How Do You Grow Corn For Food Plots?
A food plot can offer supplemental food for wildlife during winter weather, when foraging for food becomes more challenging. Although growing a food plot does not take the place of general wildlife habitat management, it can help you attract wildlife to your property and help improve nutrition for nearby animals. Food plots are more of a need in the southeastern United States, according to Purdue University, because there soil fertility limits the food quality and quantity available for wildlife. Determine your purpose for planting a corn plot. Do you want to attract deer for hunting? Do you want your plot to benefit other types of wildlife? Knowing your purpose will help with several key decisions related to growing your food plot. Select a location near a wildlife travel lane. This is usually an area where two or more different habitats meet: woods, stream, field, brush or swamp. If your plot is in an area that receives significant snowfall, you will want to establish a snow trap on
