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Will Deer Eat Turnips and Radishes?? Are They Food Plot Worthy?
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- čas přidán 19. 12. 2020
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I planted a mix of turnips and radishes in a very small food plot in the summer. The deer haven't eat them much up to this point. Now there is snow in the forecast, will that change things??
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Was doing some research on planting turnips and found this! I was looking for garden tips, but will use these deer tips as well. Thanks for sharing! 👍🏻
Haha. Not just for deer! Thanks for watching 👍
Excellent video, love the "B-Roll" - good luck hunting that spot. Huge veggies, thats for sure!
Thanks Tom. I appreciate the encouragement 👍
1st year planting them. They grew really well. Hoping they do what they did on your plot when the snow falls
God stuff, Dave! I’ve had zero experience with either of them until this year on Ohio public when you helped me identify them. I will say that the deer were “absolutely” hitting them back in November. Way before any snowfall. I’ll be interested to see if the activity increases with colder temps and/or snow. Thanks for the video!
I remember that footage you had of the browsed plot! I’m sure many factors feed into the need or desire of deer to eat certain foods. Thanks for watching Matt. I appreciate it 👍
Another 'Absolutely' great video, Dave! I can tell you that in my 1/3 acre suburban food plot, we don't plant radishes or turnips, but there is plenty of clover and I still haven't seen a deer in over a decade.🤷♂️
I absolutely appreciate you watching Randy. Did you ever hang a trail camera over the plot? You might be surprised...course, theft might be a serious concern??
How funny you mention that... I am seriously trying to figure out the logistics of doing that after watching your trail cam videos this year. I think it might be kind of fun to have a suburban trail cam series. But yes, theft is my biggest concern. I need to find places where I could get good, or entertaining, footage yet be safe from prying hands. I was happy to see your public trail cam series because it gave me some ideas for better securing the unit.
Lucky for you I know a guy who did a cellular camera video. You could instantly know when someone is near the camera and if they do steal it, you should have pretty good video of them stealing it 🤣😂🤣
In all seriousness, the suburban trail cam sounds great. You’re boys would love it. 👍
Great subject. I am gonna attempt a food plot for the first time next year. Still lot of research to do . Thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching! I enjoy toying around with plots. I think you will also 👍
Have not seen hoar frost for years thanks for the memory ! We have spoiled city deer here... they grow small and pretty much bound around wherever they please. I have more neighbors with dogs now so we do not see them quite so much. Merry Christmas !
It amazes me how deer can adapt to live about anywhere. Thanks for watching! I appreciate it 👍
Holy Cow!!! Those are huge!!!! I like turnups!!!! Lol it looks really cold but it sure is pretty!!! Oh wow!! Ur so knowledgeable... Keep up the great videos!
Merry Christmas to you and your family!⛄⛄
Thank you! I appreciate it 👍
I plant a mix on food plots, but I have a similar situation hunting on a farm that produces grain, usually wheat, soybean and corn. I have planted radish and they won’t touch it until winter time when all the other crops are gone, red clover is killer, the farmer plants it as a cover crop and the deer will clear snow from it every time. It also recovers every year. Great choice to hunt over that for the late season.
No doubt clover is king when it comes to whitetails (at least for their greens). Thanks for watching and for your experience. I appreciate it 👍
Turnips are my favorite food plot forage. Tillage radish and winter rye are right there with them. The deer clean up my brassica plots. I heard people say they have seen brassica rotting in the spring. I have never experienced that. Deer in the past actually over browsed my brassica early and stunted their progress. I now plant rye grain next to the brassica plots so they focus on the young rye shoots early and let the brassica get some size and tonnage jumpstart. Love brassica.
Thanks for watching and sharing your experience! I really enjoy hearing how others have fared 👍
Great job, looks really good! JESUS Loves you so so much for sure !!!!!!!!!!!!! GOD Bless you !!!!!!!!
Have never dealt with Food plots of any kind just have hunted Over cornfields I liked your footage of the snow ❄ 👍
Thanks John! Have a great evening 👍
Well after looking at this video as it’s just starting to snow here the video I watched and commented on a lot of snow on the ground getting pounded Back there take care my friend be safe and happy holiday
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Holy crap! Those look great. I think I’ll have a salad for lunch!
Haha! You’d have enough salad for quite some time 😂
Heavy snowfall ...
Huge roots crop
Healthy food source for the deer
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Great idea for a food plot.......Thumbs Up
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Great video Dave, man I'm jealous, I want snow but you can keep the 3 degree Temps lol.
Haha! Snow and cold! 🥶
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That was a huge radish that food plot looks amazing I like turnips to have a good one
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That’s so cool! You’ve got a lot of snow. We don’t really get snow down here in Oxford, Ms. but we saw some reindeer’s poop so we are guessing we have deer in our backyard but we’ve never seen one only in our neighbor’s yard. We are curious too what they eat and how they get warm in the winter. The snow sure is pretty though.
