How To Create A Winter Food Plot

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Жыл бұрын

While not every food plot can feed deer into the Winter months, you should always do you your best to try! Here are the basics for making sure that your food plot has hope for still producing during the Winter months...
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@janitorialguy4436 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Jeff, I had struggles this year too, learn and move on

@kurtpearson2793 Жыл бұрын

Really loving the “new” Jeff&friends podcast! Jen is fantastic!!!! What a great whitetail enthusiast!

@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Kurt, that really means a lot! We are working to try and get Dylan to be more of a part 😊

@kurtpearson2793 Жыл бұрын

@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 she’s the star of the show! Great at directing conversations and asking the right questions at the right time. As well as being knowledgeable and informative-!

@whitetailhabitatandhunting Жыл бұрын

Me too Kurt!

@Ben-zw8sx Жыл бұрын

Where can you listen to the podcast ?

@kurtpearson2793 Жыл бұрын

@@Ben-zw8sx I find it on my podcast app, under Jeff & Friends Talk Deer

@whitetailhabitatandhunting Жыл бұрын

Thanks Jeff! I was really wanting a video like this and here it is!!

@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 Жыл бұрын

You are very welcome Isaac I hope it makes sense!

@whitetailhabitatandhunting Жыл бұрын

@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 Sure does!

@shawndickmann8215 Жыл бұрын

Get those tree orders in, I'm seeing a lot of stuff getting sold out.

@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 Жыл бұрын

Amen to that!

@JBesq Жыл бұрын

Jeff, you’re redoing the plot you were in. What will you be planting when you say back to basics? From you I understand basic to be half brassica and half greens with a couple of top dresses of cereal rye. Also I’ve seen adding winter peas in with brassica. Thoughts?

@flannelmax2869 Жыл бұрын

Appreciate how you laid out the thought process in this video. So, is this an indefinite quarter acre clover plot? Or is the plan to add to or change it next Spring?

@dereke7972 Жыл бұрын

Can you make a video detailing some of the jargon you use? For example, bench, saddle, etc? I'm a new hunter (started last year, but a lot of your videos are heavy on jargon that goes over my head

@daveruzicka4388 7 ай бұрын

great info on these videos,,thank you,..I have a question about hunting pressure though..whats the best way to deal with being boxed in? ,,,I have a lot of pressure on 3 sides of me,the 4th side being my house and I can't seem to get deer to hangout there after summer or early fall,,they will bed there and fawn nearby ,I see them eating in my fields and then when the corn gets harvested which is a 1/4 mile in 2 directions it's deer gone ..are they leaving becuase the feed is gone ? ,,I was thinking some wheat,beans or brassica might hold them in until late november but I'm not sure...maybe I need to watch more videos to get more of a game plan worked out. :)

@MrJimbo1212 Жыл бұрын

great content.... again.. curios if you have ever covered deer dispersal the following spring...when assessing your deer numbers in the winter, do you assess the fact that all immature deer in your fields now will not be part of next years herd with the dispersal studies out their... do you just assume all your young herd that leaves in the spring will be 1 to 1 replaced by deer dispersing towards your turf?

@jimreed3904 Жыл бұрын

that is a good point... never thought of that with winter/spring dispersal where all the 1 years olds leave the area ranging from 2-15 miles... guess it depends on the macro neighborhoods deer herd if you get replenished from other areas dispursels into your turf...for the most part I;m assuming its pretty much a 1-1 trade off but maybe not...mmm?

@jerryburns4237 Жыл бұрын

What time/date in fall do you put the clover in?

@scottotten9619 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Jeff!! Do you guys take down your Family Tradition Hang On setups every year, even if you plan on putting back in the same location?

@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 Жыл бұрын

We are supposed to for sure 😊 some we do!

@desertdog1125 Жыл бұрын

Jeff..Mark Buxton Said Your Process won't Work in the South (Alabama) Your not working with a 2k acre Pine Plantation Thoughts?

@mikebutler5317 Жыл бұрын

You mention planting clover plots which help the soil, but I have found in SW Lower Michigan even with multiple small plots the deer eat it up, and after a freeze it goes dormant and gone. Are you recommending to mix up the plots and add grains etc?

@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 Жыл бұрын

Hi Mike! That's a tough call. If they eat it down to the dirt...perfect to later heavy rye on it. That will actually allow the clover to maintain or grow a little volume into the mid portion of the season. In SW MI I would add 150#s per acre of rye grain around Labor day, directly over the clover. I will do that here if needed too...

