food plot or feeder

[cardboard slayer]

Just thinking of putting some food out for the deer on 7 a of family property in gmu 407 I know there are 3 does and to flaws walking around last fall there was a 2 point just want to make a fall back hunting spot for muzzy whether it me that fills a tag or the kid would be nice to have some big well feed deer walking were only I can hunt.    Never feed deer like this before all ways thought of it as cheating but want meat in on the table my 13 year old cousin has never got a deer    just a thought what do u guys think

[huntnnw]

consider getting a soil sample and seeing what the soild is lacking and buy some fertilizer...u will attract some deer and having good browse is the best thing you can do

[Special T]

A small food plot and or try some differnt baits with a camera to see who is eating what. I don't think they bait really well but most people say COB Corn Oats Barley mix...

[huntnnw]

as for whitetails and mule deer there will not be welfare animals reguardless of how much feed they consume...all the mature animals may spend 5-10 min MAX on a bait and sometimes its 3-4 bites and off they go.

[BiggLuke]

If you have a family farm... borrow the uncle's rototiller, and make 2-3 ft cuts zig-zaging through the trees or at the edges of the trees, where the deer would hang out anyways in the fall.
Then just scatter a bunch of cheap clover seed from the feed store. purple or white clover... not the red clover crap.
if you plant it now, it will be huge and healty come fall when lots of other plants are dieing off.
Besides clover, if you just rip up the ground, tons of wild seeds will take root. stuff the deer love.

Clover is good. Plus its a nitrogen fixer so it makes the soil better for next years plants. plus its cheap, and grows easier than grass.

Thats what I'd do If I had an area. it couldn't hurt as a back up plan... like you were saying.

[Bookworm007]

From what I have noticed you have to plant some nice roses or a good crop of apples, but those might only work in front yards 

[Elkstuffer]

Nice food plot Sundance! I'm jealous.

[cardboard slayer]

thanks for the input got the feed out been geting 2 5 gal buckets of apples a week for free that just walk by and eat 2 or 3 and move on 4 does 1 spike and a 4 point looking good for late muzzy in 407

[Jonathan_S]

been geting 2 5 gal buckets of apples a week for free that just walk by and eat 2 or 3 and move on in 407

I wish mule deer were more like blacktails in that respect.  I got 1200 lbs of apples and split it into two piles.  Gone in six days.  Good luck with your season.

[cardboard slayer]

that's a lot of apples.