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Old 05-13-2007, 10:37 AM
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IL-Cornfed
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Default RE: Shady Area Suggestions 4 Food Plot??

Here's a shady spot plot that I planted in Brassica a couple years ago. This was my very first Brassica planting and I seen MANY deer utilizing this plot from early November on. In fact, I even got the chance to pass on some low end P&Y class animals throughout the season and nearly tagged a 160" buck from this same small 3/4 acre plot!This variety is the Tecomote Ultra Forage and I found that with it's differentspecies maturing at different rates, there always seemed to be something attractive for the deer. They really hammered the Rape from late October on!



Here's a close-up of the selective Rape utilization early on in the plot. Notice how they ate these individual plants nearly to the ground as the others were left alone.


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