Amazed it was the first week of March and I was already packing my last Trophy Clover plot, I had no clue what was coming. After a somewhat typical spring, the faucet shut off, and the area didn’t receive an inch of rain during any month the next year. With ridiculously high deer numbers, low natural browse levels and an almost complete farm crop failure in the area, those early plantings saved the lives of many deer — and my hunting that fall. FOOD PLOTS & MINERALS special section LEARNING HOW TO GET THE MOST OUT OF FOOD PLOT PLANTINGS WILL HELP YOU ATTRACT AND HOLD DEER ON YOUR PROPERTY. BY STEVE BARTYLLA Whether it’s a once-in-a-lifetime drought or the more common scenario of trying to grow food plots on limited acreage, land managers have powerful incentives to coax maximum production from plantings. It often makes the differences between great and horrible stand sites and directly affects the health of deer. Here are are the best methods I’ve found to maximize food plot tonnages. Read the rest of the article in Deer & Deer Hunter Magazine by Steve Bartylla – April 2021 Download – Deer & Deer Hunter Article Categories: Blog
