Food plots will not only improve the health of your deer herd, they'll also increase your hunting success in the fall. Once you've chosen a spot, cleared the ground, applied lime and fertilizer and…
Forage is a crop grown for an animal; in the food plot business it is a crop grown for white-tailed deer. Twenty years ago, purchasing food plot seed was simple. There was clover and there was —…
Seems like everyone is planting food plots these days; and for good reason. Wildlife of all kind benefit from them and they make for great deer hunting. Food plotters spend endless hours pouring over…
Deer Love Apples - Time to Prune Fruit Trees
Hunters are always looking for that secret spot where deer come into range. More and more hunters are planting tree plots for this purpose. With a little…
Early season food plots start out like this...
Looking for a simple way to plant food plots? Want to plant food plots but don't own farming equipment? Notice some bare spots in last year's plots but…
With deer seasons closed, there are lots of habitat alterations you can make that will improve the health of the whitetail herd in your area. One of the easiest and most rewarding is to create a…
With spring on its way it's time to begin thinking about planting food plots. Food plots provide deer and other wildlife with excellent nutrition and lots of it. Most wildlife experts would like to…
When bass fishing legend Ray Scott began experimenting with seeds to improve the health and antler growth of the deer on his property many years ago, his efforts took him ultimately to one type of…
ProStaffers Heath and Lindsey Martin set out with the Winchester Razorback XT to eliminate some feral hogs and save a farmer's crops from destruction. When a fat bobcat steps out Heath decides saving…
As a huge snow front sweeps across the Midwest, we team up with the guys from Winchester ammo and try to pound some predators! Then we head back to The Proving Grounds to take advantage of the…
Once you've identified and mapped out where your best shrubs and fruit trees are on your property, here are five quick ways to enhance their value to deer and other wildlife.
Add daylight. Areas…
Off season management continues here on The Proving Grounds as we fill the Redneck feeders with Record Rack feeds. Then I take you inside the science of soil and what it all means for growing antlers…