Doc7
Member
Hello all,
If you had $200 and could spend it on either food plot necessities (garden tools [i am an apartment dweller], sprayer, chemicals, fertilizers, and seed) or a muzzleloader which gets you 2 extra weeks at the beginning of firearms season (Nov 1-14th), which would you get right now for this year and which to save for next year?
I am in a private hunt club and have 2 big areas that are assigned to me to do what I please. One is in the woods and has small clearings (natural, not logged areas) that currently supports weed growth so it may support small food plots. (maybe 20-30 feet wide x 80 feet long is current heavy weed distribution area).
The second is on an old logging trail and again would support a small food plot (think 20 feet wide x 125-150 feet long).
I can pick my own areas (300 yard radius circle from other people's stands) anywhere on the 3000 acre property but these two were inherited to me from a previous member and I looked around today and felt like they both seemed like decent spots.
What would be more beneficial for my first year and limited budget? An extra two weeks in the woods or planting shade tolerant clovers or oats or etc?
I feel like it should be the two weeks but don't know squat about deer hunting. I know many people who hunt in tree stands and don't have a food plot so this must be somewhat effective.
I can post maps of the areas if need be, but neither spot is near a farm field. Both are relatively near small (ankle deep) streams that have hardwoods around them.
The one in the woods with only natural occurring sunlit areas is bordered by a stream, a steep rail bed and a steep hilly area making me think it is a natural funnel.
If you had $200 and could spend it on either food plot necessities (garden tools [i am an apartment dweller], sprayer, chemicals, fertilizers, and seed) or a muzzleloader which gets you 2 extra weeks at the beginning of firearms season (Nov 1-14th), which would you get right now for this year and which to save for next year?
I am in a private hunt club and have 2 big areas that are assigned to me to do what I please. One is in the woods and has small clearings (natural, not logged areas) that currently supports weed growth so it may support small food plots. (maybe 20-30 feet wide x 80 feet long is current heavy weed distribution area).
The second is on an old logging trail and again would support a small food plot (think 20 feet wide x 125-150 feet long).
I can pick my own areas (300 yard radius circle from other people's stands) anywhere on the 3000 acre property but these two were inherited to me from a previous member and I looked around today and felt like they both seemed like decent spots.
What would be more beneficial for my first year and limited budget? An extra two weeks in the woods or planting shade tolerant clovers or oats or etc?
I feel like it should be the two weeks but don't know squat about deer hunting. I know many people who hunt in tree stands and don't have a food plot so this must be somewhat effective.
I can post maps of the areas if need be, but neither spot is near a farm field. Both are relatively near small (ankle deep) streams that have hardwoods around them.
The one in the woods with only natural occurring sunlit areas is bordered by a stream, a steep rail bed and a steep hilly area making me think it is a natural funnel.