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At least one three-acre or larger warm-season food plot per 160 acres is necessary to provide maxi-mum nutritional benefit to all deer on a property. Food plots should be evenly distributed across the property on a food plot per 160-acre grid (quarter section).
Species diversity. Food plots for deer typically contain only 1 to 2 plant types. Other species of wildlife can benefit from plantings with more diversity (see Tables 2 and 4). However, food plots containing a mixture of four or more species are usually not compatible and are therefore not very productive.
Cool-season food plots planted with mixtures of grasses that include oats, wheat, and triticale and legumes such as hairy vetch, Austrian winter peas, alfalfa, and hubam clover provide nutritious forage from November through April or May (Table 1). Planting wheat alone had little impact on white-tailed
A single food item does not dominate a white-tailed deer’s diet during the year because food selection depends on a food’s palatability and availability, and the season. To support a healthy deer population, a habitat must include adequate amounts of diverse foods throughout the year (Table 1).
5 sty 1998 · We observed feeding behavior of 47 wild white-tailed deer (Odocoileusvirginianus) during winter while individuals were presented with four experimental foods representing two levels of energy and...
9 kwi 2020 · adequate diet, we need to know the nutrient requirements of deer, how much food is available, and the nutrient content of that food. Unfortunately, nutrition is not an exact science.
Planted agricultural forage and grain crops. include forage items that are planted for farming, grazing or specifically for wildlife in the form of food plots. Cool season crops typically include clover, vetch, wheat, oats and ryegrass. Common warm season crops include peas and other legume varieties, milo and millet.
