Brassicas and cereal grains can remain attractive to whitetails long into the winter and in some cases even provide food the following spring. Typical cereals planted for deer would include oats, wheat, triticale and rye.
Because each plant is different this gives the land manager/hunter the chance to mix and match different seed combinations so that the various species of plants can grow together providing a more durable and longer lasting food plot than could be achieved with any single species alone.
Eventually, are deer food plots worth it? Sometimes called “kill plots,” these fields are definitely proven to work for any whitetail hunter that has access to a large chunk of whitetail habitat, and an undying desire to take a mature bucks. A well-thought-out food plot plan will help you attract mature bucks, drawing them from surrounding properties.
Still further, how do you keep deer around all year?
What do deer love to eat the most?
Deer adore fruits and nuts. They love pecans, hickory nuts and beechnuts acorns in addition to acorns. A couple of favorite fruits are apples, blueberries, blackberries and persimmons.
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Evolved 73027 7 Card Stud, 1/4 Acre, 10-Pound
Incredible blend of forage variety plants cover your early, mid and late season needs to attract and hold deer on your property
Triticale, oats, winter peas, clover, chicory, turnip and radishes is a blend your deer simply cannot resist
10lb bag of seed
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Evolved Habitats Harvest Throw and Gro, 5-Lbs.
Create A Personal Food Plot To Attract And Hold Deer Where You Want To Hunt.
The Plants In Throw & Gro No-Till Forage Can Be Planted Without Discing So That You Can Plant In Areas Not Accessible To Heavy Equipment.
From The Brand: Evolved Habitat
Country Of Origin: China
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BioLogic Winter Bulbs and Sugar Beets Food Plots
Extremely Attractive and Nutritious
Fast to germinate
Simple and easy to use
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Whitetail Institute Imperial Clover Food Plot Seed (Spring and Fall Planting), 4-Pound (1/2 Acre)
Packed with Antler building protein
Helps does deliver heavier, healthier fawns and produce more milk
Extremly cold tolerant, Heat, drought and disease resistant
Coated with RainBond for enhanced seedling survivability
Lasts up to 5 years from a single planting
Sport Type: Hunting
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Whitetail Institute Imperial Whitetail Secret SPOT Private Food Plot Seed, 4-Pound Bag (Covers up to 4,500 Square Feet) (SECS4)
Broad range of 12 forages specially selected and combined to provide maximum attraction through hunting Season and beyond
Can be planted with Minimal ground preparation - enough to establish good seed-to-soil contact
Contains soil ph. booster to help forage growth even in slightly acidic soils
Just clear the area of existing vegetation and expose the soil to ensure seed-to-soil contact
Plant secret spot in the places that only you and your Deer will find
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Whitetail Institute Imperial Whitetail Fusion-3.15 lb (FUS3.15)
Lasts up to 5 years
Provides up to 44 percent antler building protein
Extremely cold tolerant, and resistant to drought, heat and disease
Coated with RainBondTM for enhanced seedling survivability
Includes the newest proprietary clovers scientifically designed by the Whitetail Institute specifically for food plots for deer.
Crimson clover is an annual grown for cover crops, soil erosion control, silage, forage, wildlife food plots, and many other uses.
Our crimson seed is coated and inoculated for optimum germination and growth.
Crimson clover is grown all across the United States as an annual clover and does not get excessively tall.
These heirloom seeds are non-gmo and open pollinated. Rest assured these are quality seeds.
Sow seeds at 1/2 - 3/4 lb per 1,000 square feet or 20 to 30 lbs per acre.
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Food Plots Brassica Seed 5lbs plants 1 acre
Uniform Seed Sizes. Making Spreader setting and Sowing Easier
Easy to Grow & Widely Adapted.
Plant in the Fall, Early Winter or Early Spring for best results. This mixture is a Winter Annual Greens.
Can be added to other Grain Based plot blends at the rate of 2 lb/acre
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No-Till Cover Crop 13-Seed Mix (1 lb. Bag): [50% Clovers Plus Fenugreek, Vetch, Flax, Cowpeas, Buckwheat, Forage Peas, Millet, Lentils, Crimson Clover, Sweet Yellow, White Clover, Medium Red Clover]
13 different varieties of THE most popular cover crops in the community in 1 bag = balanced bio-diversity
Inoculated with Rhizobium; Encourages Mycorrhizal Fungi populations to explode, which literally help deliver nutrients to the roots of the plants
Bio-diverse array of cover crop varieties attracts wide variety of beneficial organisms & predators which contribute to soil fertility and humus quality
Perfect for Raised Beds and/or No-Till Container Gardening
High-Quality, Nitro-Coated, All-Natural Non-GMO Seed Mix, From USA only
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Evolved Habitats Throw and Grow extreme No Till Raddish Food Plot, 5lb
No-till blend with forage radishes
Versatile food plot that is perfect for those hard to reach areas
Use in remote areas that can't be reached by equipment
Attracts and holds deer to your area
Gives your herd the nutrition they are looking for
Brassica Blend is a mixture of fast growing brassicas that produces a lush forage to attract and hold deer to your plots from mid- to late-fall. The addition of Purple Top turnip provides an attractive food source that will sustain the draw of your plot through late fall and winter after the tops are gone.
Get a Jump on Weeds “Spray the area with a non-selective herbicide like Roundup at least two weeks before you plant,” he says. ... More importantly, multiple disking and spraying cycles will knock back a huge amount of weed growth before you plant by killing each new round of growth.
As long as the seed is covered and temperatures continue to moderate you will get good germination at the next rainfall. My foodplots all went in 9/4/10. It was 3 weeks in the baking sun before we got the last rain. Everything came up fine.