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Planting wildlife food plots is a common practice, especially for white-tailed deer. Many landowners or club members believe that a properly managed habitat and deer herd includes planted food plots.
This page provides a guide to help Mississippi sportsmen and landowners simply and economically establish supplemental plantings and forage mixtures for wildlife, as well as evaluate food plots using exclosure cages. Planting supplemental forages is a popular method of attracting deer.
Forage classes: A = Annual; F = Forb; G = Grass; L = Legume; P = Perennial. All of the above planting rates assume a complete stand for each species. If you plan to mix species, reduce planting rates (such as when broadcasting a 50/50 mixture of wheat and oats, use 60 lbs of each for a total of 120 lbs)
6 lis 2024 · Hunters can still plant, replant deer food plots. RAYMOND, Miss. -- Frustration is mounting for deer hunters across Mississippi whose cool-season food plots died or never got planted because of drought conditions. “This is the second year in a row that it’s been too dry,” said Bill Hamrick, a wildlife associate with the Mississippi State ...
The purpose of food plots is to provide additional high-quality forages for deer, especially during the nutritional stress periods, which are winter and late-summer for deer in Mississippi and the southeastern U.S.
Read about how to simply and economically establish effective warm season supplemental plantings and a complete cool season forage mixture for white-tailed deer, as well as how to evaluate food plots using exclosure cages.
Our apps allow hunting club members to record observations and harvest data to share, manage stand locations and identify occupied stands, and get expert tips on what to plant in food plots year-round.
