Will Deer Eat this? How to Identify Native Plants

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  • When creating better deer hunting habitat we all wonder...will deer eat this? In this video, 3 experts show us how to identify native plants. Then Grant explains the ones that deer love to eat. If you are a deer hunter wanting to create better native vegetation for healthier deer and more abundant wildlife, watch this video! The experts explore the bounty of native plants restored through prescribed fire. Watch as they share share their knowledge about native vegetation: learn how to identify native plants along with tips to improve the whitetail habitat for deer hunting. #TeamOutdoors #deerhunting

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  • @TrehanCreekOutdoors
    @TrehanCreekOutdoors 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I'm a huge believer in prescribed fire used for the encouragement of native plants on the landscape. Deer lived for eons on native vegetation before there ever was a food plot, a corn feeder, or even an ag field! Studies show a consistent high percentage of a deer's daily diet consists of native plant material. If you want the best deer habitat possible or the best turkey habitat, you have to include native species in the mix. Great video!!

  • @warrensinger7372
    @warrensinger7372 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    My wildlife biologist sent me your link. I spent most of the day watching the videos. A totally different technique than my spray and disc method. I’m converted. The sensible land management methodologies are to replicate the way God does it. It’s kind of silly in retrospect how most food plotters got so far away from the natural plant cycles. I love your saying “never clean the table”. Thank you for sharing.

    • @GrowingDeerTV
      @GrowingDeerTV  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks Warren and please think the biologist that shared a link!

  • @michaelgoga1539
    @michaelgoga1539 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I'm honored to be featured in one of your videos! Thank you for everything the team does!!

    • @GrowingDeerTV
      @GrowingDeerTV  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Michael Goga - Thanks for sharing the very cool video!!! - grant

  • @johnhaswell8183
    @johnhaswell8183 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Grant and team this has to b one of the top episodes of all time ! Great info thanks for sharing !

    • @GrowingDeerTV
      @GrowingDeerTV  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      John - Thank you for the kind words! = grant

  • @Grumpy1Fishing
    @Grumpy1Fishing 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I just wanted to say thank you for this episode. I love the food plot and hunting tips but this has to be my favorite episode. I bought a small property that I’m managing for deer and hopefully turkey and quail. This episode gives me a renewed hope i can turn my small property into a wildlife paradise. Thanks again.

    • @GrowingDeerTV
      @GrowingDeerTV  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mr. Bowers - Great! I look forward to hearing about your project! grant

  • @Ghillie-bp6tl
    @Ghillie-bp6tl 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Outstanding segment, if for no other reason than 1) explaining "native vegetation and forbes", 2) using state conservation staff (sorely UNDER USED by hunters/conservationists) and 3) showing that even a PhD welcomes help outside his/her specificity! Another great one, Dr. Woods.

  • @ronniefields5237
    @ronniefields5237 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    What a great episode, one of my favorites. Very informative and opens your mind to wildlife possibilities outside of established notions. Thank you for sharing.

    • @GrowingDeerTV
      @GrowingDeerTV  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for watching Ronnie! - grant

  • @stevegermain1222
    @stevegermain1222 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Super informative I truly appreciate this video thank you Doctor Grant

    • @GrowingDeerTV
      @GrowingDeerTV  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks Steve for the encouraging words!

  • @buckrockerm
    @buckrockerm 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great video! I could watch this type of material for hours.
    Thanks and if you could produce more of these videos.

  • @MrJasinski101
    @MrJasinski101 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Awesome episode! very informative! would love to have another episode like this that goes over tree and bush types.

    • @GrowingDeerTV
      @GrowingDeerTV  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Kenneth - That's a great idea! - grant

  • @Grizzlife
    @Grizzlife 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Excellant video. I was so into video the time flew by leaving me wanting more. Awesome subject matter. I'd love to walk around with you guys identifying plants.

  • @vonadkins8571
    @vonadkins8571 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great Episode! Keep it up! Blessings to the whole Growing Deer team!

  • @MeredithFarms
    @MeredithFarms 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great video as always! 43 days till season in Maryland...but who’s counting lol 🦌

  • @midwesternoutdoorsandnatur8272
    @midwesternoutdoorsandnatur8272 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Can’t believe I just found this. So informative! Great job guys!

  • @Digger927
    @Digger927 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This was a fun episode Grant! Congrats on your conservation award as well, I saw it in the Conservationist magazine.

