07/27/2021
Food Plot Feature
Purpose: New Plot
Job: Full Renovation
Size: 1/2 Acre
Seed Type: Winter/Fall Blend - 75% of Oats, Wheat, and Rye + 25% Brassicas
Planting: Due to the drought we are NOT going to be tilling this plot with the Firminator RT. Instead, we will be letting the grass/natives grow back 6-8" and then hit with a kill down of glyphosate. After that is done we will use ONLY the seeding and packing unit of the Firminator to roll in and pack the seed into the thatch. With timely rain, we are hoping this technique will preserve the soil moisture by acting as a natural mulch.
As many of the long-time land managers know... location, Location, LOCATION!!! By far the most important lesson to learn while chasing big whitetails or any game. Stand/blind locations, camera placements, mock scrapes, and yes.. FOOD PLOTS! Over the past 3 years, we hunted the very first food plot I ever created. It was in an easily accessible location for equipment, just the right size, and it attracted some deer. Nothing to complain about right? Wrong... Although we had plenty of encounters, we constantly noticed the mature bucks would hang back, hardly ever entering the plot. This was due to the location being too open and too far off their normal travel corridor. Simply put, they felt safer tucked into the tree line. Hence the birth of this NEW plot. With the help of the payloader and the JD 5065E, we cleared this plot of all the bromegrass and 50ish trees. Located between two major pieces of timber and in the heart of the farm. This will offer the deer security, food, and eventually water (pond coming soon). This will offer us as hunters amazing canopy cover being tucked into the pines, another tool in our arsenal as we only plan to hunt this went the conditions and timing are right, and after some work, a dynamite enter/exit strategy.
REMEMBER - Just because a food plot can be there, doesn't always mean it should be.