In the winter the deer browse on briars and brush they find above ground. Doing most other times they eat my crops 😂
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Here is Wisconsin, they love Turnips. However, we need a hard frost first or a mild freeze. The turnips get sweet after that and the deer will paw them up all winter until they are gone. Useless for Summer/Autumn plots here though.
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Great video. I know they plant turnips and radishes for deer in th U.P. of Michigan. Great video Dave 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
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Wow snow 👍
Thanks for watching! Merry Christmas 👍
Here in KY I've noticed they hit the greens in Oct and then not much past then. Seems to be a few radishes kind of here and there nibbled on but hard to tell what critter it was. However as a soil builder I think all those rotting turnips and radishes should really help.
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Great info added to my knowledge. Thx
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Been using turnips in my mix for plots for over 15 years now in Missouri. I see deer consistently eating the tops well before a frost/freeze, one top after another. Bulbs get eaten later in the season January/February. Always a good plot choice here, especially mixed with oats and wheat.
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Is early April to soon to plant? My field is coming up great right now but have no wildlife in my cameras
I hunt in southeast Texas, so not much snow here. I planted radishes last year and they ate them right away. I planted Winfred brassica, tillage radish and appin turnip this year. They've been hitting the radishes the most and some turnip. Haven't touched the Winfred brassica yet. 38° is the coldest it's been so far here. I will try and update in late December.
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From what I understand they do a good job bringing up nutrients.. I wonder if the cattle would eat them? Absolutely nice B roll
They are good for the soil. The tiller radishes are also good to combat soil compaction. Both radishes and turnips also leave void areas (holes) in the ground which helps absorb more water and manure/fertilizer when applied. I have planted many acres of brassicas for the dairy cows to graze. The greens are some of the highest protein plants I have ever grazed..,so much so you really have to be careful not to over do it , or at least give them some lower grade fiber to slow the digestive system down. I can make a lot of milk grazing brassicas 👍
Great video. This is an interesting subject.
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I planted them last year in middle Georgia. They greezed them after a frost but didn't come and devour them until early February, after hunting season. hahaha. But it was the best looking food plot I ever had!
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Up here in Canada we do better leaving soybeans and fall rye seeded late. By Sept they have eaten at least half the bean plants then the rye starts to kick I. This year they are digging down in 1 1/2 ft to find some thin swaths of volunteer wheat. We didn't work the land as we plan on seeding beans next spring anyways. Last fall after field work zero deer. This year same field up to 25 animals feeding. Thanks for the input. I'll seed some of these but on smaller plots close to my yard.
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Adding both Turnips and radish to my food plot now!
Thanks for watching! 👍
I think it all depends on the area, where deer tend to winter and what other food sources are available. While past turnip food plots did seem to pull in other little deer herds from other areas the activity slowed greatly during the winter because the deer seek out areas with more exposure to sunlight. They seem to come more when corn is not planted within a 1/4, 1/2 mile radius of the food plot. Also are other people creating food plots or salt licks in other areas to pull the deer to them. Deer seem to browse. They don't stay in one spot eating all the time. They will eat the turnip tops and then move into the weeds. Deer also change to eating more woody substances like tree buds in the winter.
You make some great observations and I think your spot on. Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment. I appreciate it 👍
it too cold weather , i feel it during watching video, how you people survive in this weather amazing.
We definitely live in an area with extreme seasons. We can hit 100° in the summer and below 0°F in the winter! You definitely have to dress for the cold weather!! Thanks for watching! I appreciate it 👍
@@HuntingFarmerOfficial I Salute you , it also extreme in summer too hard weather.
Good stuff man!
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I planted some "Big & Beastie." The expensive one with a big buck on the bag. It grew great, but the deer barely touched it. I tried it for 3 years with no luck, so I gave up on it. They did like the clover I planted. This was in MN.
Hard to beat clover for deer. They can’t resist it 😁 Thanks for the input Rande 👍
Deer love radishes and turnips in my Minnesota food plots.
Very nice 👍
Thank you 👍
You got some great size from those turnips and radishes! I've planted them 4 or 5 years prior to this year and they never got anywhere near that size. Some years there was no rain after planting, a year or two they went in to late. They never got very big and the deer never ate them, so I abandoned planting them this year. Hope you had some late season success!
My plots were small enough I could give them supplemental water. We had an extremely dry summer here and without the extra drink they would’ve grown much. I used my liquid manure spreader to haul the water (also gave them a bit of “nitrogen” in the process)😜 Thanks for watching Chip! I appreciate it 👍
Fantastic video share friend
Thanks for watching 👍
Have always wanted to do a food plot but never have. Here’s to hoping 2021 is the year. Lol.
