Food Plot Proof
So, if any of you out there doubt the impact that a food plot can have on your property, please continue to read. I am in sure awe to be honest.
I wrote this post last week about Jeff planting a new food plot in some leased land that he has. Well it didn’t take long to see the impact that these little planting excursions can have on an area, as well as the type of deer that they will attract. Jeff has already had multiple bucks on the trailcam overlooking the food plot. He has also had plenty of does, turkey’s, raccoons, and a host of other critters enjoying the planted morsels.
The motherload didn’t come until Jeff went to check his trailcam on Friday morning. The picture you see to the left was picture 106 on his SD card, and I would have loved to see Jeff’s face when he came across it. This buck actually came in with another buck that is a shooter in any of our books, but I don’t think anything prepared Jeff for this particular buck. What a brute.
For this property to have such a turn around from when we hunted it a couple of years ago is amazing to me. We did have plenty of deer on the property, but it seemed that they really trickled off towards the middle of the season, and I honestly had my doubts about how well their investment would pay off for them. It seems planting the food plots helped immensely with that investment.
Of course the downside to this whole thing, is that I don’t have rights to hunt this property. I opted to not pay for land to hunt this year when I could hunt a different set of acreage for free. Hopefully though, one of them gets a chance to take this brute. I’m rooting for the guys from South Carolina!
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Looks like a big buck. Mark has gotten a few trailcam pictures with a huge buck as well. Hopefully he will actually see it come hunting season as well as Jeff.
That makes you just want hunting season to get here that much sooner!
That is one nice Buck! Happy to hear that the food plot is doing good. It makes me more confident in ours. I can’t wait to see what other pictures you get. Good Luck!
Those pictures are extremely inviting for the upcoming season.
I can vouch for the food plot venture. My neighbor has planted one and the deer are seeming to stay more in that direction this summer.
There has been a doe hanging around the yard here still. Good looking doe too…;)
Nice! Bummer that you’ll be playing on another field this year! Nice to see bucks like that, though - even if it’s someone else that could have a shot at it. I still get a pretty big thrill out of seeing a big buck or bull that someone else in my family shoots…just so that they don’t rub it in too much!
Looks like your doing things the right way, keep it up and good luck.
That is a nice buck. I sure hope Jeff gets to kill him. It is always neat when you can take a deer that you know about and are actively hunting.