@dmouse522 Жыл бұрын

@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 This works for me. Germination not great sowing into the clover but it's definitely there and eaten. Timing sowing with rain and mowing goes a long way to improve germination of the rye.

@joshcastle360 Жыл бұрын

@@dmouse522 Try running over the area with a plug aerator before over-seeding that will even make a bigger difference. And probably thin the clover a little bit helping those rye seeds get more sunlight. I do this to my plots and it works great, ill run it over going in every direction so I have plenty of holes for better germination. Many of the holes will be there even 2-3 weeks later typically and will allow you to use the rye layering method.

@MA-rg9tv Жыл бұрын

Do you recommend running down your corn or part of during the late fall to winter?

@jackhuffman2268 Жыл бұрын

Jeff, Do you keep your water holes full during the summer?

@benborgschatz9525 Жыл бұрын

Try keeping them full year round. Once empty and you fill it again, it will take deer a couple of weeks to start using it again.

@jerodaukeman6251 Жыл бұрын

Jeff, quick ? How long should I use the same licking branch before replacing with a fresh vine/branch?

@harrisonnelson1064 Жыл бұрын

As long as it lasts!

@MrRABland Жыл бұрын

We literally have four feet of snow on the ground this winter. I don't see where brassicas, etc. would be available for the deer. Would hinge cutting that makes limb tips available to them be appropriate when thick snow levels happen? I guess corn might stand up, but corn takes more effort and expense that I can handle alone.

@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 Жыл бұрын

Hi Rick...corn is about it at this point with that much snow. BUT, those hardwood cuttings, hinge cuts, shrub tips, briars are key right now!

@MrRABland Жыл бұрын

@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 Thanks. It's becoming a brutal winter up here with all that snow and now sub-zero temps all week. I don't have a lot of deer already and would like to be prepared in the future when this happens again as it will happen. I'm putting in food plots with brassicas and cereal grains later this year but will also cut some trees for extra late winter food.

@1231gman Жыл бұрын

What’s your thoughts on 30 acres of alfalfa ? With 15 acres of corn

@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 Жыл бұрын

If the corn is left...great! Depending on the area the Alfalfa can be a real dud for the bulk of the season. Not a fan of that combo in general...unless planted on my neighbors 😁 There is a reason we have zero alfalfa in my own WHS Wildlife Blends...

@beaulyons5554 Жыл бұрын

So if you can’t split up a small food plot and get volume and diversity then go to a single crop base to get volume? And is it better to make those small plots the summer food instead of winter based?

@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 Жыл бұрын

Hi Beau yes for sure...BUT NOT, a summer food source. If it ends up being hit too hard at the expense of Fall volume, than something else needs to be planted. Layering rye is what I use in a lot of northern areas. August planted crops layered with rye is another.

@beaulyons5554 Жыл бұрын

@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 makes sense. They love the rye here (northeast Washington, north Idaho) and the oats peas combo. We get really hot here and it’s been hard to plant late season brassicas, so I’m getting nothing really on the brassica side. Going to try planting a lot earlier in the year and pray my brassicas make it. I’m not losing them to wildlife, I’m losing them to drought. We don’t get a very good late season grow unfortunately. Thank you for your help. I’m cutting a bunch of pines down for cover (beetle kill) and to get sun to the forest ground for regrowth. Thank you again for everything.

@beaulyons5554 Жыл бұрын

@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 I have a very dry summer basically that goes right into a snow filled winter, so can a guy start growing his brassicas early and then be a good draw later or can your brassicas get to mature for a late season draw? Thank you again.

@travisethridge4062 Жыл бұрын

I know the answer..... have 20+ acres of corn surrounding the food plots you film

@kurtpearson2793 Жыл бұрын

First

@whitetailhabitatandhunting Жыл бұрын

Good job! The moon phase working again for ya? 😂

@kurtpearson2793 Жыл бұрын

@@whitetailhabitatandhunting I’m fully committed to food and bedding these days. Admittedly weekends are easier to predict his behavior. Weekdays are still problematic!

@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 Жыл бұрын

Haha...love it 😁

@whitetailhabitatandhunting Жыл бұрын

@@kurtpearson2793 Lol 😂

@bowman8316 Жыл бұрын

Nice ! Definitely a feed pattern 🤣