Welcome to the board. You need to be more specific with your question as to what time of year you are planting and what type of product you are planting. You can have good results by just buying seeds at your local feed and seed store that aren't as high of price.
I was looking more towardperrenials and since I live in texas I'll be planting next year in the fall. If a particular annual works better in drawing in the deer howeverI'd be willing to go with that. I'm on a lease so I really don't have the ability to get a big plot going. I was looking for something that will draw the deer in while giving them good nutrition. oh, also it is fairly accesible with a truck if that helps at all. Thanks
The truth is they both work. Sounds like you want a harvest plot, with it supplementing their natural forage base, as opposed to a destination plot with more emphasis on nutrient intake vs. hunting opportunities.
Harvet plots really have to be timed to the season to be effective. I'm a northern boy, so I can't put expertise on the TX climate and seasons. I can say the biologic works well here. I'm within 50 miles of biologics northern research facility. It is the dominant seed brand of use here. But really, both will work for what you need.
You just need todecide the desired seed before settling on a brand.
I think they both work good. I've had better success with the Imperial Stuff but I started planting their seed in the mid 90's before Biologic was open.
Call the companies and ask questions. That may be the best way to decide which to plant. I assume whitetailinstitute.com and biologic.com will get you the numbers.
By the way, Phade, the northern research facility you mentioned doesn't use Biologic anymore. I met the guy at a show a couple weeks ago and he wouldn't tell me what was happening, just that they dropped Biologic??????????
On another forum, I heard Biologic was struggling and they sold out. That may be the reason.
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You just need todecide the desired seed before settling on a brand.
Exactly! Don't get sidetracked by brand names. Concentrate on the seed, not the name that packages it. Figure out what seed/plants will work in your area first. Then decide how much you need, how much you want to spend, and where you want to buy it.
__________________ "The real problem is not how we shall handle the deer in this emergency. The real problem is one of human managment. Wild life managment is comparatively easy; human management difficult." Aldo Leopold, March 1943
It's prolly just me but I seem to have as much luck with plain ole rye grass in the winter as I do anything else. I plant other stuff such as buck forage oats, clovers, biologic, etc., but when it comes right down to it , they seem to be just as content feeding on the rye as anything else. I was watching some the other day walk right over biologic and feed on oats and gradually fed over to the rye. Seems that they would be grateful enough to at least act like they prefer the more expensive plots better. I've about decided to focus more on the ground than anything else . . .at least for my location, rye grass seems to be their favorite.
__________________ And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
This time of the yr killing them is my main objective. I also keep feeders out with a soybean / corn mix. As my acrerage is small I have no delusions of management. I rarely sit over this foodplot because the deer are funneled to it by the terrain, and my stand is better set on the branch leading in to it. As far as yr round, I mainly focus on fertilizing the backberry and honeysuckle, plus I keep a dairy feed available to them. Yep, your right tho , my main objective is to fill my freezer.
__________________ And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
Thanks everybody, I think I'm gonna go with oats mixied in with clover as oats grow well in acidic soils, also since we don't have the coldest winters in tx the oats should last till spring if the deer don't eat them down. The deer on our lease have abundant food sources with all the undergrowth in the numerous clearcuts. Thanks again guys.
BioLogic or Imperial products?
