I put in some Imperial whitetail clover, they didn't seem to hit it alot, until after the rifle season was over. I guess it was when everything else was all brown and dried up. then it got mowed down hard by the deer. It looked like someone ran thru it with a lawnmower. I'd reccommend it.
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I'm not a big fan of Plot Saver. I think it might work, but I think it would be more practical to spend the money on planting a larger plot.
There might be applications where you don't want the deer eating the plot until hunting season (like a small patch in front of a treestand) - but thats not the kind of management our group has been trying to practice.
There are other ways of protecting a young plot when its developing, like using a nurse crop (like oats or rye). Or plant a fall preferred plot like Brassica (rapeseed) if you really don't want the deer to eat it during the summer.
I tried some and it did not work for us. I set up a scouting camera on the plot and got pictures of deer inside of the PlotSaver the evening after I sprayed it. I have to wonder if it would work if my plots were bigger. Maybe if you had a couple of acres and only protected one acre.
I had been trying it since last fall and hadn't seen any difference. That is why I put the camera up.
My plot was only about 1/2 acre and I tried to block off the center 1/3 of the plot and it didn't work.
John
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I'd rank it just slightly ahead of ph meters. It didn't work for us anyway and I haven't heard many postive comments at all. On the other hand I have heard zero comments on ph meters other than an occasional one on a message board.
I just installed the Plot Saver around a clover field that I plannted, When I go back up state in three weeks I will let you know how it worked. I hope it rains in the next couple of days becuse the corn that I planted in June, did not grow because of lack of rain
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