Greener Pastures
Get your duck ponds ready
The first few days of the Atlantic Flyway’s 60-day duck season have come and gone, with lower-than-expected success reported from hunters across the region. […]
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Deer Hunting
The last chance to plant? Late-season plantings are deer magnets
While most hunters concentrate more on hunting than preparing food plots this month, cool-season plots can still be culitivated. […]
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Annuals and perennials: Both have a role in food-plot dynamics
Food plots should play an important role in any wildlife-management scenario, and they should include annual and perennial sources. […]
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Plant fast-maturing crops for duck impoundments now
Duck season is closing in for anxious waterfowlers, and after another extremely dry spring and early summer, corn crops continue to suffer. […]
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Productive fall food plots result from planning, planting
Our cool-season food plots often make or break us in the fall. Nothing excites a hunter more than a trophy buck prancing across one of our food plots, knee deep in a lush field of greens. […]
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Clip warm-season food plots now
Warm-season food plots supplement deer with a rich source of balanced nutrition over the late spring and summer, during a critical time of need for both male and female deer. […]
Deer Hunting
Spring, summer are protein times
Food. All animals crave it, ingest it and seek out certain varieties with special characteristics to fulfill their physical needs. […]
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It’s time to refresh clover patches
Food plots have critical periods, with some parts of the year more important than others. In the spring, herbaceous and woody plants end their dormancy and begin competing for available nutrients, sunlight and space. […]
Deer Hunting
Chicory should be food-plot staple
The major planting season in the Carolinas for warm-season food plots generally is April through early May. […]
Deer Hunting
Buffers eliminate deer disturbance
The southeastern states offer deer hunters an extended period to pursue their trophies. With the hunting season spanning the entire mating ritual, consistent disturbance becomes a real issue for deer and hunters. […]