you drill your soybean's???
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Post by MuzzleLoader on Jan 22, 2013 8:21:26 GMT -5
I tried the turnips this year. They ate the tops off but not the turnips. But then its doesnt look like they touched anything I planted. Oats, wheat rye clover. Just didnt seem like they were interested in it. Think I am going soybeans next year. They loved them in the fall.
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Post by fullrut on Jan 22, 2013 10:06:54 GMT -5
I do drill my soybeans. We have an old Deere drill. I have turnips to and they are digging them up and eating them as well. But the turnips seem to be a snack for them on the way to the real food of soybeans.
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Post by parkerbow on Jan 24, 2013 19:15:48 GMT -5
I think the real reason that deer don't touch my foodplots is because there are no deer.  |
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Post by hunter7x on Feb 28, 2013 21:24:27 GMT -5
Ive been doing A plot now for 9 years, every year has been different. turnips not touched left to rot, tops eaten off and blubs left to rot, round up beans, clover, some super duper tv hunter baloney...
its fun for me, not live and die how my deer hunting is. I actually get more enjoyment from the trail cam pics as I do hunting around it.
that being said any given property can have any given need for a food plot. Dont let the big shots on TV tell ya what you need to grow. And just because it has a deer on the package doesnt mean its gonna bring in deer or be the best thing for your situation. You can buy seed thats been around for a long time that is the same thing as the the tv hunters want you to buy. Only difference is there might not be a buck on the bag.
after that 9 year trial, clover is by FAR the best thing for me on my 30 in miami co. But turnips are a very close 2nd, just depends on whatcha want.
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