Jeff, along with Justin, went out to a lease that Jeff is on and planted our first ever round of food plots.  Now, I use the term “our” loosely, because I am not on this lease.  I have the property I can hunt for free, so I couldn’t bring myself to buy in this time, but Jeff, my dad, and our relatives from S.C., who are moving up soon, are on the lease.

We have never planted plots before, so Justin was nice enough to help Jeff get them started.  They used the Monster Plots product, and planted in an open area that was available inside a woodlot that the deer frequent.  I got to hunt on this lease a couple of years back, and I think this area has some definite potential for some good bucks.  Hopefully one of them get a chance to whack a bruiser.

They used my dad’s quad, and I’m sure that was a time-saver.  My dad also purchased a new disc for them to use.  Both of these things really help to make the job that much easier, and though I didn’t get to help, I’m sure equipment like this cuts the job time in half.

Jeff sprayed and cleared the area a few months back and made it ready for the planting.  I am honestly a novice at the planting stuff, so I’m not even going to try and sound like an expert, but for his first try, I think it is going to work out well.

At some point I might ask my current landowners if they would let us do something like this on their property, but I’m not going to push it at this point.  I don’t think they would mind, but I’m taking it one step at a time.

Hopefully Jeff, my uncle, or cousin, get a shot at a nice deer specimen off this plot come fall.  Not only does planting plots help to promote healthy deer and a healthy deer herd, it also increases your chances of shooting better bucks. 

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