Originally Posted By: jwillinfl
Was considering no-till drilling. I appreciate everyone’s input. Great insights. Not sure what we’ll do, but probably opt to use the extra $ it would take to drill and use it for other things to improve the land.


I have a no till drill and do NOT prefer it for food plots. It will plant and get germination just fine. But, since the deer whack the plots and do not let the plants crown, you end up with perfect neat little rows of little growth that looks like crap. Same number of plants as broadcasting, just in rows, so not as visually appealing as a random broadcast. Your club mates will think you're a failur even though you have just as much green except it's in perfect rows with dormant growth visible between the rows.

If you have a low deer population it would change my mind completely. But with a high deer density, broadcast "looks" better since there is green across the plot not just in perfect munched-down rows.