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A Personal Look at Revolutionary New
Winter Planting
Don’t Miss Late-Season Deer
It was my third
full day on stand and I had seen very few deer. The cold and the
snow and lack of activity were wearing on me. Just a few short weeks
prior I had seen plenty of deer, including some beautiful bucks, but
today was a different story.
I had never been
more optimistic about a late-season December hunt. But something was
amiss. Finally, I abandoned my stand that was positioned in a wooded
thoroughfare. I walked up a big hill from where I could see
everything. I sat with my binoculars, scoping out the situation.
I watched as a
parade of deer made their way one by one through the foot of snow on
the ground to an unpicked soybean field on an adjacent piece of
property. The property I was hunting—which was carefully managed
with all of the right food plots—had out-attracted this neighboring
property all season long. But now the deer had abandoned my food
plot mecca for some soybeans. I did not understand....
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Some plot plantings
become less attractive with cold weather and hard frosts. Others may
not lose their allure but, when buried in snow, they require more
effort than the deer are willing to expend, especially if there are
alternative food sources that require less effort.
The Whitetail
Institute’s late-season food plot product, Winter-Greens, is the
answer to these winter problems. A brassica blend, Winter-Greens is
designed specifically to attract deer in late season.
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Winter-Greens is the most effective late-season food plot product
you can plant.
Brassicas by
nature actually sweeten with a hard frost. To be precise, the first
hard frost triggers plant maturity, which in turn results in a
sweeter taste. It’s like a banana. When it’s still green, a banana
is not very tasty. Once mature or ripe however, a yellow banana is
very tasty. The brassicas in Winter-Greens are palatable to deer
right away, and they get even tastier after a hard frost. So, while
other food plots are becoming less appealing, or are getting eaten
down, Winter-Greens is getting better. And don’t think the deer
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"A
buck that is healthy going into the antler-growing season
will produce a better set of antlers than a buck that is a
victim of the hardships of winter."
Jody
Holdbrooks - Wildlife Biologist
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