Obviously talking about next season but has anyone used food plot screening to make the deer feel "safer" and enclosed?
Trying to get more daytime feeding in a food plot that is very close to the edge of an open cattle pasture.

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Posted by REB BEER

Laffy Yet

Member since Dec 2010

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Posted on 1/22/21 at 11:36 am to GABCommenter

Never heard of this, I wonder if it makes a difference.

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Posted by Chris4x4gill2

North Alabama

Member since Nov 2008

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Posted on 1/22/21 at 11:45 am to GABCommenter

absolutely makes a difference. ive used anything from brush piles to planting tall screening grasses like eqyption wheat or sorghumm.

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Posted by DirtyMikeandtheBoys

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Posted on 1/22/21 at 11:50 am to GABCommenter

You should be planting switch grass on all edges of everything and rows throughout to break up open spaces

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Posted by 4mileduckman

orig from lake charles

Member since Jan 2013

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Posted on 1/22/21 at 11:55 am to GABCommenter

Chk barricade by antler king
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Posted by GABCommenter

New Iberia, La

Member since Oct 2020

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Posted on 1/22/21 at 1:18 pm to DirtyMikeandtheBoys

Will be doing it next season for sure

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Posted by geauxbrown

Louisiana

Member since Oct 2006

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Posted on 1/22/21 at 1:35 pm to GABCommenter

Egyptian Wheat

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Posted by SmokinJoe

everywhere

Member since Jun 2015

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Posted on 1/22/21 at 1:44 pm to GABCommenter

I did this initially to block an adjoining landowner from shooting into one of my plots. Egyptian wheat was used along with sorghum. The deer and turkeys hammered the sorghum once it put on a head. It flat out works.

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Posted by Outdoorreb