mule deer food plot

[ishootaRUM300]

Planning on doing a food plot when i go out to the cabin in wyoming. Wondering what would be good to have in it? Can I use the same types of stuff I use in Minnesota or is there something better since it is much drier there? The elevation is about 8000 feet not to far from a reservoir. There are also a few bever ponds right behind the cabin. I was planning on putting the food plot by them. Thank you for any input.

 

[wildwilderness]

I would really like to know what you find out. My bro-inlaw has 16 acres in UT with deer passing through all the time. I would like to get something going that could attract them during the early season.

 

[REDDOG]

I'm sure the pot guts and pdogs will love it.. western food plot = hay.

 

[1highpeak]

You want a food plot that will work wonders in Utah.....
START RAISING HAY!!! The deer cant stay out of it, I see them in there every night and morning here in Rural Utah

 

[west]

I don't know much about food plots and how they work, but i'm pretty sure they are illegal in wyo. I know you can't plant any type of crop for the purpose of hunting. It must be thoroughly harvested for you to hunt on it. Like i said i know nothing about food plots or what catagory they fall in as a crop so i may be wrong.

"blaming guns for violence is like blaming spoons for Rosie O'donnell being fat."

 

[ishootaRUM300]

I was planning on putting it behind the cabin. There isnt enought land to hunt just have something in the area to help them out. They have about 3 acres with not much cover. Not sure of how far you have to be from a building to hunt out there either which would also be a problem, because the cabins in this area are grouped with the 3 acres of land. So there are a bunch of them right in the area. My aunt and uncle that live out there and say the locals are upset about people putting out food. Like we do here in MInnesoat every winter. So I figured that if it was grown right by the cabin they would not have as much of a problem with it. Supposedly the elk and mule deer population is doing bad out there and they believe it is because of all the new oil drilling going on messing up their migration routs, or at least that is what they are telling me. By the way my aunt works for the BLM and that is where the information is coming from. Yet they are producing bigger and bigger boone and crocket deer. They must be doing something right.

 

[ramtagless]

>because the cabins in this area are grouped with the 3 acres of land. So there are a bunch of them right in the area

>Supposedly the elk and mule deer population is doing bad out there and they believe it is because of all the new oil drilling going on messing up their migration routs, or at least that is what they are telling me

I will go out on a limb and say maybe a bunch of cabins on three acre lots does not help matters much either. Maybe I am wrong...

 

[ishootaRUM300]

state wide the numbers are to be going down not jsut by the cabin

 

[ramtagless]

I just thought it was a funny paragraph. Mentioning a bunch of cabins on three acre lots and new oil rigs messing up migrations, all in the same breath. Did not intend to offend or anything.

Cabins are probably on winter range and planting something would probably help the deer out. Best of luck and take care...

 

[Verticalslope]

Look at Great basin seed co. on the internet. They have several options available. For grass, try the dryland pasture mix.

 

[driftersifter]

I would plant imperial whitetail clover or thier drought rersistant variety. I would spray roundup on the existing vegetation and use corn scattered around and along with the clover seed. The turkeys in the area will scratch the seed into the soil for you and it will come up ok. It is better to use farm equipment but it would be my thinking that may not be possible. I have used oats scattered on the ground to help with the scratching method of seeding but corn works faster and you can use both.
If you need other suggestions let me know.
Driftersifter