need some seed recommendations

[TedB]

I talked to the biologist in my county a couple of years ago and we've got a pretty good game plan going. I do have a couple of things I'd like to get other opinions on. First, I've got about a 5 acre area right behind our camp that we've clear cut and started to kill the fescue out of. Fescue should be just about gone this year and I was wondering what I could plant in there that will provide cover for the deer to bed down in. I was thinking something like switch grass but I'm not sure.

Second, I'd like to put in a couple of 2-4 acre summer plots in to see if they'll use them. What would you put in there? I was thinking about trying some lab lab just to see if it's as good as they say. Any other ideas? Thanks, Ted

[predator]

TedB, I have heard that switchgrass is good for what you are looking to do. I have just let areas regrow naturally after I've killed the fescue, deer and turkey seem to like the overground areas.
I've never used lablab, but hear it is good. I like clover plots for the ease of planting and I can get 4-6 years out of them.
PM-WBBP, he is an expert on food plots.

[Multidigits]

Fro bedding cover, you don't have to plant anything, just let it grow back. If you do plant, one of the natural grasses will be the best, included there is switchgrass.

For a food plot, you first need to decide if you want an annual or a perennial. In other words, do you want to work the ground and replant yearly or not. If you don't, then ladino or most any other white clover will be your best. If you want a annual, lablab is as good as any, but there are tons of others that will work just as good. Ask your co-op guy for the best of what he has on hand.

[Luckybuck]

I use lablab and max attract from tecomate. Both pull deer in really well. I like orchard grass mixed in for rabbits and lots and lots of clover. You can never go wrong with lots of clover for deer but fescue is useless to deer, almost no nutritional value in it.
A local farmer is growing canola and sunflowers this year and I am curious to see how deer will affect the plants.