fall plots

[mrbb]

been playing with food plots since 1988, so yup I have for sure learned a lot along the yrs, many times the hard way too!
and I am always glad to help out if I can
I am a firm believer in food plots too, if you have a place to plant them, they can make a huge difference in deer sightings and make hunting for ANY deer almost simple
not sure thats always a good thing however! kinda spoils you!

[Big_Holla]

Very nice turnout for you there mrbb!!

[steelermags]

Thanks for feedback Mrbb! Where would I get urea?

[mrbb]

urea is Nitrogen, so any Awgay would carry it, or any place that sell fertilizer should too, odds are Lowes or home dept might have it, but would want more than say a Ag store like Agway or local feed stores

[ibppmd]

Planted my first plot this year (planted in June). It's a tiny little plot...maybe 1/8 an acre. 1/4 is Clover/chicory and 3/4 is Brassica. The clover/chicory was slow to grow but looks good now. The brasica have some weeds in them but still have grown to about somehwere between knee and waste high.

The deer hit them occasionally when they were about 4 inches high, but went to the beans (right next to my plot) when the beans really took off. My question is when should I get over that plot? As soon as they cut the beans or when everything else browns?

My plot is so small I'm sure they will eradicate it within a week or so when they turn their attention to it.

Thanks in advance, KB

[mrbb]

well they brassicia will turn sweet after a frost, and thats when most deer will hit it hardest, once they find it after the frost
here at my place the deer are eating my brassicia right now, they don't seem to care that its a bitter plant right now to them its green and growing, and I have a soy bean plot right next to it, and every deer I seen hunting over this saturday was in my brassicia

so?? the chicory and clover is a NOW food plot, after some frost, the clover will pucker up and just not keep growing taller much, the chicory ?? well pending how much it will stay greener longer than the clover but my experience just not as big a pull as Brassicia
MY question for you would be does your brassicia have turnips/bulbs with it??
as not all so called brassicia's make a bulb
if your's has a bulb/turnip, deer will dig them up once cold heavy frost happen on a regular basis
but they normally eat the tops first
My suggestion would be to hunt where your seeing the most deer, many deer go to beans due to they been eating them for the past 3 months, so there just used to easy meals
but beans are starting to get cut now, so your plot being small will be a big hit come harvest time or some frost
do you have a trail cam, or a stand where you can hunt the beans and see your plot
first couple days here I typically hunt where i can watch the most land, the adjust FAST if I see a pattern, as food sourses change fast this time of yr
good luck

[ibppmd]

my brassicia does have turnips in the mix. I looked Saturday and the bulbs are huge. I have a stand over the plot (my stand and the beans sandwich the long narrow plot) I can only see 1/4 of the bean field from that location. I have a potential location where I could watch the whole field and my plot...maybe i will do that until the beans are cut or they start in on the plot. Thanks a million, KB