Plots can be fun! You’d enjoy it! Thanks for watching. I appreciate it 👍
Hey Dave, curious if they hit the plot with the snow. I’m in upstate ny and have always been told once your crop gets that big they are not as desirable to the deer. I plant my plots early September and that give everything enough time to grow to roughly a baseball size and smaller and they really smash it when the harder months start. Great video!
Thanks for watching! When there’s snow the deer dig for the greens on top and for the turnips. Before snow they seem to prefer the greens
Winter has arrived!
Ready or not...😁
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I’ve found the deer will forage on turnips and radishes all winter long ! Western NY 🦌😊
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Merry Xmas 🧑🎄
Thank you! Same to you! 👍
We're going to try planting them this next year. Been told they hit them after heavy frost and into the winter by digging them up.
I have found it is definitely a late season attractant in my area. Give them a whirl. They’re fun to grow. Thanks for watching! I appreciate it 👍
By the way, did you get your roof fixed up this summer? I can remember some storm damage to it...
Some parts don't look pretty, but we did get it all done.
Good deal 👍
Do half the plot in brassicas and half In Winter wheat, rye, oats, peas mix. 100 lbs per acre seed rate. Planted at same time. Or even up to 4 weeks behind the brassicas. It will get the deer in the plot sooner woth the young rye, wheat, oats, peas. N get them hitting the brassicas sooner also.
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I'm sure the deer will hit the turnips and radishes as the snow blankets the ground. Oh, and I see that the deer really hit the brassicas. ❤👍
Thanks for watching! I appreciate it Arielle 👍
just sowed turnips 2nd week of july s central illinois we will find out love making french fries out them deer have been hittings greens already
I hope that grow well for you! Thanks for watching. I appreciate it 👍
That's pretty interesting. I didn't know deer would be so picky as to only eat them after they get hit by snow.
Maybe it a case of it there only option, or at least, an easy option once it snows? Either way, they definitely go after them in the snow 👍
Great video Dave, Just curious, do you take any of those turnips and radishes for yourself?
I do eat them on occasion. You definitely want to get them much younger than they are now!! The big ones are fun to look at...not so good to eat 😜
Deer will eat about anything when winter hits. I have watched deer devour a fallen maple trees just to get the sugars from the sap.
Thanks for watching and for sharing your experiences 👍
Plant a bunch of oats about mid August by just broadcast seeding, deer will eat it daily like a lawn, and a bag is dirt cheap
Thanks for watching! Good tip! Oats will practically grow on rocks and are a great green source 👍
They hammer the greens in September then after the 1st frost they get sweeter then they hit them hard the end of November 1st of December here in Michigan
Very interesting! Thanks for for input! I appreciate it 👍
@@HuntingFarmerOfficial I like when u have new trail cameras videos 👊
This will be my 1st year for turnips. I can get 5 pounds for 15 dollars at my local feed store. I do have a clover this is going on my 2nd year for my 🍀 deer love. Now ive herd that deer love turnips and radishes. Deer Will eat them up. Some say it may take a lilttle bit before they do. They tell me that they will tear it up when its colder or when a good snow comes
Thanks for watching! I hope your turnips do great for you! Don’t plant them too thick. It’s easy to over do it. When they’re too thick they won’t get very big. (At least that’s how I found it) 👍
Same here
Deer didn't hit mine until hard freeze and snow on ground . Then they tore up the tops of the radishes looking like a beaver knawing on wood. I wonder if there's a smaller variety that would be easier for them to eat?
I'm in Missouri Ozarks. Just a little snow. Wondering what early to mid season crop would be better. Season was over by the time they hit the purple tops and the radishes
Thanks for watching and for sharing your experience. Hopefully someone will chime in with other options they have tried for earlier season action 👍
Thanks. Been thinking about doing turnips and radish for a food plot but how do you terminate them inthe spring? Do you have an isssue when it comes time to disk or till? Those things are huge. Assuming they are an annual as well. Looking for a late winter food plot for West texas. I think I could still plant those here in early november before it gets too late
Thanks for watching. Our turnips go through winter and will breakdown until spring.
B roll footage was frost wasn’t it ?? We had heavy frost like that. I have the same experience with the turnip and radish food plots.
Yeah, it was frost from that 3° morning. When the sun first peeked out it was absolutely beautiful! Thanks for taking the time to watch 👍
Dave, How big of an area are you planting with this mix? Do you prep the soil? Or are you just doing the "throw and grow" method?
