Is there such a thing?

[Stump]

What could someone plant that's not only cheap, but with very little maintenance(if any) and puts out a lot of tonnage? Most importantly, deer like it especially for late season.

[Swens]

Soybeans. Instead of buying the actual seed in bags, buy some soybeans from a farmer that were harvested this year and plant them next year.

[Grassbag251]

Soybeans. Instead of buying the actual seed in bags, buy some soybeans from a farmer that were harvested this year and plant them next year.

Yep

[RidgeRunner]

Any suggestions on what to plant if you're only going to be able to put in 3 plots of about an acre each? The intention is to hunt these plots and I'm concerned that the beans will be hammered before archery season even starts. This is a 200 acre farm and the only other food is apples.

[hntrtravis]

We used to get a couple of bags of corn from the MN Deer Hunters Association for free and had the neighbors plant it.

Not sure who we contacted to get it though, but its an idea.

[drummin_log]

With any kind of moderate deer density, your acre of beans will be leveled. They are an awesome late season attractant though. For tonnage of food produced, brassicas are tough to beat. They're a small seed as well so planting them can be done as easily as killing the existing vegetation and broadcasting aheads of a good soaking rain.

[drummin_log]

Another option that a great late season attractant would be a winter wheat/cereal rye mixture. It's cheap, easy to plant, and requires little to no maintenance. However, it's lacking the tonnage your wanting. An option would be to use the
wheat/rye mixture and throw in some brassicas with it. The attached pictures isn't late season, but gives you an idea of what a wheat/rye mix looks like. This plot was sprayed early August then touched up spots with round-up late August.
Seed was spread just after Labor Day prior to a good soaking rain. It requires no tillage which in return helps keep the weeds out because you aren't disturbing the soil. Deer love the mix as well! The rye will stay green through the winter
and late season.....if the deer don't eat it to the dirt!

IMAG0042.jpg

[RidgeRunner]

Another option that a great late season attractant would be a winter wheat/cereal rye mixture. It's cheap, easy to plant, and requires little to no maintenance. However, it's lacking the tonnage your wanting. An option would be to use the
wheat/rye mixture and throw in some brassicas with it. The attached pictures isn't late season, but gives you an idea of what a wheat/rye mix looks like. This plot was sprayed early August then touched up spots with round-up late August.
Seed was spread just after Labor Day prior to a good soaking rain. It requires no tillage which in return helps keep the weeds out because you aren't disturbing the soil. Deer love the mix as well! The rye will stay green through the winter
and late season.....if the deer don't eat it to the dirt!

IMAG0042.jpg

Thanks for your input! Much appreciated.