Seems like in today’s culture everything needs to be bigger if it’s going to be better. Super sized value meals at a drive-thru, 64 oz. Big Gulp, one gallon super soakers, you get the idea.

However, I’m glad there’s one thing where that doesn’t apply and that’s whitetail deer food plots. I should clarify that by saying if you want to attract deer in the fall so you have a good shot at them with a bow, then smaller whitetail deer food plots are definitely better.

I would consider large whitetail deer food plots of at least 2 acres or more to be suited for firearm hunting, a winter carrying food source, a safe haven for deer from hunting pressure from your surrounding neighbors, or just recreational viewing of whitetail deer.

But, when it comes to having a “kill plot”, it is hard to beat a 1/4 acre whitetail deer food plot way back off the beaten path, deep in the woods where the deer feel safer. A 1/4 acre is only about a 35 yard square peice of ground. You can shoot a deer from one end to the other with most bows today. My 3 daughters have all taken deer with a bow at a real young age because of our 1/8 acre whitetail door food plots. If you like to watch whitetail deer from your treestand and want to give a beginner a great chance at multiple deer,  then small whitetail deer food plots are your ticket.

Whitetail deer food plots work so much better than bait piles for reasons too many to list here.

Because whitetail deer food plots are small, you can create multiple whitetail deer food plots to accommodate different wind directions and keep the deer from patterning you at just one plot. A big reason I like multiple plots is that I can plant a different forage in each one. Sometimes more than one forage in the same whitetail deer food plots. This insures that no matter what time of the hunting season it is, there will always be a plot that is in its peak attraction for deer.

Don’t let all experts intimidate you into thinking that creating whitetail deer food plots are hard. Many of these food plotters want to sound like experts in their field. (No pun intended). All you need is a simple step by step list of what to do,  when to do it, and how. And none of it is hard. You don’t need a tractor, ATV, or all the stuff you pull behind them. All you need is a 3-4 gallon hand-held or backpack tank sprayer, a shovel, rake, fertilizer spreader, small hand-held seed spreader to create whitetail deer food plots. Notice you can carry these items a long way from the road where there is no ATV access. The more remote the better. I’m sure you’re mind is already thinking of all the locations you know about where you could plant whitetail deer food plots.

Why more hunters aren’t creating small whitetail deer food plots is beyond me.

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