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And out of those 25 weeds how many do they actively browse, ie preferred.I am a little CNC and a little 257, I foster native stuff but also love my tiller and acres of beans/corn and other planted stuff.What I have observed is the browse on natives is variable and generally pretty light especially on the weeds that make up the majority of my weed bank. I have never seen Ragweed or Blackberry browsed on my place except around fertilized tree cages where they kill it.The Partidge Pea grows all summer and then they will annihilate it in a week or two.Take a walk through the thinned burned pines and there is browse here and there, but it is pretty obvious what they prefer because there are no native food sources that look like my bean field.I am sure I could never plant another food plot and the deer would thrive.But what I am trying to do, with my summer plots especially, is give them an incentive to be on my place, not my neighbors,and hopefully get an added 10-15% boost in general health and size.100-pound does are fine, 120-140 -pound does are better, at least in my opinion.And from the does come all good things.

About 70% of them are browsed. They are utilized at different times during the spring and summer. Many are used during the late summer when its typically our worst stress period for deer




So what do you suppose they would do to it in a fertilized field?.....Better yet, what do suppose they would do to it in a fertilized field that was rich with black dirt, with a balanced pH, with high Ca levels, etc....

Brad ive seen deer walk across a green field and eat blackberries, privet, green briars, etc. However in the evening when all the deer are piling out to feed, they do seem to be drawn to the pretty green fields. In that first statement, I did say "ive seen". That dont mean its an everyday occurrence, but I have seen it.

Deer are browser's, they eat more weeds than anything. The reason being is that nature provides a helluva lot more food than we can.

Something that your neighbors likely don't have are fields full of rich black topsoil. That'll pay the biggest dividends for you come January as well. If you haven't done so yet....do some research on the term BRIX and see if you think that would impact your food plots

This term gets misused quite often..........

A weed is a plant considered undesirable in a particular situation, "a plant in the wrong place". The term "weed" has no botanical significance, because a plant that is a weed in one context is not a weed when growing in a situation where it is in fact wanted

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weed

So how long does it take to change your soil composition with the no till method?
I've been spraying, spreading and bushhogging for a couple of years now and am wondering the best way to tell the change of the soil composition. Soil sample?

Grab a handful of the soil on the top layer you can tell if you are doing it right.