ORIGINAL: Germ
I am going to try
Chickory next year and turnips, I have seen deer do exactly what you stated. Kind of browse their way through the plot.
I guess my post came out wrong. Plots don't work like you see on TV where the deer browse in them for 30 mins. I think a lot of people have a mis-conception of how plots work. Sometimes you plant them, and nobody shows up
What I did not do is plant them close to bedding areas, I am going to try that next year.
We had a small food plot that the deer would hardly touch in the Spring....clover, rye grass, brassicas. We replanted on Labor Day with turnips, and peas and it looked like a cattle crossing! Shot a doe last weekend between one of our sanctuaries and the plot. She was going to the plot, and her stomach contents had only green...no acorns, corn, etc...
Wethrew some chicory onthe plot last week for the spring...from what I have read, it won't come up in the fall. We won't hunt this plot again for a month.