Supplemental food plots add beneficial twist to a good deer management program
Breaking up the ground with a disk or tiller helps ensure good seed contact with the soil. It’s a good idea to drag the plot site after the seeds are sown to cover them with thin layer of soil. COURTESY PHOTO / MATT WILLIAMS
The are a number of good wildlife seed blends on the market. Those that contain a mix of preferred cereal grains and legumes are ideal for deer. COURTESY PHOTO / MATT WILLIAMS
Late September and early October are good times for planting food plots….. then pray for rain. Cool season food plots provide great sources of nutrition to help deer through tough times. COURTESY PHOTO / JAN WILLIAMS
Outdoors Writer
Deer hunting is labor of love. For hardcore whitetail junkies, the work usually begins long before the dawn of another opening day.
The clock is ticking. Texas’ Archery Only and Managed Lands Deer (MLD) season get underway on September 30 and the statewide general season begins November 4. Deer camps need to be tidied, new stands set, corn feeders filled an...
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