Clover for Spring and summer- to keep them off the corn. A 1 acre Clover plot will help protect a 2 acre corn plot very well.

Soybeans are very interesting. They can withstand tons of summer foraging (which makes it a great warm season plot) - and still make alot of beans. You will be surprised how many beansproduce -even with heavy foraging.

Both corn and soybeans are most vulnerable in the 1st 4-8 weeks of growth. Corn especially - funny but my deer leave the beans pretty much alone until Early July- then you start to see them in them more and more. But they have trouble walking across a corn plot and not nipping off the tops of the 6-12" corn. Even corn can handle deer munching on them more than people think. The part of the corn stalk where the ear is - remains "underground" until the plant is about 2 ft tall - then shoots up.

For me - the biggest problem is Canada Geese and Turkeys. Especially for corn. They will walk up and down rows yanking out 3-4" corn plants - and eating the "corn" seed at the base. They leave the little corn plant (minus its roots) laying there.

Your best defense is to plant at the same time all the farmers plant their corn - and reduce the chances that they'll be on YOUR plots. ANd don't spray too early - the weed growth early on helps hide the corn - and when sprayed (roundup ready corn) - leaves the corn only- when its strong enough to make it.

6/19 - day of spraying



7-4 - same field



Hunt the turkeys - that helps keep them skittish of the fields.

FH