Abby-USA August eWire for Sportsmen and Outdoor Enthusiasts 8-22-2010

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Elevational Food Plots

Salt Tastes Good, but Does It Benefit You or Your Deer Herd?

Six Tips for Growing Food Plot Grasses

A User’s Guide to Successful Apple Tree Plots

Elevational Food Plots
by Mark Thomas, QDMA
One of the greatest things about Quality Deer Management (QDM) is the substantial shift toward older bucks in the population over time. Just having more mature bucks out there, however, does not necessarily mean you will see or harvest them, especially if your hunting strategies do not change along with your management strategies. You may need to adjust your tactics and your land management techniques to view and harvest these older, wiser bucks. In particular, food-plot design and habitat layout can be modified to increase harvest success, and this article is one of three that will help you do just that.
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Salt Tastes Good, but Does It Benefit You or Your Deer Herd?
by Kent Kammermeyer, Pennington Seed
Among deer hunters and biologists, there exists a condition of virtual uniform agreement that deer are attracted by salt and use it heavily in certain locations at certain times of the year. However, with any further in-depth discussion of salt, this agreement ends. There is little agreement among biologists because there is little research to prove why deer use salt or how much they need, or which elements found in salt or minerals are most important for deer for antler growth or reproduction. No wonder! It’s a complex question involving soil fertility and composition, deer physiology and nutrition and minimum daily requirements necessary for optimum growth and antler development.

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Six Tips for Growing Food Plot Grasses
by NWTF

Planting native grasses in your food plot provides many advantages to turkeys and other wildlife using your land. These hints from the NWTF’s wildlife biologists will help you get the most out of your planting. Don’t mix native grasses with food crops. Instead, plant native grasses around the perimeter of a plot of food crops such as corn, sunflower and chufa, and run several grass strips through the center of the plot.

The two types of plantings offer complementary benefits to wildlife. For example, native grasses provide turkeys with cover against predation, while food crops like chufa and wheat provide fall and winter food sources.
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QDMA Articles : A User’s Guide to Successful Apple Tree Plots
By QDMA
In the December 2004 issue of Quality Whitetails, I introduced you to apple tree plots for deer. The trees I planted in our orchard in Vermont around that time have since matured and are now producing good crops of apples. The attraction for wildlife is nothing less than amazing, and our deer sightings have dramatically increased from before we began planting apples for deer. In Vermont, where an antler-point restriction has now been in place for years, and where baiting and feeding of deer are no longer permitted, a tree plot provides a natural attraction and nutrition for whitetails.
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