The Whitetail Institute’s Imperial Power Plant is a variety of warm season annuals, including soybeans, cow peas, lablab, sorghum and sunflowers. With the promise of “more tonnage per acre than any other spring/summer annuals”, Power Plant was on my list of food plot seed to try in the spring of…
For hunters, there is just something about this time of year. We’re all ready for the temperatures to drop, the days to get a little shorter, and those first hours in a tree stand. I’ve been reading, and re-reading hunting magazines, setting the DVR for all my favorite hunting shows,…
Fall food plots are a great way to provide forage throughout the colder months of the year and into the beginning of spring before you plant your spring warm season plots. It will help maintain the carrying capacity of your property and can also be a great attractant for a…
The Whitetail Institute’s Imperial Clover is a clover blend that was produced from cross-breeding over 100 different clover varieties, eliminating the least desirable clover and keeping the best. After years of this research and development, Imperial Clover was born, and has since been the standard by which all clover blends…
One of the most important — and simple — things a deer steward can do before the hunting season begins is to conduct a trail camera survey on their property. The information gathered from these surveys is crucial to improving the health of the deer as well as the habitat…
In the “Hunting Food Plots 101” series, I will attempt to put a fairly complex subject —food plots— into layman’s terms so that anyone can successfully plant food plots the first time around. I will cover everything from beginning to end, sharing my past experiences and let you “ride along” throughout the…
