Dan,

That feature basically looks like a crows-foot from the air, with 2 to 4 spokes of 30' to 50' wide, and 100' to 200' feet long, or longer. The spokes are close to brush and escape cover, so deer can feel at ease feeding in them at all times of the day, and depending upon local habitat, the areas between the spokes can be fertalized to increase both cover, and foragibility. The spokes also, because long and narrow, go between multiple types of cover and habitat, further enhancing the usefullness. These features are common in areas of the south, where land leases of timber companies will take a 40 acre clearcut, completely planted in pines, and take a central stand with 6 to 8 200 yd. spokes shooting to the outside, and plant them with some type of forage. These 8 spokes maybe a 1/2 acre each, for a total of 4 acres, but always close to escape cover. The central hub area often ends up being a central deer hotspot and a great place for a camera census station during the summer months.

I do the same on most of my food plots in that most are long and narrow, and in one case actually touching the next one, for a total length of close to 300 yards, but with areas of 70 yards wide, down to 15' . I try to constrict deer movements through bottlenecks in my food plots, either with brush rows on either side extending 40 to 50 yards back into the brush, or with extremely narrow portions of the food plots. All of my food plots have various branches or corners to form horseshoes, V' s, hourglasses, constrictions, and irregular indentations, to promote daytime feeding constriceted deer movements.

All of my plots are planted with a targeted fall draw annual, with a mix of a base of clover. Other than frost seeding in the spring, most of my planting activities are performed right now, with either the brassica/clover combos being planted in mid to late July, or oats/clover combos being planted in early to mid August.

Bob...I' m trying!

Jeff...U.P. of Michigan