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I want to plant something to attract the deer. I've seen milo planted in food plots.Is there a mix that I can buy to plant for the deer? I have never seen deer near the milo plots.What should I plant. Whatever I get ,I would like to be able to get in at least 20-50 lb sacks.
Clover works well around here.
Some farm supply stores sell a deer mix.
Have you tried a garden?
Yea, the garden works great. But I don't want to hunt in the back yard. I am going to talk to the guys at the local feed store.
I've seen folks around here plant buckwheat.
Steve
I picked up a 50# sack of crimson clover and a 50#sack of timothy seed today,they said to plant it thick and fertilize it good in a month or so. I thought I'd alternate between the two seeds every 10 feet or so.
I plan to seed down several plots 9.5 feet wide and 40 or so feet long. My disk harrow is 9.5 feet wide. I will put the strips in good view of our deer tree stands.
missoura,
I usually have seen crimson clover interplanted with a tall grass/grain crop. The Timothy will give the clover something to climb so it stays upright. I guess you could plant them separately, but I think they'd do better together.
Larry
I can put the seed together,I just thought it would look neat seperated but I think you're right about clover falling over. I'm hoping to get time to do it this weekend.
From my experience, you should plant hostas, roses, tomatoes, crabapple trees (the spring blossoms really pull them in.) I've found that the more special or expensive the plant, the better chance of attracting deer.
Expensive exotic pine trees draw them too,the deer rub all the bark off the expensive ones and leave the cheap trees.
You gotta remember that the Deer Have Taste!
Egon
OK, got some of the seeds in the ground and it is supposed to rain tonight and tomorrow. How long till I should fertilize ? I was told to wait till it was up3 or 4 inches or so,is that right?
Many farmers fertilize as they seed. Makes for less equipment /manpower time.
Egon
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I was told to wait till it was up3 or 4 inches or so,is that right?
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Assuming the proper kind of soil to begin with, that's probably right.
Sounds reasonable. Like Egon, I know some fertilize while seeding, not only to minimize time, but to minimize compaction of the soil.
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Is inviting the deer over for dinner & then shooting him really hunting or even legal? [img]/forums/images/icons/confused.gif[/img]
Planting things they like is completly legal and completly moral.Baiting them is not,at least not here. But I do know of people who keep out salt blocks and grain for the deer. We have 80 acres and we don't let anyone but my wife and I hunt here. There is a hunting club on the south side and the guy on the west side has a dozen or so guys come in for deer season and the other two sides are road frontage. Most years we don't even kill a deer. Last year we had 4 deers to butcher and never fired a shot,and none of them came from here. We like to go out and just watch them.But if I want to shoot one I want the odds in my favor.