re: Summer food plot advice

It’s best to do it in November, but it also works late winter. Fall discoing tends to produce about 70 percent return of forbs and legumes where late winter is closer to 60 percent.

We did it in 3 years ago in early may at my Dads place in southern Missouri. Ragweed, pokeweed and others grew very aggressively. The deer ate them just as aggressively.
I’ve been in discussions with a wildlife biologist with Mississippi Wildlife and Fisheries. His boss along with Dr Craig Harper are the ones who proved the percentages stated above.

Yes, vetch and soybeans produce more poundage per acre but they also cost quite a bit to plant and fertilizer properly. This method is free, minus fuel and time.

As for burning, it’s usually late summer from everything I’ve read and been told by the biologist. His recommendations are for me to burn in July. I’m going to start that this year in my old field areas.