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<blockquote data-quote="Davy Crockett" data-source="post: 321560" data-attributes="member: 367">Every area is different in so many ways, There is no one size shoe that fits all.&nbsp;&nbsp; Here is my observation FWIW.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; I had two CRP contracts the first one was without plots and the second one with.&nbsp; The first contract I hardly saw any wildlife at all.&nbsp; &nbsp;The second one I had a better conservation plan and planted two separate food plots to small grains every year and deer didn't concentrate&nbsp; all year long, we would see a few here and there but never a bunch at one time.&nbsp; &nbsp; There were trees and fields of small grains all around me so I suppose the reason for deer not to gather in the plots.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;What I did see with the plots though was a good crop of sharp-tail grouse that showed up.&nbsp; I'd never saw one up here before.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; I'd try to swath the food plots in the fall before they shelled out and then leave them lay.&nbsp; &nbsp; Not near as much goes to waste and the birds would be out there scratching around in the windrows and almost always on the coldest days in the winter.&nbsp;&nbsp; The deer would really start hitting the plots about this time of the year/ late winter/ early spring&nbsp; and paw around the swaths and that's when the pregnant does need it the most IMO.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; I rent the farmland out now so it's no longer farmed for wildlife and it really shows,&nbsp; I haven't saw a sharpie or a pheasant in a few years. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; I realize it's not the same all over but that's the difference I see between a deer feeder and a food plot in my area.- - - Updated - - -Dirty nailed it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Davy Crockett, post: 321560, member: 367"] Every area is different in so many ways, There is no one size shoe that fits all. Here is my observation FWIW. I had two CRP contracts the first one was without plots and the second one with. The first contract I hardly saw any wildlife at all. The second one I had a better conservation plan and planted two separate food plots to small grains every year and deer didn't concentrate all year long, we would see a few here and there but never a bunch at one time. There were trees and fields of small grains all around me so I suppose the reason for deer not to gather in the plots. What I did see with the plots though was a good crop of sharp-tail grouse that showed up. I'd never saw one up here before. I'd try to swath the food plots in the fall before they shelled out and then leave them lay. Not near as much goes to waste and the birds would be out there scratching around in the windrows and almost always on the coldest days in the winter. The deer would really start hitting the plots about this time of the year/ late winter/ early spring and paw around the swaths and that's when the pregnant does need it the most IMO. I rent the farmland out now so it's no longer farmed for wildlife and it really shows, I haven't saw a sharpie or a pheasant in a few years. I realize it's not the same all over but that's the difference I see between a deer feeder and a food plot in my area. [COLOR="silver"][SIZE=1]- - - Updated - - -[/SIZE][/COLOR] Dirty nailed it. [/QUOTE]

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