Leaving food plot up through the summer

[warrington]

I have 5-10
Acres of wheat and oats mix food plot that has seeded out. No cows on it. Will the wheat seed stay viable through the summer for deer to snack on. I then thought about shredding it in august before deer season. What do y'all think

[iamntxhunter]

Typically the deer like the winter wheat when it is young and tender so I'm not to sure if they will eat it. I have no clue about the oats.

[scotty]

I'd shred it toward the end of August and see how many birds show up.

[warrington]

That's what I was thinking. Something might nibble through the year then pow. Dow food

[dope hunter]

Our landowner does a "no till" wheat field, meaning after he combines the wheat he does not go back and till it, so the stubble is always there. Last summer there were deer in the wheat stubble every evening. Last year was very dry and there wasnt much to eat, so it might have been a fluke that they continued eating in the stubble.

[dbaio1]

I plant a mixture of oats, wheat, chichory and numerous kinds of clover and have for 15 + years. With the right amount of rain fall and a couple bush hoggings (taking down about 1/2 way) we can usually keep good browse in the food plots until the dead heat of summer usually its dies off from the heat and reduced rain fall in July and August.

[warrington]

is the wheat seed and oats seed good until something eats it.

[unclefish]

Yes the grain seed itself is good....but I'm not sure the deer will eat it....unless there is nothing else to eat or a drought. You could shred and plow in a month or two and have volunteer oats and wheat this fall.

Tapachat

[warrington]

they eat dry corn, why do yall think that wheat and oats would not be of benefit and of little desire

[Lungbustr]

I'd shred it toward the end of August and see how many birds show up.

Pretty safe to say that you hunt dove over that its considered baiting, because thats not a normal agriculture practice.

[Lungbustr]

they eat dry corn, why do yall think that wheat and oats would not be of benefit and of little desire

Nope.

[tweeder]

Leave it standing until a week or two before dove season then shred it, then when you would normally re-plant, instead of re-planting, you can just lightly disk it and it will come up volunteer, and in most cases it will be thicker than if you re-planted.