Shaded area food plot?
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What food plot seed have any of you had luck with in shaded areas? I tried some from TSC last season that stated it was for shaded areas. It came up but at about 4-6 inches high it stopped. By early summer it was dried up. I can't remember the brand or seed type.
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Re: Shaded area food plot?
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White clovers. Still needs some sun. Oats and rye can do ok with partial sun.
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: Shaded area food plot?
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Oats and rye can do ok with partial sun.
A nice feature of oats and rye is that they will pretty much grow in the back of a truck
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Re: Shaded area food plot?
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Nothing of any interest to deer will thrive in shade. This is far from the truth. Stop thinking about cultivated crops and start looking and watching what a deer eat. Take a walk thru a woods at various times of the year and look at what they browse on. Almost all the deer over browsing I see is in wooded (shaded) areas, not open areas.
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Re: Shaded area food plot?
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Re: Shaded area food plot?
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Nothing of any interest to deer will thrive in shade. This is far from the truth. Stop thinking about cultivated crops and start looking and watching what a deer eat. Take a walk thru a woods at various times of the year and look at what they browse on. Almost all the deer over browsing I see is in wooded (shaded) areas, not open areas. X2, plus what they like to eat at different times of the year like jewel weed, raspberry and blackberry leaves and more
The bitterness of poor quality last a lot longer than the sweetness of low price
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Re: Shaded area food plot?
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Nothing of any interest to deer will thrive in shade. This is far from the truth. Stop thinking about cultivated crops and start looking and watching what a deer eat. Take a walk thru a woods at various times of the year and look at what they browse on. Almost all the deer over browsing I see is in wooded (shaded) areas, not open areas. That has absolutely nothing to do with the question. He asked about food plots, not browse. They’re two entirely different things.
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Re: Shaded area food plot?
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I probably should have explained why I'm looking for a shade tolerant food plot. We own about 40 acres mostly wooded. There is one open area that is about 60 feet wide by about 150 yards long. This is our primary food plot. But it is more towards the east side of our property. In the center of our property is two different bedding/thicket areas and also an old logging road. It is on part of this logging road where we try to grow some food plots. On 3 sides of our property it is open crop land owned by a very large potato farm. The crops are rotated each year, last year was corn (good for deer hunting, really good) this year will be potatoes. (Not so good to attract deer). This is why we want to draw deer in to our Woodlore with the potato crops not drawing deer in.
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Re: Shaded area food plot?
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30 feet wide with a big canopy ??
Possible to get rid of some talltrees on the edges?
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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I probably should have explained why I'm looking for a shade tolerant food plot. We own about 40 acres mostly wooded. There is one open area that is about 60 feet wide by about 150 yards long. This is our primary food plot. But it is more towards the east side of our property. In the center of our property is two different bedding/thicket areas and also an old logging road. It is on part of this logging road where we try to grow some food plots. On 3 sides of our property it is open crop land owned by a very large potato farm. The crops are rotated each year, last year was corn (good for deer hunting, really good) this year will be potatoes. (Not so good to attract deer). This is why we want to draw deer in to our Woodlore with the potato crops not drawing deer in. Let us know how it works for you. Good luck.
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