I will be bowhunting on a small family woodlot, 15-20 acres this fall. its surrounded by 30 acres that aren't hunted, and have only 3 houses.

I wonder if there is anything I can plant this late in the season that will sprout up ok, kind of make the deer want to come over to take a bite.

I've seen a number of does and 4-8pt bucks, and they have trails and paths through the woods. I've noticed a few decent tree rubs, and my uncle said he saw a buck that has to weigh 220lbs with about 10 pts. I've only seen the tracks, which appear to be about 1/3 of my shoe size at size 12. I want to plant covering at a few trail intersections. Its in VA, 95% wooded, just a few hickory trees, one of two oaks, and mostly pine and poplar. The mid section holds the stream and water flows down to it when it rains so the spot I want to plant gets muddy.

My grandpa planted a small garden in an open sectio with potatoes, corn, etc.
What should I plant?
Clover, BioLogic stuff?

Thanks

[b]Honeysuckle for browse and cover , muscadine grapes if the water problem isn't persistant , and mixed clovers in brighter areas .

"I wonder if there is anything I can plant this late in the season that will sprout up ok, kind of make the deer want to come over to take a bite. "


Most of my plots I normally dont start planting until early-mid October. I know 2 years ago it started raining as soon as I was done planting the last food plot. We ended up getting 1 1/2'' of rain that day, so within 4 days of planting the seeds had already sprouted. Within 1 week of planting, the deer started coming out eating the plots. Its never to late to attract deer, sometimes the later the better.

WE planted Corn, Buck Wheat, Clover, Cane, Soybean, ORchard Grass, SUNFLOWERS!!!!!!!!!

SUNFLOWERS!!!!!!! The deer here in KENTUCKY love Sunflowers. We planted some earlier and they allready have about 95% of them ate. When it dries up some we are going to plant some more. Also we buy some corn to put out for them. Turkeys eat the corn up also. It is never to late to plant stuff.

Trapper_Hunter

imperial whitail clover hasgiven me the best results for attraction, longevity, and timeframe of use

Of course there's nothing wrong with planting, but the deer are already there, and you only have 50 acres of woods in all, so why plant?
I would figure several stand locations/access routes and hunt them according to the wind. If you do plant, I heave heard birdsfoot trefoil is a good choice, as it stands up well to heavy deer use.