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<blockquote data-quote="Tymurrey" data-source="post: 226386" data-attributes="member: 859">[ATTACH]26643[/ATTACH]This is the area i'm working with right now.&nbsp; Food plots are a ways away from the bedding area but it was beat into my head enough when i was growing up that i shouldn't break up native ground to feed the deer.&nbsp; The 20+ acres on the east end was farmed long long ago so i didn't feel bad breaking that back up.&nbsp; The little green dots are all trees that i've hand planted and are actually still alive.&nbsp; There is quite a few more these are just the ones i've gps'd in.&nbsp; The blocks in the middle of the quarter are my switchgrass plantings.&nbsp; I've been reading a lot of Jeff Sturgis's articles and books and it seems like switchgrass is a great bedding and cover area and holds up well to our snow.&nbsp; Seems like it would be a win for me for the pheasants and deer and it's a native grass.&nbsp; I put in 3 different varieties of it to see which one does best and will go from there.&nbsp; Next year all the ag fields around me will be corn so i was thinking a late planting of soybeans and brassicas would be good and then do corn next year when all the other fields will be beans/peas.&nbsp;&nbsp; Do you have any trouble with the deer demolishing a plot to fast.&nbsp; Thats the only thing that is keeping me from doing multiple small plots is worried that the deer would wipe them out before they would amount to anything.&nbsp; Also from what i've read is that fall greens are the best way to go, let the ag fields feed the deer all spring and summer and then bring them to the plots in the fall.&nbsp; Hoping now that the hard part is done and my back can rest from bouncing over sod clumps for the past couple months i can get a decent rotation going and find out what the deer like the best.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tymurrey, post: 226386, member: 859"] [ATTACH=CONFIG]26643._xfImport[/ATTACH] This is the area i'm working with right now. Food plots are a ways away from the bedding area but it was beat into my head enough when i was growing up that i shouldn't break up native ground to feed the deer. The 20+ acres on the east end was farmed long long ago so i didn't feel bad breaking that back up. The little green dots are all trees that i've hand planted and are actually still alive. There is quite a few more these are just the ones i've gps'd in. The blocks in the middle of the quarter are my switchgrass plantings. I've been reading a lot of Jeff Sturgis's articles and books and it seems like switchgrass is a great bedding and cover area and holds up well to our snow. Seems like it would be a win for me for the pheasants and deer and it's a native grass. I put in 3 different varieties of it to see which one does best and will go from there. Next year all the ag fields around me will be corn so i was thinking a late planting of soybeans and brassicas would be good and then do corn next year when all the other fields will be beans/peas. Do you have any trouble with the deer demolishing a plot to fast. Thats the only thing that is keeping me from doing multiple small plots is worried that the deer would wipe them out before they would amount to anything. Also from what i've read is that fall greens are the best way to go, let the ag fields feed the deer all spring and summer and then bring them to the plots in the fall. Hoping now that the hard part is done and my back can rest from bouncing over sod clumps for the past couple months i can get a decent rotation going and find out what the deer like the best. [/QUOTE]

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