Thanks for watching. It was about 1/4 acre. I did lightly disc the ground before broadcasting the seed. I then packed the soil 👍
It is simply not true that food plots are useless when you are surrounded by AG. It is actually more important to pick the proper seed and location on your property based on the surrounding AG and plots are even more important when you have a lot of AG in your area. Your plots are going to be the difference with so much AG in the area.
You make a good point. I appreciate you taking the time and sharing your experience 👍
we are on the tug hill in ny- 200 plus inches snow annually. deer go nuts for the same mix- like nothing I have seen in 30 plus years of planting. It took a year for deer to get acquainted with them, after that the first good frost brings them like mad. where are you located?
sorry i see you are in pa and maybe familiar with the tug hill- my husband is the one with the obsession and has planted for 30 yrs in a deep woods setting.
Thanks for watching! Yes, I’m in central PA. The deer really went after mine this year also. The deeper the snow got the more they dug for them. Thanks for sharing you and your husband’s experience! I enjoy hearing from others 👍
Good video. How large is your turnip plot? Do you plant them in September?
Thanks for watching! This plot was around 1/3 to 1/4 acre. Nothing very big. I planted this the second week of August. It was so dry here I’d been better to go waiting until September 👍
2 feet of snow in the next 24 hours?
I've lived in south Texas most of my life. I haven't seen 2 feet of snow in my entire life!
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This may sound dumb as hell but I have always wondered if you put a couple Mannequins dressed in blaze orange in one of those deer stands and left them there all winter, spring and summer would the deer there get conditioned to them being there, and would the big bucks just come walking in during hunting season without fear since they have been looking at them for so long?🤔
No dumb Mike. I’ve heard and seen guys do exactly that. I’m sure it works. The biggest thing that gets me (people) busted is movement. The deer will tolerate a perfectly still object (trail camera etc) but add any type of movement (moving into position for the shot etc) and your busted. 😁
On our land here in South Carolina, first frost the Deer mow them down.
Very interesting! Thanks for the input 👍
I'd eat em , I love turnips ,greens and good ol cracklin cornbread .
Yeah, you’d definitely want to get them before they get this big! Thanks for watching Mark! Have a great evening 👍
Planted them for 2 years and 0 eaten by deer. They ate the winter greens by whitetail institute but no radish or turnip..
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Them is some big ones You got some snow there
Yup. Lots of snow. More than all of last winter added into one. Thought of you today...caught my first ever yote with a trap. Wish I had your advice on how to remake the set with a catch circle in the snow 👍
That’s awesome. If the trap can be reused. I would make the set the best I could Find your bed and dirt hole and reset
@@CoffeyOutdoors that’s what I did. The put another right outside the catch ring just in case there’s a shy one. I’m a total rookie when it comes to trapping but I’ll take beginners luck and one less yote around any day 😁
Good luck brother
Thank you Dave 👍
Where do you find them big radishes like that
The radishes and turnips did grow well. They were Daikon Radishes. Thanks for watching 👍
I smashed 2 big pumpkins yesterday in the field and today they were almost gone. I highly recommend that you smash whatever you leave for the wildlife. Most times Deer and other animals mouths are only so big and can't get their teeth into it.
Good advice Tom! Thanks 👍
@@HuntingFarmerOfficial If a deer is starving it will chew the bark of the trees and feed on the inside. Mother Nature has the final say so with these creatures. I don't know what else to say Dave.
I'm surprised that doesn't bring any other critters like hogs. I have no experience with this kind of thing we wouldn't be able to do this here.
No wild hogs here (thank goodness). Thanks for watching Travis! I appreciate it 👍
@@HuntingFarmerOfficial oh man that's a good thing they would go hog wild LOL.
I live in Arkansas. Planted this is past year. It’s still growing well, but the deer haven’t touched it. I live out in the country on acreage, , decent. Deer population. What gives?
I was alway curious about the correlation between cold weather and deer preference after frost/freezing temperatures? I see dramatic differences after the turnips get frost killed
The snow and frost dosen't matter they just eat them late.
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I hunt on someone else property I can’t do food plots would like to try sometime
Thanks for watching! Maybe the landowner would give you permission for a micro plot some time??
Deer do not like Turnips nor Radishes. Stick to Chicory & Clover......those are the 2 best food plot items !
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Alabama here Dave, I love radishes and beats you have to kill the deer to keep them out of it in Alabama.
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Turnips are better until they get a frost than they become sweet
I am in south central Illinois and deer dont like my turnips
Thanks for watching! It’s interesting to hear your deer aren’t interested. Mine definitely wait until most other options are depleted 😁
@@HuntingFarmerOfficial they just will not eat them it doesn't matter what time of year but i have found out there are different types of turnips
HOW THE HELL ARE THEY ALL SO BIG
Thanks for watching! Plant early, DON’T go over recommended seeding rates, and plenty of nitrogen 👍