You're Planting Fall Food Plots TOO EARLY! (Most Hunters Get This Wrong)

Many hunters make the same mistake every summer—they plant their fall food plots too early.

This week, Don Higgins and Terry Peer discuss what they discovered while checking food plots in southern Illinois after weeks of heavy rain and mature Johnsongrass infestations.

Topics include:

• When to actually plant fall food plots
• How weather changes your planting strategy
• Mature Johnsongrass control in soybeans
• Why bigger food plots aren't always better
• Business advice from Don Higgins
• Listener submitted questions
• Fruit trees, doe management, habitat design and more

Whether you're planting Real World Wildlife Products, clover, cereal grains or brassicas, this episode will help you avoid costly mistakes before deer season.

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