Food Plot is looking good...

[Roscoe]

I have planted a small food plot the last couple of years, mostly using some kind of combination of seed. Each time it has grown really well, but has failed to attract deer enough to make the effort worth while. I had a nice field of turnips last year, but the deer never really seemed to know what to do with them. So this year I just decided to go with cheap and easy BOB Oats. The critters seem to like the choice. I've yet to hunt over it, but think I will in the next few weeks. The thing that fires me up about the plot is that I'm getting mostly daytime pics...and usually bucks!

This young fella is as a freguent visitor and apparently, a fighter as well!


Seeing the boys with their heads down grazing makes the whole effort worth while to me.


Pigs have made a couple of daytime trips through and so far have abstained from rooting!

[Tommy_V]

Cool pics!

The guy in the 2nd to last pic looks about ready for an arrow!

Some great porkage too!!

[gwellstx]

How big is the total plot and what accesories are you using to install/maintain? I have been thinking about trying but don't know where to start.

[Leftridge]

How big is the total plot and what accesories are you using to install/maintain? I have been thinking about trying but don't know where to start.

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I just sent off sent off soil samples and am pretty excited to give plots a try!

[texag2010]

I would definitely recommend getting after the hogs ASAP...they will tear your plot up soon if you do not!

[Roscoe]

It's small. About a 35yrd circle. Every fall I mow it & then go over it a couple of times with a walk behind tiller. Not more than two or three inches deep. Just enough to nuke the major weeds and expose the soil fully. I have hit it with round-up in the past, but did not this year and have very little weed issue. The bob oats were too big for my lawn spreader to pass, so I just broadcast by hand. But a 50lb bag is cheap and I way overseeded and got good coverage. I walked/drug a cattle panel around by hand after I was done...not sure if it helps, but I do it.

***Please not that I "cheat"...this plot is about 75 yards from our camp well and is irrigated. If you look closely, you can see the sprinkler head in the pics.

[Roscoe]

I would definitely recommend getting after the hogs ASAP...they will tear your plot up soon if you do not!

Knock on wood...it's funny, but the hogs only make a few appearances on the plot each year and have done almost no rooting. It's just in a place that they do not frequent very often. Don't know why they are so well behaved when they do visit though. Of course, now that I say this, they will have nuked it when I go back! lol

[gwellstx]

Sounds easy and cheap enough. Thanks for the info.