Got food plots?

I hunt West-central Wisconsin. There is a lot of ag land around me. I plant a traditional soybean mixed 50/50 with eagle seed's forage bean. I plant that in wide rows with a no-till planter. Both bean varieties are glyphosate tolerant. Around the end of July I broadcast in a forage mix and brassica with rain in the forecast. The deer seem to appreciate it, it's nice having it all in the same location. The deer don't have to change their rout to food throughout the season as different crops come on their menu.
 
If i didn't misread, have not heard about anyone doing a soil test Went to a class at uga and the doctors there told the class to do a soil test, it was needed especially for clover. Recommending regal ladino clover. It is expensive but like other crops that die away it is usuable year round. It needs replanting every 3 years but i just lightly disc and replant lightly. I also use kale, and turnips all mixed in with winter wheat in another plot. My soil is poor in lime after test ing and i get the lime truck about every 3 years. It is expensive doing all this but the second food plot takes some pressure off the clover. Each one is approximately one half acre. Georgia approved feeding deer during hunting season this year, hope it does not draw deer from my food plot
 
I didn't test mine this year and I probably should've. However, I tested it last year and it showed "adequate" N & P, and "abundant" K. So, this year I added some diammonium phosphate to the soil before I planted black Laredo Soybeans and crimson clover and the plots/gardens have done very well.
 
It was my understanding that lime with proper fertilizer makes a difference in the way food tastes to a deer. I know that it makes a big difference, when applied to a white oak. I have several whiteoaks on my property. I only fertilize one and watch how the squirrels and deer flock to it. I also apply lime to this tree about every 3 years. Biologist from uga have tested this in their own deer pens and found this out to be true.
 
Now that's pretty interesting! I put pelletized lime on my grounds every year to assist the fertilizer in doing its job, but I never considered that it might make things actually "taste better" for the deer. Makes perfect sense, though. Do you reckon it would make the deer taste even better to us? :D
 
I too just opened my 1st plot this year. I have a parcel in Northern PA and rented a Dozer and Excavator. Cleared about an acre and got the Soil in good shape. I was thinking since it was basically forest and just cleared, it would be tough. I planted Buck Wheat 1st then planted Imperial Clover last fall. Limed and Fertilized, placed a solar Dual Perimeter Fence and waited. It came out 10x better than I thought and will not hesitate to plant this again.
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samson said:
I too just opened my 1st plot this year. I have a parcel in Northern PA and rented a Dozer and Excavator. Cleared about an acre and got the Soil in good shape. I was thinking since it was basically forest and just cleared, it would be tough. I planted Buck Wheat 1st then planted Imperial Clover last fall. Limed and Fertilized, placed a solar Dual Perimeter Fence and waited. It came out 10x better than I thought and will not hesitate to plant this again.View attachment 105777
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Curious why you put a perimeter fence around clover? Clover is a persistent grower and very graze tolerant.
 
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