where a huge share of the nation’s corn, beans and alfalfa are grown each year. And for many turns of the calendar, those farm crops are more than enough to feed whitetails. Check out a hayfield in June, and it’ll be packed with does and their newborn fawns. Scan some soybeans in late July, and you’ll see bachelor groups of bucks that will slacken your jaw. Glass a just-picked cornfield the first week of October, and it can seem like the whitetail circus has come to town. These scenarios have led many farm-country deer hunters to wonder what in tarnation a food plot is worth. How, they ask, can a small patch of whitetail seed compete with lush fields that stretch for miles? I’ve given seminars at several whitetail expos and hunter’s shows, and this is one of the most common questions I field. For the latest promotions, sales and news visit www.Facebook.com/WhitetailInstitute
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