WHAT SHOULD I PLANT?

By Kris Klemick

 Walking the aisles at your favorite sporting goods store, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed and confused by the number of food plot products. Between crazy claims — “Guaranteed to grow the biggest bucks!”— and paid celebrity endorsements, it’s almost a roll of the dice whether your hard work and money will pay off at the end of the growing season.

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Become a Mix-Master

 

By Scott Bestul

 It’s a happy problem. With almost a dozen food plot sites to manage every year, I face the questions of what to plant where. It seems every year I’m torn between falling back on tried-and-true favorites but sorely tempted to try a new product.

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WHITETAIL INSTITUTE ANNUALS: Which is the Best For You?

By Whitetail Institute Staff

 This is the second part of a two-part article addressing a question the Whitetail Institute’s in-house consultants are often asked: “Which Whitetail Institute forage product is the best?” As we said then, which is the “best” depends on your specific situation — factors such as equipment accessibility to the site, soil type and slope should all be considered. In the first part, we covered how to select the Whitetail Institute perennial that is best for your situations(s). Part 1 is available on-line at www.whitetailinstitute.com. In this article, we’ll cover Whitetail Institute annuals and the general forage selection steps that often lead to them.

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Annuals Vs. Perennials: How to Choose Them. How to Use Them.

By Charles J. Alsheimer

  Oh, how times have changed! More than 30 years ago I embarked on a career to become a full-time outdoor writer and nature photographer, specializing in the whitetail deer. It’s been a special journey, one I wish every hunter could experience. Part of what I’ve done for over the last three decades has centered on speaking engagements, which have taken me across North America. For the first 15 years about 90 percent of the questions my seminar attendees asked dealt with whitetail hunting strategies. Back then hunters wanted to know all they could about techniques to make them better hunters. This is no longer the case. Over the last 15 years hunting-related questions have diminished to the point that they no longer dominate the discussions. Now, today, more than 75 percent of the questions I’m asked deal with how to manage whitetails — everything from forage offerings, to food plot layout, to managing properties for better deer and hunting.

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