EP245 Why Deer Aren’t Eating Your Brassicas: Designing a Food Plot Deer Actually Want

In this episode, Jon Teater discusses how to improve food plot design and support better crops. The discussion leads to a better understanding on why deer don’t eat brassica. Deer often walk right past corn and brassica, and there are tricks that can produce better crops, create more attraction, and get deer right where you want the. Jon discusses bigger habitat design models for food plot and why we often need to think ahead, and what practices will overall benefit our soils.

Takeaways

• Food plot design and layout
• Foliar sprays for turnips, rape, radish
• Healthy plants
• Deer behavior and risk perception
• Habitat within food plots
• Rotation and diversity in food plots
• Strategies for attracting and holding deer
• Use of cover crops and overseeding
• Importance of access and concealment 

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