Jason Miller – Missouri All of us hunters want that perfect food plot. So much time and energy goes into it and it truly starts with a vision you have in your mind. You can close your eyes and see it, but it is going to take so much more for that to happen. We have a 156-acre spot that is in row crops. Putting in a food plot along the edges works best for that particular farm. (photo 1) This is where products such as No-Plow, Secret Spot, and BowStand come into play. Year after year it attracts a large amount of deer. This past year we were blessed with taking three bucks off this property. We plant a lot of different plots in various states and we use the words “Salad Bar.” We will plant two plots side by side. For example, we will plant Fusion and beside it plant Beets & Greens. This gives the deer a variety to eat from the hot summer months to the cold days in winter. As our cameras have shown us the past few years these salad bar plots have deer in the 12 months of the year. With bucks running all over the countryside during the rut these plots are a great way to take a nice buck. You will find does coming to these plots and when they do, be ready because many times bucks are following right behind them. When Fusion came out, we planted our first plot with it and were amazed at the amount of deer that was passing up the wild clover beside it and coming right to the Fusion. This past fall a friend of ours, Ron Schulgen, took a 190-inch buck that had been visiting a Fusionplot. (photo 2) Photo 3 shows a 170-inch buck one of our team members, Chris Goode, killed in Illinois. A new product this season we look forward to planting in Illinois is Conceal. We have a new farm that has a two-acre hayfield right beside a gravel road that will be transformed into a Fusion plot this spring. Conceal will be perfect to keep that plot hidden from the road. Hunting has become more than a couple weeks of the year. It is about planting food plots, checking cameras, mineral locations, spraying, shed hunting, scouting, stand placement, shooting our bows, and building friendships. Taking that glory picture after a successful hunt is just the cherry to top off a great year. If you plant it, they will come.
