Make sure your plots are cranking out nutrients. This is the time of year for me to step up my poor soils game. Bigger deer and healthier babies are my goals.
I plan on changing my food plot process this coming year. The backbone of my plots was oats, wheat, rye, winter peas. I lost a lot of seed to turkeys due to going so long without rain. However when my winter peas came up they were doing well. Then a week later they were all gone except in exclusion cages. Deer killed them. So i am thinking about maybe radish, clover, and chicory next year in place of the peas. I used 50 lbs per acre or so of peas and still not enough.
@jeremysilcox9362 I believe that will help with your browse pressure problems. 50 pounds sounds like a pretty good-sized food plot. I noticed that since I added so many other species, it did help take some pressure off the peas, but they still can struggle from time to time.
@@MonsterBucks1451 I have about 4.5 acres of actual food plots and a few kill plots in the woods. I planted 200 lbs of peas and 450 lbs of grain. Plots look great, but are eaten to the ground.
@paulsell2438 I would try local places like co-op, Walmart Lowes, etc. See if you can find it in bulk if needed. other than that, I shop online looking for trace minerial companies. I have and will be posting more information in the community section to help find places that sell them.
I plan on changing my food plot process this coming year. The backbone of my plots was oats, wheat, rye, winter peas. I lost a lot of seed to turkeys due to going so long without rain. However when my winter peas came up they were doing well. Then a week later they were all gone except in exclusion cages. Deer killed them. So i am thinking about maybe radish, clover, and chicory next year in place of the peas. I used 50 lbs per acre or so of peas and still not enough.
@jeremysilcox9362 I believe that will help with your browse pressure problems. 50 pounds sounds like a pretty good-sized food plot. I noticed that since I added so many other species, it did help take some pressure off the peas, but they still can struggle from time to time.
@@MonsterBucks1451 I have about 4.5 acres of actual food plots and a few kill plots in the woods. I planted 200 lbs of peas and 450 lbs of grain. Plots look great, but are eaten to the ground.
What's your recommendation on the most economical way to purchase trace minerals for food plots?
@paulsell2438 I would try local places like co-op, Walmart Lowes, etc. See if you can find it in bulk if needed. other than that, I shop online looking for trace minerial companies. I have and will be posting more information in the community section to help find places that sell them.