Late Fall Pictures

Every fall, no matter how good our plots looked in the summer, I'm surprised how much they thin out by late fall. I always think we "need more green". Its interesting - because the deer NEVER touch the corn until the snow is near 1 ft deep.

We've found that if we mow the corn - the deer will get on it - even without snow - but we plant corn to sustain deer through the winters - which can be harsh here - and we leave it standing, even if it means that the deer don't come to feed on it in a mild hunting season like this year was. Bot though - they LOVE those bean pods when they start cracking in November - and even when there IS Snow -they will be pawing to get this high protein/fat food source in November.

Every deer we took this fall had Green (clover and or alfalfa) and soybeans in their stomach - and many had apples too.

Here's some late season pictures of the plots this year: