Dang what a fatty! That's a nice little buck. Good eats too I bet. :clap
Ever thought abt soy beans? Just saw this yesterday.
Sam03, beginning about 1980 I had the priviledge of hunting a property that was planted in soybeans. Killed my 1st muzzle loading buck on that property. That was probably the best hunting I have ever experienced. Killed a pile of deer there, my son killed his 1st buck on that place when he was 9 years old.
Eventually the property owner decided she was allergic to the spray that the farmer was having applied to the soybeans with a plane. He said he couldn't grow the beans without the protection from the worms that would defoliate the beans so the land lay out one season , not as many deer, no feed. The kind lady told asked me to plant a few acres for the deer as I had been providing her packaged venison in exchange for hunting rights. Planted 5 acres with a grain drill and had great success for a couple of years, then her family persuaded her to plant that 120 acres in pines, you know the rest of that story.
Tried beans here, where the corn patch is located, they got about 12 inches high and then we had visitors. They wiped them out in about 3 nights. Most of the soybean fields around here have evidence of deer feasting on the beans, from the edge out to about 50 feet the plants are usually destroyed. So it takes a large field to produce beans to maturity if there are a lot of deer in the area. Small food plots such as mine would have to be protected by fencing or a chemical band. Remember last year Iluv2hunt suggested using a product around a pea patch called Milorganite which really worked well here to stop deer from destroying the peas as they matured. That ought to work on soybeans as well, or at least get them established enough to withstand grazing before they are mature.
The combination of soybeans and clover would probably be a great comonation, will consider this a little more.
Treefarmer
Day 250 Corn patch food plot
As everybody in Florida knows it has been unusually warm for this time of the year. Right now it is 80 degrees, overcast with a strong south west breeze. We've had several frosts, but there are still green things in the woods and there are a lot of things blooming, pear trees for one.
This last week is the slowest week I've experienced in deer hunting for many years. Killed one on the 7th of January and have not seen a deer in the corn patch now for 9 days. Haven't been to the lease so don't know if they have moved there or not. I've been able to sit and watch most afternoons for the last hour and nothing is moving, a few doves. I did notice that the corn that has been picked over, pushed down and then bush hogged creates a very bright back ground for that last look, the 30 minutes after official sundown.
Pictures this time show we're still having night time visitors, no bucks this past week, some ol' man went by the camera refreshing the fire lines that will be used in March when it's time to burn and there is a picture of an almost 100% home produced dinner. It was a very simple meal, fresh venison liver, grits made from the corn patch food plot ears and zipper cream peas from the garden last summer. The Red Diamond tea was from the store. My wife and I are very thankful for all the blessings the Lord has allowed to come our way!
Treefarmer
Zipper peas are a favorite of my family! Absolutely the best of any pea!
