Got a new management idea for my property, couple of questions on summer only plots

[mrdavison]

I am going to use a bobcat to clear a path all the way around the border of our property. This will be the way that we get in and out of the property during hunting season. I want deer using it as little as possible during hunting season, which the food plot track should help with. Anyways. I want to plant it with something that will be attractive only during the summer. The area will recieve some sun, but not a ton. Any ideas? The best thing I can think of is chicory, I know it is supposed to be full sun, but oh well. Just don't want to waste the area. Also in an unrelated question, do sunflowers stay standing during winter providing any cover or no? Thanks guys.

[kj666k]

Originally Posted by mrdavison

I am going to use a bobcat to clear a path all the way around the border of our property. This will be the way that we get in and out of the property during hunting season. I want deer using it as little as possible during hunting season, which the food plot track should help with. Anyways. I want to plant it with something that will be attractive only during the summer. The area will recieve some sun, but not a ton. Any ideas? The best thing I can think of is chicory, I know it is supposed to be full sun, but oh well. Just don't want to waste the area. Also in an unrelated question, do sunflowers stay standing during winter providing any cover or no? Thanks guys.

If you intend on driving thru chicory wont it damage the crown and taproot?

[Sportfish]

If you plant some canola early on (brassica) it will be matured and dried up by the start of hunting season. Just an idea.

[Token_Lake]

Deer are " lazy ". If you clear a path that's easier to walk in for you, it's easier for the deer as well and they WILL use it. They won't just frolic in it all day long but they will use it to get where they want to go.

You could plant clover or alfalfa in there as by the first frost it will go dormant till next year and not be very palatable.

[jack23]

Plant fescue. I would not want deer or "other" people to have a reason to come to the edge of your property.

[yoderj@cox.net]

I understand the intent, but I doubt I'd plant fescue anywhere except maybe where severe erosion is an issue. I wonder if there is something you can plant that would benefit other wildlife but not be attractive to deer.

Thanks,

Jack

[Token_Lake]

Originally Posted by jack23

I would not want deer or "other" people to have a reason to come to the edge of your property.

Has benefits both way's. Deer don't know what property line's are, but a neighboring animal might be more enticed to come onto your property if it know's there's food right over the next hill. Besides, it's for the summer and fall growing, not a mid hunting season kill plot.

I'll plant whatever i can in any place i can if it help's honestly,, property line or not. " Our " deer are never really ours at all with the broad range's they roam.

[Bad Lt]

I Have Planted Clover In The Past And Come The Fall The Deer Dont Go Near It