re: A few questions from a first time food plotter

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. People who plant soybeans for deer, when do you plant?

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This is usually not a very good choice. If you have much deer pressure, they will eat them up before they get up and going. Having said that, Eagle Forage Soybeans are a decent way to go. They stay green longer and make more green matter than bean pods. Plant about the first of May.

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What do you recommend to kill kudzu?

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Metsulfuron Methyl 60% DF. About 6 ozs per acre. Lots of water. If you have less than 5 acres, do it from the ground with a tank and a high pressure hose. 5 acres or more, call Provine Helicopter in Greenwood.

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What do you personally plant for spring/summer food plots?

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We can't do soybeans where I am, because of the heavy deer pressure. My "go to" for summer plots is American Joint Vetch. It is slow to get started. Plant in early May and it wont really do much until about the 4th of July. It really comes into its own in August and Sept. That's when the deer are really under stress and can use it. Very high protein and tolerates extremely high deer grazing pressure.

The people who sell it to me (can't remember the name of the company, it is in Eutaw, AL) they say the biggest issue is that it gets too big and too tall and you have to keep mowing it down to keep it from getting rank and tough. But I have been planting it for years and mine never gets over ankle high.

If you have good soil, like bottom land that is good enough to grow corn on (ag field quality) then you could get Durana Clover to endure through at least the end of June, or maybe even through July. That pairs up well with Joint Vetch, because your vetch is coming on when the Durana is dropping out. But you need good dirt for Durana to really make tonnage. Same with the vetch. It likes a good site.