    • @GrowingDeerTV
      @GrowingDeerTV  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Brent - Thanks! I've lived a very blessed life! - grant

  • @jimsciacca530
    @jimsciacca530 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    One of the best episodes. Thank you.

    • @GrowingDeerTV
      @GrowingDeerTV  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Jim - Thank you for the kind words! - grant

  • @deerrudy
    @deerrudy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great information. Always looking to learn new things. Channel very informative
    Google Lens is a great tool identifying trees and plants in your area and don't need to get your masters in horticulture.

    • @GrowingDeerTV
      @GrowingDeerTV  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks for sharing! = grant

  • @brianstiff5680
    @brianstiff5680 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very good episode. Really like the native education.

  • @Angie-ci1lp
    @Angie-ci1lp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I just discovered this channel very informative and interesting. Thank you

    • @GrowingDeerTV
      @GrowingDeerTV  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Andrea - Glad you joined us!

  • @isaach.389
    @isaach.389 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Your videos are really helping me in my hunting seasons thank you

    • @GrowingDeerTV
      @GrowingDeerTV  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's our mission - to help others enjoy creation! - grant

  • @afireinside33110
    @afireinside33110 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Same here in ohio just recently saw our first poults much smaller than the same time last year

    • @GrowingDeerTV
      @GrowingDeerTV  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Christopher - It's been an abnormal spring! =- grant

  • @tommytaylor8295
    @tommytaylor8295 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I Really enjoyed this video. Would it be possible for you guys to do another segment on this topic.

    • @GrowingDeerTV
      @GrowingDeerTV  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tommy - Sure! I enjoyed touring with and learning from the ladies! - grant

  • @micah_lee
    @micah_lee 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    We have a lot of frost aster blooming in our fields right now, it looked similar to some of those white flowers. In any case, we probably need to do prescribed burns lol

    • @GrowingDeerTV
      @GrowingDeerTV  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Micah - I hope you get trained and do a prescribed fire soon! Fire is a great habitat improvement tool!

    • @micah_lee
      @micah_lee 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@GrowingDeerTV It would be very good! Hopefully next year we can get it done.

  • @jasondiaz7611
    @jasondiaz7611 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Very cool episode. So much knowledge shared. Do you have any wild parsnips in that area or your prairie? Wondering if there is a good way to control that by burning?

    • @GrowingDeerTV
      @GrowingDeerTV  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Jason - I'm not aware of any parsnips on The Proving Grounds. There's lots of Queen Anne's Lace. They look a bit alike but parsnips have yellow flowers. - grant

  • @Giroux68
    @Giroux68 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Once again, private sector showing the government sector how it’s done. Keep it up Grant!!

    • @GrowingDeerTV
      @GrowingDeerTV  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Susan Farington is very wise! I've learned a lot from her.

  • @backcountrysurvivalists
    @backcountrysurvivalists 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very informative video!

  • @hussamnajim2218
    @hussamnajim2218 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for the valuable information I am from a subscriber from the state of Iraq

    • @GrowingDeerTV
      @GrowingDeerTV  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hussam - I hope our paths cross soon! Do you hunt in Iraq? - grant

  • @frenchpotato2852
    @frenchpotato2852 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Where do your habitat management places take place? In the South eastern us we had a native wolf called the red wolf (Canis Rufus). The red wolf’s diet consists mostly of turkey nest predators, rodents, and deer (which they believe don’t have a significant impact on their numbers). They also push out coyotes and could greatly benefit you and other land managers.

    • @GrowingDeerTV
      @GrowingDeerTV  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      We often work from Canada to south Florida. I schooled at Georgia and Clemson. Actually coyotes freely bred with red wolves and dilute thier population. Coyotes were part of the demise of red wolves throughout their range. That's why Red Wolves were protected along a portion of the coast in NC - there were no coyotes there at the time.

    • @frenchpotato2852
      @frenchpotato2852 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@GrowingDeerTV Hey! I appreciate you getting back to me. They have what they are sure are pure red wolves, some speculate that one of the problems that cause red wolves to hybridize with coyotes is that there are not enough red wolves to sustain themselves, in fact, the dominant kind of red wolves "mistaken as coyotes" are breeding adults who get shot and their packs get broken up, since the wolf population is too small to support itself, they hybridize.
      Thanks so much for getting back, I appreciate your channel.

  • @JohnRobinson_Oklahoma
    @JohnRobinson_Oklahoma 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great job! Great video👍🤠

  • @fredlongino6725
    @fredlongino6725 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video more like it please.

