Favorite Food Plots: Late Spring Seed
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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 — clover. Not so today. There are literally hundreds of whitetail forages out there to choose from.
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.
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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 mineral lick. The goal of a lick is to provide vital minerals and vitamins to deer and other wildlife species that might be lacking in the foods they normally eat.
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 see around 3 of a property put into food plots with 5 percent being even better.
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, hi
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.
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 snowfall and do a little frost seeding. Join us as we turn up the heat in this week's episode!
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Grant Woods