Understanding the Why, How, When, and What of Warm Season Food Plots

Grant Woods shares the basics he's learned from over 30 years of managing food plots for deer.
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00:00 Intro
00:24 Advantages of Warm Season Plots
01:40 Providing Food
02:28 When to Plant
04:33 How to Plant
06:13 What to Plant
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[@fisherman_of_navarone]

Another great episode. I appreciate the comprehensive breakdown. Thanks from ontario.

[@aaronchilcott4335]

First time viewer really enjoyed this information and the last 30 seconds were the most important! Thank you!

[@GrowingDeerTV]

Thanks for sharing the encouraging words!

[@FireMedic890]

Excellent work Dr Woods!
Enjoyed getting to pick your brain the other week on the phone.
Look forward to getting you to the new property soon!

[@tommyhunter1817]

What is REALLY cool is to look at the results of Georgia island deer that were stocked inland into range with prime native foods.

[@marchhair01]

I don’t really have anything important to add but I know that comments help the channel with the algorithm so here’s mine!

[@fergystuff]

3rd year of the Release Process, just got my soil tests back, no increase in organic matter, big bummer....but we had a wicked drought in 2023, so probably no surprise.

[@edwardmuranyi7182]

Keith,
You videos are very educational and the release method makes perfect sense. Also love the fact that you always tie in how plants and organisms were designed to function together by the Creator and you’re not shy about letting people know the Creator is God and our redeemer is his son Jesus Christ.
You’re an inspiration sir!

[@patriots1needed]

Thanks for sharing.

[@gut-friendlynutrition]

I’m looking forward to this. I want to try this is Houston. We have swamp like gumbo clay. I know it will work!

[@johnmartin9090]

Starting my warm season food plot for the first year . So excited to use as many of your strategies as possible. Lack a lot of the tools and equipment. But have a lot of sweat equity to add. I can do more with hand tools than so.e might think.

[@None-mg3jo]

Holy cow. Just got me some acres in N Florida and I was just asking myself what to do…. Thank You GD

[@bucksniper65]

Have you seen where having summer food has attracted and kept a larger number of does and fawns that took over the areas that bucks would live in during hunting season,effectively keeping the number of mature bucks that may use the property down?

[@GrowingDeerTV]

I've never seen that nor have I known anyone that has experienced this. I don't know of any deer biologists that's reported this.

[@jayeverett6536]

I've got a 1.2 acre field that's just in fescue and sage grass (Alabama). In light of your thoughts on disking the field, how would you start the process of converting that field to a summer plot?

[@GrowingDeerTV]

Jay - fescue can be killed with glyphosate. If it's not to green, great results often come from burning the plot first, waiting the fescue to grow about 6" tall and then applying glyphosate. Burning removes the duff so the herbicide reaches the living fescue.

[@jayeverett6536]

@@GrowingDeerTV Very helpful!! I'm actually planning to burn it this afternoon. Like you, I try not to use Gly but sometimes it's just what you have to do. Thanks for getting back to me. God Bless you brother!

[@texasflood3165]

..just need 40k in equipment..I’ll be set

[@keithknechg3217]

I never ever ask the Lord for a kill.i just ask for the knoweledge to raise my odds.we were blessed with 2 opurtunitys last yr ,big buck big doe...i wiffed my shots .my fault i dont blame the Lord ,never.gun sited ammo type dialed in preseseason ...35 yd shots 🙄 fixing the food plot ,no competition with other hunters or ag,mostly heavy hardwoods and some cattle fields no corn no soy.wish us luck.