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Natures Food Plot
#6620137
09/19/19 01:48 AM
09/19/19 01:48 AM
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Joined: Jan 2016
Posts: 1,781 Mi, Mecosta
ambush32
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trapper
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OP
trapper
Joined: Jan 2016
Posts: 1,781
Mi, Mecosta
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Been seeing lots of man made food plots..Got me thinking of how many members do the leg work to find some hidden gems in the way of natures food sources for deer..I'm sure plenty of members here have areas that they have found that produces every so often... I hunt mostly public hunting ground here in Michigan, my hunting involves hit or miss depending on the hunters in the area...So, my first pic is a location that took me about 3 years of stomping ground to find.. Apple trees nestled in thick cover next to a cedar swamp, only apple trees for miles that I can find... I've only taken one decent buck from this location a few years ago but it is busy during the pre-rut or prior too..only has produced apples every other year or so.. Third pic is a thick popular cutting with three white oak trees in the cutting, no white oak in this area that I can find, I have to think its productive once the the acorns start to drop... I have a lot of places that mimic these areas...Sure I don't score every year but it sure is fun finding these areas... Let's see your natures honey hole...Be it a remote waterhole, honey locusts that drops beans for deer to feed on in snow covered land, lone whiteoak that stands in a growth of pine trees or whatever you consider a destination area....
Thought I was a good trapper until I started trapping coyotes...... Thought I was a good bowhunter until I targeted mature bucks....
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Re: Natures Food Plot
[Re: ambush32]
#6620167
09/19/19 06:38 AM
09/19/19 06:38 AM
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Joined: Jan 2013
Posts: 1,190 Kentucky
Abu65
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trapper
Joined: Jan 2013
Posts: 1,190
Kentucky
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Those first 2 pictures look like they may hold a Grouse or 2.
It is what it is.
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Re: Natures Food Plot
[Re: ambush32]
#6620234
09/19/19 08:08 AM
09/19/19 08:08 AM
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Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 7,249 western mn
bucksnbears
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trapper
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 7,249
western mn
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Deer are in the oaks heavy now eating acorns.
swampgas chili and schmidt beer makes for a deadly combo
You have to remember that 1 out of 3 Democratic Voters is just as dumb as the other two.
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Re: Natures Food Plot
[Re: ambush32]
#6620316
09/19/19 10:36 AM
09/19/19 10:36 AM
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Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 6,545 NC, Orange Co.
QuietButDeadly
trapper
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trapper
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 6,545
NC, Orange Co.
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Natural food sources or ag crops and the travel areas to or from are my go to for ambushing whitetails. I particularly like persimmon trees, locusts and any fruit trees either scattered around or abandoned house places. Wild grape vines when they are dropping work well too. And white oaks are probably the top of the preferred list for deer in my neck of the woods. We have lots of white oak, red oak and pin oak along with quite a few beech trees. So many oaks that you can not just set up on any old white oak. You have to figure out which particular white oak is their favorite when there is a big mast crop. It is tough hunting when the woods are full of acorns. I actually prefer a lighter acorn crop where the the bearing trees are more scattered.
This year, we have a moderate acorn crop that are starting to fall and one of the bigger beech nut crops that I have seen in a while. Grapes are almost ripe and the persimmons are starting to turn. Just need some cooler weather to make it tolerable to be in the woods.
Life Member: NCTA, VTA, NTA, TTFHA, MFTI Member: FTA NRA NWTF
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