Cover,cover and more cover
I've taken over the farming of my 7 acre field for the first time in 5 years. I left three long sections of volunteer weed growth, the biggest about 1.5 acres, all chest high and it appears to have made ALL the difference. I saw 8-10 bucks in three hours Saturday morning run does all through those patches. At 8AM there were 5 bucks and three does wihtin 50 yds. including a 140 inch (gross)8 pointer and a 150 (gross)10 point. The 8 was an old hugh bodied animal, fully in charge. Quite a spectical. With all the effort devoted to food plots, nothing in my book is more important than cover!