Posts by Kent Kammermeyer
Plant Food Plots Now
Trying to improve the quality of your deer and your hunting experiences? Food plots planted in the fall that feature a tower stand in the corner are common on many hunting properties these days, but if you really want to help your deer, you should look to provide nutrition in the summer. A food plot…
Read MorePlant Spring Food Plots To Improve Your Deer
Spring and summer may be the times when your deer herd needs you the most. Don’t assume you can forget about deer now, and they will be big, healthy deer next fall. There are antlers to grow and fawns to feed! There is an amazing selection of spring plantings for sale. A recent survey of…
Read MoreTrophy Radishes Creating New Food-Plot Buzz
Deer were hungry. On a very cold day last winter, 96 deer were observed digging through a foot of snow trying to fill their bellies. Digging for the last remaining acorns? Clover? Rye? You probably could not guess what these 96 deer were digging for, so we’ll tell you: radishes. The above scenario occurred in…
Read MoreFitting Food Plots Into Pines And Hardwoods
Whether you own or lease your deer-hunting property, chances are good that you do not have enough food-plot acreage to attract and raise a high-quality deer herd for maximum recreational enjoyment year after year. Not having the time, money or equipment is one thing, but not having suitable sites is another. Most of the logical…
Read MoreWinning The Food Plot Weed War
Well, you thought you did everything right. Let’s see, you got that soil test, applied recommended lime and fertilizer, plowed vigorously and prepared a smooth seedbed, inoculated your legumes, carefully broadcast your seed, covered lightly and prayed for rain. OK then, why are you standing here now looking at an ugly patch of weeds choking…
Read MoreThe Gunbelt Buck
So you think you have your buck patterned for the year already? You know the area he is using because you scouted in post-season 1989 and pre-season 1990 and saw his fresh sign on both occasions! You could still be hunting a ghost—a trophy animal now 4 or 5 miles from his fresh sign. When…
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