  • @ikebergdoll6655
    @ikebergdoll6655 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Where I live in West Virginia, we seem to fight Japanese stilt grass more than anything and I’ve heard that the seed can last in the ground for 7 years or more. We spray it every year, but it always comes right back the following year. Any recommendations on getting the upper hand on this invasive?

  • @archeryonly5629
    @archeryonly5629 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Awsome content

  • @seanbarrett657
    @seanbarrett657 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Mullen is also very good for the respiratory system. Fyi

    • @GrowingDeerTV
      @GrowingDeerTV  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Great! How's it used? It's an invasive exotic species. I wonder if there's a native species that could be used?

  • @micah_lee
    @micah_lee 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was suprised a few months ago to find out horsenettle was native

    • @GrowingDeerTV
      @GrowingDeerTV  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Micah - That's a tough plant.

    • @micah_lee
      @micah_lee 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@GrowingDeerTV I mean, at least it may be beneficial in some way for the environment. But for sure it can be difficult.

  • @coyotewisconsin6432
    @coyotewisconsin6432 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video!

  • @gallopingg1
    @gallopingg1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    THUMBS UP TO A TOP CHANNEL.

    • @GrowingDeerTV
      @GrowingDeerTV  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      michael jeffries - Thanks for the kind words!

  • @EarlybirdFarmSC
    @EarlybirdFarmSC 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Any tips for doing prescribed burns on small tracks of land?

    • @GrowingDeerTV
      @GrowingDeerTV  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same techniques as we use. South Carolina has a very good prescribed fire class taught by the forestry commision! - grant

    • @EarlybirdFarmSC
      @EarlybirdFarmSC 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@GrowingDeerTV Thanks, I will check in to that.

  • @dankrull9616
    @dankrull9616 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Burn Burn Burn. How about high density, multi-species grazing? Fire is one tool, you seem to use it as though it is your only option.

    • @GrowingDeerTV
      @GrowingDeerTV  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dan - Grazing can be a good tool if there are the appropriate fences, water sources, and someone with the stock and will manage them. Those resources aren't available to most.

  • @MegaBraunie
    @MegaBraunie 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hey Gang. I have 7 acres of prairie that consists of Milkweed, Queen Annes Lace, Bee Balm, Daisy, black eyed susans, tall white/yellow clover and a variety of grasses. Would you consider this a success? It is about the same yearly and I am not sure if I should do a spring burn or not? Thanks in advance.

    • @GrowingDeerTV
      @GrowingDeerTV  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Silver - It sounds like nice habitat! Using prescribed fire will increase the species diversity and likely improve the habitat quality. - grant

  • @skunkrider1
    @skunkrider1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I don’t know how to fix this but I have land that I tried to turn a old hay field into a foodplot but the grasses keep coming back and can’t get a good brassica plot how can I fix this if there is a possibility please help.

    • @GrowingDeerTV
      @GrowingDeerTV  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sure! Pasture grasses often need to be terminated with herbicide. Then I plant Eagle Seed Roundup Ready beans so the weeds can be controlled while a productive plot is growing! - grant

  • @stevenlumbert5441
    @stevenlumbert5441 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    hello growing dear team

  • @senorphipps4984
    @senorphipps4984 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Any quail on the farm?

    • @GrowingDeerTV
      @GrowingDeerTV  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Adam = no quail. We have great habitat but are surrounded by fescue pasture and high graded forest so there's no quail to populate The Proving Grounds. - grant

    • @senorphipps4984
      @senorphipps4984 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@GrowingDeerTV That´s too bad. I´ve been watching your shows over the years always wandering, with so much great habitat, why you guys never talked about quail.

  • @ka2005ish
    @ka2005ish 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    what about poison sumac in the Northeast? useful for deer or just a pain in the butt?

  • @scottschaeffer8920
    @scottschaeffer8920 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Can you say Quail?

    • @GrowingDeerTV
      @GrowingDeerTV  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Scott - Native vegetation in this area is great quail habitat!

  • @ian5780
    @ian5780 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yea! None of that greek and Latin mashed together with some jawbreaking word no one can say. (Scientific names for species)

    • @GrowingDeerTV
      @GrowingDeerTV  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ha! I'm too much of a hillbilly for that!

    • @ian5780
      @ian5780 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@GrowingDeerTV one can be educated out of his sanity. I think it happens more often than not these days.