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10-31-2003 | 09:24 PM
#2
Nontypical Buck
Joined: Feb 2003
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From: cazenovia, NY USA
RE: sun is lower clover fizzled...no deer interested
Rack -
Don' t loose hope - when the rut really starts to heat up - No food plot is that great. True - clover wane' s a bit in the fall compared to cereal grains or corn - but as long as the snow' s not to deep - it' ll get some use- and it will be very beneficial at greenup.
Also - the summer plot really helps to form " core areas" for doe family groups - and - if all goes well - basic bedding patterns are set and you learn to hunt them. The food plots REALLY make a huge difference after a few years in the program. Mixing up plots, even if they are only 1/4 acre can help too.
Keep at it - you will not regret it.
Don' t loose hope - when the rut really starts to heat up - No food plot is that great. True - clover wane' s a bit in the fall compared to cereal grains or corn - but as long as the snow' s not to deep - it' ll get some use- and it will be very beneficial at greenup.
Also - the summer plot really helps to form " core areas" for doe family groups - and - if all goes well - basic bedding patterns are set and you learn to hunt them. The food plots REALLY make a huge difference after a few years in the program. Mixing up plots, even if they are only 1/4 acre can help too.
Keep at it - you will not regret it.
11-03-2003 | 12:04 PM
#3
Joined: Feb 2003
Posts: 116
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From: South Central Virginia
RE: sun is lower clover fizzled...no deer interested
If your in an area with a very good mast crop this year or if a farm close by is cutting corn thats where they moved to . They will be back to the clover when the peak of these other food source start to dwiddle.
11-03-2003 | 02:18 PM
#4
Typical Buck
Joined: Feb 2003
Posts: 551
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From: Livonia Mi USA
RE: sun is lower clover fizzled...no deer interested
Most all deer reduce their protein consumption of protein in the fall/winter months, they start looking for carbs for energy. It may pick up after rut when there' s nothing else for them to eat...
11-04-2003 | 01:01 PM
#6
Joined: Mar 2003
Posts: 91
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From: WV
RE: sun is lower clover fizzled...no deer interested
Rack, this has been my experience as well. In the fall the clover stops being an attractant. Even when there is nothing else for the deer to eat. I don' t know what everyone else does but in my opinion you are wasting your time hunting travel corridors to clover plots in the fall. It just doesn' t happen. You would think once a draw for the deer always but that has just not been my experience. We can go from seeing 30 deer to seeing 3 on 5 acres and nothing has changed, no acorns, no other grain fields. I guess I will have to start planting something that they desire come October and November.
11-12-2003 | 06:27 PM
#8
Nontypical Buck
Joined: Mar 2003
Posts: 1,149
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From: PA
RE: sun is lower clover fizzled...no deer interested
My clover plot is the opposite this year my first.The deer are hammering it right now even though some frosts have it.I fertilized in early Sept,don' t know if that made a difference or not.
