When it comes to food plots, it’s not particularly hard to grow something green that a whitetail deer will eat, but that doesn’t mean it will do squat to help your deer hunting. Spring is the time of ...

But posing a question like that can stimulate serious debate about the qualities of the various food plot forages and whether you are doing what’s best for the deer on your land. And that, in the end, ...

If you’ve ever watched a whitetail deer browse, you’ve seen them nonchalantly pick specific plants to devour while ignoring others. A fancy way of describing that behavior is to say that deer are ...

BRAINERD — "Oh, so you plant food plots for deer," said a man I met at a sporting goods store. His comment held overtones of resentment. I was not offended; I respect his particular hunting methods, ...

One hunter says installing food plots may provide an edge he's looking for. On a small parcel of land at the Walleyes & Whitetails store, owner Phillip Warrichaiet has been putting part of the ...

QDMA’s field day to offer information on food plots Top left, a small food plot planted in a woodland environment provides an extra benefit because wildlife don’t have to travel far from cover to feed ...

As cicadas herald the dog days of summer and triple-digit temperatures blanket the state, cool, quiet mornings in a deer blind overlooking a food plot are a distant dream. However, if you want to ...

This father’s day, why not give Dear Old Dad something that he will actually use? (Looking at you, mounted singing fish.) We pay a visit to Morgan Composting, the makers of Dairy Doo, to explore how ...

Soil testing is the foundation of a successful food plot. In Part 1, learn why soil testing matters, how to do it correctly, ...

Corn stands tall in a food plot planted on State Game Lands 57 this summer by members of the Quality Deer Management Association. Submitted Photo North Mountain Branch of the Quality Deer Management ...

BISMARCK – The North Dakota Game and Fish Department is offering free seed for the 2024 growing season to landowners interested in planting wildlife food plots for pheasants. Rather than a traditional ...

I see the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources wants to ban feeding deer because of the hunting-over-bait problem ("Minnesota DNR wants fall ban on deer feeding," Feb. 13). Let me suggest another ...