| Summer is here, the kids are out of school, the | | | | Vilas County, Wisconsin. My son Ty and I got |
| first swarm of mosquitoes has arrived. All you | | | | some fishing in, worked on some household |
| bow hunters know that deer season is right | | | | projects, and managed to start a food plot by |
| around the corner. I am trying to get all my | | | | their house. In the past, my dad always fed the |
| outdoor home projects done before it gets too | | | | deer, corn all winter long. He had motion detector |
| close to hunting season. The spring food plots are | | | | lights over the corn piles so he could watch the |
| in. The mineral Licks have been made. My | | | | deer feed at night. |
| summer bow shooting schedule is starting. We | | | | I discussed with my father that there is a strong |
| have a lot going on. | | | | possibility that the Wisconsin DNR will ban baiting |
| We have finished our spring food plots. This year | | | | and feeding next year in Wisconsin due to their |
| we are going to do things differently. Last year | | | | inability to control CWD. |
| we planted all our plots in the fall with our fall | | | | We decided that we should put in a food plot and |
| blends because of the very dry summer. This | | | | a mineral lick to bring the deer in close to his |
| spring we had some of the annuals make it | | | | house for viewing. |
| through the winter. A few turnips made it along | | | | I thought that this is the perfect chance to see |
| with quite a bit of rape plants. | | | | how our seed works in the worst possible |
| We really wanted to get a few good perennial | | | | conditions. Such as poor soil, very limited tilling, no |
| plots going, so we over seeded last falls plot with | | | | fertilizer, and limited sunlight. This plot is right in the |
| "AWH Perennial Plus". This mix has everything that | | | | middle of the woods. Our "AWH Perennial Plus" is |
| a deer could want, four types of clover, chicory, | | | | just the ticket for this application. I also added |
| and small burnett, a perennial forb that likes dry | | | | some "AWH Brassica Blast" to the plot also. We |
| gravel or sandy soil where a lot of other crops will | | | | should know how things work out by July 4th |
| not grow. These plots were not seeded the in the | | | | when I go back up to finish the roof over his |
| most ideal conditions. First we did not spray or till | | | | porch. |
| the soil, we wanted to keep the crops that were | | | | With our food plots and mineral licks in place, we |
| left over from last fall. All we did was fertilize and | | | | now wait on the Iowa DNR to see if we drew |
| over seed. We did seed right before a rain which | | | | tags. |
| helps in germination. A week after the seeding we | | | | It is also the time to get shooting. I have shot |
| mowed down the rape plants that were growing, | | | | just a few times since last fall. I will be starting to |
| to give the clover a chance to grow. This is a | | | | practice more now that summer is here. I will go |
| good test to how our seed works without tilling | | | | over everything on my bow. I will check the rest, |
| the soil. I am very interested to see how the plot | | | | string, sight, quiver, arrows, broad heads, |
| turns out. We have one thing going for us, we are | | | | everything. This will give me plenty of time in |
| getting plenty of rain here in early June. | | | | case I need to replace things. |
| I was at my parent's house over the Memorial | | | | Send me an email and let me know how the |
| Day weekend. They live in the North woods in | | | | mineral licks and the food plots are going. |