Food Plots, Is it really worth it?......

[dreamer]

I seen this on another site. Is anyone else in Ontario having this success?
As everyone knows, having women in the industry is great and having a smile like that?
Rack Stacker is certainly making its way as a Canadian Whitetail attractant company. I'll be looking for it this fall for sure.

[carvedtip]

I seen this on another site. Is anyone else in Ontario having this success?
As everyone knows, having women in the industry is great and having a smile like that?
Rack Stacker is certainly making its way as a Canadian Whitetail attractant company. I'll be looking for it this fall for sure.

dreamer, here are two of your comments in other threads regarding this product.

I've tried a couple plots in the past and have had limited success.

I hear that Rack Stacker is climbing in popularity. I think they will be the word on the street when it comes to Whitetail Food Plots in Canada. I'll be using them this summer for sure.

I was told that http://www.rackstacker.ca will be live once the Wildtv commercial hits at the end of the month. I would think the dealer would be listed on that site.

Ontario Monster Whitetails also has a new ad for them. They are being refered to as Rack Stacker now not Backyard Wildlife.

You have like six posts on this forum and half of them involve this product.
Are you connected with this company in any way? Not trying to be a wise guy, just trying to determine the source of your enthusiasm .

[crazyfarmer]

I'd run the deer out and save those turnips for myself to eat

[crazyfarmer]

Where I'm at there is soooo much agriculture. How could one possibly coax the deer to their particular food plot when the entire County is one giant food plot.

There's nothing but deer groceries for miles and miles in every direction!

since we are having a drought here, anything green and watered should be packed this fall... thats if you can find something green!!!!!

but thats the issue here... some plant foodplots which I dont bother with since im hunting over our soybean fields. Deer wont leave 800 acres of soybeans for a 1/4th acre food plot. Also, what deer do hit it mow it down to fast.


our hay(clover) fields are golden early season though

[crazyfarmer]

When I was a kid, we had an expression "Knee high by the 4th of July" for the corn. With modern hybrids and what not our corn is about 6 feet tall right now on the average. It's rained at least twice a week for the last three months.

do you hve land I can come out there and farm then? Its rained twice here in 2months LOL... chance of rain today till saturday but its only 20%. If it doesnt rain by Saturday, kiss the soybean crop goodbye:(

[sumner4991]

I checked on my little orchard during my recent visit to VA . . .the deer are ripping my fruit trees to shreds. I put out some deer repellant . . .never thought I'd be doing that!

Anyway, if it works . . .it would be a good way to grow a good food plot and take away the repellant just prior to the season opener.

I tried the netting . . .the deer are still eating the leaves and tearing the limbs to bits.

Any suggestions?

By the way . . .I don't see any sign of deer in the above mentioned plot . . .

[Chuck Gravel]

Here in jersey we havent had rain in probally 3 weeks to a month but the corn is about 6' tall and my three apple trees are doing great right now. I dont get how theyre doing so good

[vixenmaster]

Actually fer the cost involved to get a good sowed food plot its too costly ! Specially if after freezer meat with a Buck thrown in with avg. head-gear. I have couple of feeders out one with corn fer those deer that have decent teeth & another with sweet feed & soybean meal mixed fer those whose teeth have worn down to the gum line. Guess i am soft i hate seeing an old deer die of starvation during the winter & early spring. I knowed like everything in this world thats living, at some point will die.

[crazyfarmer]

Actually fer the cost involved to get a good sowed food plot its too costly ! Specially if after freezer meat with a Buck thrown in with avg. head-gear. I have couple of feeders out one with corn fer those deer that have decent teeth & another with sweet feed & soybean meal mixed fer those whose teeth have worn down to the gum line. Guess i am soft i hate seeing an old deer die of sarvation during the winter & early spring. I knowed like everything in this world thats living, at some point will die.

agreed... cost isnt cheap and its an investment. Plus you need the right tools depending on the size. I just dont feel like getting a ph test and liming the spots in the woods I want food plots at. Sometimes they can hurt because of the unnatural appeal in the middle of the woods. Granted little doe will visit and have a feast which can be good for dinner;)

i guess the best repellant would be a gun?

[catcher]

Where I'm at there is soooo much agriculture. How could one possibly coax the deer to their particular food plot when the entire County is one giant food plot.

There's nothing but deer groceries for miles and miles in every direction!

I agree with bstout. Save your money and time. In southern Ontario the deer have groceries everywhere. I too got sucked into the got to have a food plot craze. I put one in and had enough turnips like the picture above that I could have feed half of southern Ontario. And the deer never touched them. The deer would walk right through my plot and go straight to the alfalfa fields.

[warningshot]

Hey dreamer...i tried bag of seed last year ...tested the soil, limed and put the recomended fetilizer etc on half an acre ...the deer only nibbled it....and i'm nowhwere near any corn, soya,alfalfa or any other type of argicultural draw......so i guess i got sucked in... .the deer eat just about anything here, tomatoes, flowers, hydrangia.......this year i just picked up my seeds from the coop and will go from there...i would do a test or side by side comparison if they want to send me some seeds to see which performs better ....but i bet the cheaper seeds will get more bang for a buck

[ninepointer]

We did a pilot food plot at our remote North Bay area camp a few years ago. It was a ton of work and there was no indication that the deer were drawn the commercial northern forage mix over their natural browse. To do it again "properly", we considered all the equipment, effort, lime and all the chemical inputs we would be throwing into the north woods, and decided it just wasn't worth it.

I imagine that the cost/benefit equation might work if you're already in the farming profession and decide to set aside a plot of something special for deer, but otherwise your money, time and effort would be better directed to other aspects of your hunt IMO.