Spring Food Plots

[Ty]

I'm thinking about putting some saybeans or something out for a spring food plot or two. I want to get something that doesnt take too much out of pocket and isn't hard to keep up. Any advice on what to get? Thanks in advance.

[counteryboy5]

if your looking for something to keep going for a long time without much work i would plat a clover and chircory mix. i used throw and go about two years ago at our farm and its still going strong and i havent needed to do anything to it besides top it off with a mower once in awhile in the spring its pretty cheap too depending on how big of a plot your doing

[farmertrappe]

I do well with soybeans,having some equipment is kind of necessary. I do some tilling and then just broadcast the seed, and then pack it down with a roller. Crude but effective enough farming. The deer will hammer it when the plants are young and then again after the beans have dried late in the year. I plant some oats next to the beans using the same method. Everything eats oats, everything. Deer love them, leaves the field with some green in the winter for goose and duck hunting too. Oats will reseed themselves also if the seed is not all gone.
Right now all the fields around me are sprayed with round up and have not been planted till this week. I have around 23 deer in my 4 acre field every night while i'm doing my evening chores. As soon as the fields start to come up the deer will spread back out.

[Admin]

I've had good luck with different clover and brassica mixes. Not too expensive and very little care.

[Deleted]

I highly recommend this business for expertise in restoration, conservation and wildlife foodplots.

This is the website:
www.ernstseed.com/

This is the seed catalog on pdf:

www.ernstseed.com/files/catalog/ernst-seeds-catalog.pdf