re: Planted summer plots today

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How are you trying to do this? Buying bagged seed or making your own mix? Are you using a consultant? If you aren’t using a consultant, how did you decide on what soil samples to use? I’m about to put 50 acres into this program this fall. Possible up to 200 acres in it in the next 5 years or so.

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My seed and site selection was done last summer by a well known wildlife biologist. I researched soil health and Ray Archuleta and Grant Woods from the GrowingDeertv YouTube channel.

I did the soil samples and took them to Mrs Ann at the MS State Extension office in woodville. Then told her what we were doing and she funnels my questions to the wildlife department, soil department and forestry department at MSU. Listen to Deer University podcast if you ever get a chance. I’m also reading a whitetail biology book.

Then I talked to my co-op and they pointed me in the right direction for fertilizer and seed. B&H is good too. But I’m going to use greencover.com seeds when the cover crop is done.

Last phase is to actually buy the Crimper and drill. I’ve done a lot of research and unfortunately the only one that’s fool proof and heavy enough is the Genesis and it’s like 12k

Anyway, everyone around woodville looks at me like I’ve got two heads when I explain this method of feeding

I hope I’m wrong but everyone putting out four tons of protein a year is about to be racing to get their soil right when CWD gets here.


Anyway, if done right I can produce up to 6k lbs per acre of food a year. That’s 60k on my property now. I’ll have more food plots or feeding plots next year when the logging is done.


If I had started this method last year, I wouldn’t be praying for rain right now either.


If you’d like to talk about it, give me a call three three seven three seven zero eight nine five nine. Maybe if you’re close enough we can split the drill/Crimper cost