Day 236 Corn patch food plot
Just completed our zone's doe week yesterday. Have any of you folks ever experienced the total disappearance of deer during that time? We've chosen to not kill does on our little farm but even on the lease property and others leases it seems they go down a gopher hole during that week. Managed to kill one on the lease last Thursday afternoon, that was it. Didn't hear of another one being killed. Heard a few shots around but no tellin' what was going on. Sat over the corn patch this afternoon for about an hour and nothing moved. Had the same bunch of does, yearlings and fawns on the camera. Had a few cold days and should see some rut activity in the next few weeks.
Lots of tracks around the edges of the corn patch but I'm beginning to wonder if a green patch, oats or rye grain, may be a better drawing card than the corn? Some years ago this plot was planted in Imperial whitetail clover in the fall and it took till the folowing summer to get results. Had 7 bucks that stayed in it as a batchlor group from July right up till a week before rifle season. I was able to kill the #2 buck, a big 8 pt. on opening afternoon, never saw the big one again. Maybe we'll have some thing more to show in the next few weeks. Treefarmer
Farmer those deer know just when they are safe or not... a prime example is the week after the season is over, look at how many you'll see.
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Very good and you're a Chevy man too! This is by far the best thread FOHAF has ever had and I believe it should continue with Part II and III. The clover idea sounds like it worked in the past, so if it ain't broke, don't fix it. I'd plant half in clover and half in corn next year.
Maybe next year I'll have some of my own property to do something on. We will see!
looks like a ford. and yes, this is a cool thread.
I stand corrected, it is a Ford, -1 treefarmer, although it could be someone else's problem (Ford) and not your's, LOL....
