What's your plan?

[RustyRanchero]

Now that the season has pretty much came to an end.. What's the plan for you experienced hunters out there that are on a strict management/feeding program? I am in the process of implementing a new feeding/management program on a family place and this is the first year I'm serious about it and can do it. I have corn feeding all year, protein, and water in the feed pens. Any extra information would be greatly appreciated.

[EastTxTracking]

My plan is to get on another lease! haha

[ArcheryAddict]

my plan is to get on another lease! Haha

this.....

[hammer63]

Pretty much the same as years past...feed 'em all we can afford. I trickle the corn but feed about 70# a day of protein thru September. Then I'll throttle back the protein and boost the corn. Might even stop the protein and switch to rice bran in October.

[gingib]

Pretty much the same as years past...feed 'em all we can afford. I trickle the corn but feed about 70# a day of protein thru September. Then I'll throttle back the protein and boost the corn. Might even stop the protein and switch to rice bran in October.

Very similar plan

ALl the protein I can now with corn only at hog spots and crank corn up Sept 1 and stop protein Nov 1

[systemnt]

Spent the last two months teaching the fawn crop to hunt and eat coyote.
That should help with our protein costs as well as get our predator numbers down some.

[Kenner97]

Starting Protein this weekend and will turn down the corn feeder at the end of this month. Will feed them all they can eat. Upgraded to be able to feed 2,000# of protein at a time.
Also going to start predator hunting and shooting as many hogs as possible.

[hammer63]

I forgot to add - Since my lease is 5 hours from the house, I plan to build/buy/steal some bigger capacity corn feeders. My protein feeders are 1500# and 3500# but corn feeders are 300#. I would sure like to minimize traffic in my hunting areas during season, so I'm wanting feeders that can hold 4 months worth of corn. That would be in the neighborhood of 850's.

[Mike Fangman]

Bout the same here, last weekend I turned the feeders down to just 2 -3 seconds , feeding once a day. I try and keep the protein feeder going year round, mainly just to keep them frequenting the property, 100 acres family land. Feed corn year round as well.

[txdukklr]

head to the salt and go after a big trout

[JPHunting]

deer are just about to harden up here, so my plan is to gear up for a good season! Saw my first two red stags of the year last night.

[OUTDOORSMANEVERETT]

Food plots - .5 to 2 ac, not square or circle. no right angles or straight lines in nature.
Think rough edges with cover inside the food plot. piled up trees. strips of natural tall grasses. Big bucks don't like exposure. Plant summer, fall, and winter annuals. Spring or fall plant perennials. Fruit trees around the edges of the food plot help to bring wary bucks in.
Bedding areas - Put your plot strategically close—from 100 to 200 yards—to prime doe bedding cover (e.g., grassy fields or areas with scattered cedars, pines, and honeysuckle), and twice that distance from thicker, more rugged and remote buck beds. A funnel with good cover leading from beds to feed seals the deal.
Pick good stand locations based on wind and sun location. Make sure the food plot site offers good stand trees for both bow and gun hunting. Look for potential staging areas to catch a buck waiting for dark to enter.