Habitats & Food Plots

Kansas Turkey Hunt: Lindsey's Longbeard Plus Managing Food Plot Pests

In this episode we bring you one last turkey hunt and share food plot tips for two common pests: Heath and Lindsey Martin decide to take advantage of the long lasting turkey season in Kansas where Lindsey finishes strong! Back at The Proving Grounds we're staying busy with food plots. This week we share how to handle two common food plot pests, groundhogs and multiflora rose.

Whitetail Habitat Management Tips For Nutrition: Less Food Plot Pressure

For those of us that don't hunt near row crop fields, food plots are a great tool to allow bucks to express their full antler growth potential. Sometimes the topography, leases, etc., limit the amount of food plots that can be created. This week I describe some techniques to reduce the browse pressure on food plots while providing quality food for deer.

From GrowingDeer.tv
Grant Woods

Spring Food Plot Strategies for Targeting Big Whitetails

In this episode we take planning food plots to the next level.  A food plot that is strategically designed and placed can be a great hunting tool. Join us this week as we explain our strategy and start to implement the plan that we expect to produce a hit list buck!  We've also got a management tip for those smaller hidey hole (or as some people call them:  honey hole) food plots!

Food Plots for Hunting

We typically divide food plots into two categories: feeding plots and hunting plots. Feeding plots are designed to attract and hold deer on your property and are laid out with high volume production in mind. They are typically 2 acres or more and are often located near the center of a property.

Choosing Food Plot Forages

Forage is a crop grown for an animal; in the food plot business it is a crop grown for white-tailed deer. Twenty years ago, purchasing food plot seed was simple. There was clover and there was — clover. Not so today. There are literally hundreds of whitetail forages out there to choose from.