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Old 01-20-2004 | 11:41 AM
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osiris
 
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Default RE: Far North Mountain Food Plot

Dependant upon the amount of land you have at your club there may also be many other options beyond food plots in order to increase the amount of deer present on your land. You might also want to consider doing some selective, browse and clear cuts (dependant on who owns the land) to foster growth of forbes and native weed species. A one acre plot is great but will only produce about 10 tons of food anually (supporting about 10 deer) Whatsmore, you could add to that 10 tons by offering more tonage in browse as roughly 60% or a deers diet is browse. Are there any mast bearing trees in your area? (ie oak apple, pear, etc) I know there are areas in the ADK region where oaks are few and far between which makes things pretty hard as well. But if you were to fertalize and or prune the forenamed trees they will also provide some additional food sources too. Hope this helps a little. Good luck. TGK
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