RE: food plot time
you'll get lots of different answers on this lol !
it's not cheap if you want a good one.get a soil test done to determine PH levels. you'll prolly need lime and fertilizer
I RECOMMEND CORN AND IMPERIAL WHITETAIL CLOVER.
deer and turkey will both benefit and corn is like candy to the deer.
leave the corn standing and after all the farmers are done harvesting the deer will stay around yours.if it snows much at all this will be an accessable food source.
if you have plenty of room you can try other stuff.we planted oats,turnips and peas one year with the corn and the deer all but ignore it all but the corn.
winter wheat planted in early fall is good too.gives them something green to eat after the clover slows down.
i'm trying some alfalfa corn sunflowers chickory/clover soybeans and grain sorghum this spring.small areas. GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR PLOTS !