This makes so much sense! Even in my area of Northern Wisconsin it seems there is an explosion of new bucks on camera between October 20th and November 20th. They will hang around if you got the food but if you got a pile of does going nuts on the food plots there isn’t much left by the time the rut gets going and they just move on! This goes against what a lot of people think but it is definitely a reality! For the best hunting got to have that food in late October and November! Great video!

Well explained! Jeff i got so many questions!

Jeff, Great comments. I have made the mistake of planting my food plots too early for many many years. It was difficult to have any feed left for the fall, In some cases we had 50-70 does and fawns feeding on our plots, which of course is devastating to the plots. I frost seeded some switch grass yesterday, although getting kinda late to be doing in SW WI. Looking forward to seeing you, hope Diane can join you. Bob

Great video brother. Very informative. Thank you for taking your own time to share. GOD BLESS.

Keep it coming Jeff. Your the man

problem here in north central,wv,does are thick,always on the best hayfields that are on the farms,bucks always wait and come out after dark.but not alot you can do when your hunting on someone elses cattle farm.

What's the science behind deer becoming nocturnal when there are too many does on your property? That's very interesting. Also if you have to thin the herd, is it best to shoot the doe or the yearlings first?

Once again you’ve nailed questions I might of had!!! Can you do a video session on protein feeders? I have a protein feeder located in a secluded leg off from my main plots. I’m constantly getting about 30 pictures every single night of deer bedding and also eating off or near the feeder. I’m gonna be planting my clover/alfalfa/chicory and oat mix in a week or so. The deer in my area have been very good about the height of my plots I only had to mow once last year.

How do you know how many does is the correct amount to have on a property

Here in Southern Michigan I have one 3 acre field planted with a clover/chicory/alfalfa perennial mix, which coupled with the abundant browse and surrounding ag fields provides plenty of summer food. The remainder of plots (forage soybeans and brassica mix) won't go in the ground until around July 15-August 1 depending on weather, and will provide fall and winter food.

Great channel Jeff! Learned alot this past year since finding your videos. Question.. I'm in east Arkansas . Never had summer plots because there's hundreds of acres of beans surrounding our land last year. Farmer might be planting cotton this summer instead. If he does, planning on doing a food plot or two to hold current herd and maybe attract more deer. But if he does beans again is it even worth doing summer plots? Fairly new to food plots just asking for advice. Again, love the channel.

We had pics on a food plot one year a dominate doe with no fawn. Kicking at bucks pushing them off properly. I shot the doe in archery and the bucks moved back in November. They are territorial

I can't say how impressive your videos and knowledge is Jeff. What size habitat hook are you using? Is the seven footer good enough for most situations, or is it better to get the extendable? With maybe 8 acres of mature hardwood with no profitable timber value for its size, is a person better off cutting a few small pockets out to get sunlight to the ground, and then follow that up with hinge cutting the smaller trees? It's a great travel funnel but offers little side cover throughout.

Ty Jeff for all the great videos. I have learned more from your series then any other channels. My question is this: I’m in S/W Michigan and only have very small parcels to hunt. Nothing over 20 acres. I planted my first two food plots last year with Eagle forage beans. 1/2 acre plots on each property. They did great, but lacked actual bean production of any real magnitude. This year I would like to try again with a regular AG bean or Realworld beans. Basically setting these plots up for late season plots. Would you have a better late season food recommendation other then beans for my area?

Jeff thanks for all your very informative videos. My question is what do you do if the deer don't like brassicas on your property? I'm having a hard time giving up the clover and chicory plots that the deer have hammered to switch to brassicas that have been a no go for 3 years straight. I can plant corn and soys but not in small kill size plots where they would amount to much. Thanks for your response

What do you think about putting a cover crop of oats on a brassica plot to keep weed pressure down until it comes planting season for brassicas?

Hi I live in south-western wi and I’m wondering if these are good plants to plant. Warm season- clover, soybeans, wheat, oats, chicory, buckwheat. Cold season- brassicas, turnips, rye, chicory, and clover. Don’t have much experience with this but I know you would know. Also I live on a farm and there are fields and crops all around me so in the video we’re you saying I don’t need to plant anything in the spring going into summer

how about planting honeysuckle ? good or bad. makes good winter browse dosnt it ?

Would establishing a food plot early on making a safe place for doe educate the deer enough in really high pressured hunting areas to come onto your land during the fall? I have a small property surround by larger property that gets hunted to death by a ton of people from Nov-Jan. Would it be beneficial to always have food available to them or in that situation would cover be more beneficial to attract them to my property during high pressure months?

Great info, but what about other game species? Turkeys and even bears are regular visitors to summer plots.

How about in north Carolina im still trying to figure out a good plot seed to plant. Our plots are in the woods we have no fields around my land any ideas?

Do you just let natural regrowth happen on your food plots during the summer until you plant them again in the late summer/early fall?

So what should we do with our food plots during the spring and summer?

Jeff, I really appreciate your videos. Do you have any pointers from any of your client properties concerning wild hogs? Some of my food plots have been rooted up really bad by the pigs in the area.

IS that place your standing in a doe factory with the alfalfa there all summer and then the heard moves into your food plots after the alfalfa go's dormant

Hey brother I’m running behind on videos bout to get caught up though.

I have been keeping up with your videos over the last year and am gaining a lot of information. I have my own channel and would love for you to check it out and see what I might be doing right or wrong. We have 200 acres near Ladysmith WI big woods low deer numbers and I have 7 small food plots. Trying to create deer movement toward the center of the land where our cabin is so I can keep hunting pressure at a minimum. Including only hunting half my hunts on our property. This video was helpful thank you I have had success with buckwheat too👍bonus the bees love it

I see 6 deer in field I feel like I hit powerball. VT HUNTING has become a joke

The people that let me hunt there land don't want deer on there land, so they don't want me to atrack deer to there property. Also a lot of deer bed on the property or move through the property so I see a lot of deer when I hunt & most of the nabors don't hunt so even if deer are not on the property & move they move through, they don't get much pressure from hunting.

Unbelievably poor information that shows how truly unknowable Jeff is on this entire subject. As I mentioned in a comment that was deleted, summer food has nothing to do with 'doe factories." Placing any food (or concentration of does) too near a prime buck bedding area is the culprit. So what's Jeff's advice if the land owner can only hunt the first 2 weeks of October and late planted soybeans are the best draw and his best chance at killing a good buck and achieving his goals? Or what about the northern landowner who's property adjoins natural thermal cover and his best opportunity at a good buck is standing soybeans during the harsh weather of the post rut? His advice means nothing if it doesn't take into account individual landowner's goals, let alone how flawed his actual teachings and beliefs may be. Don't get fooled into believing that this stuff is anywhere near reality becuase it isn't. This just shows Jeff poor understanding of so many topics or perhaps its that he's sold this garbage to too many people to retract now. His claim to walking more properties in more states than anyone in the country may be true, unfortunately when you rarely if ever do the work and see it through you never develop the true understanding of things. Unfortunately his arrogance won't allow him to accept the fact that he may be wrong about some things.