Seems like in today’s culture everything needs to be bigger if it’s going to be better. Super sized value meals at 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 plots are definitely better.

I would consider large plots of at least 2 acres or more to be for better 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.

When it comes to having a “kill plot”, it is hard to beat a 1/4 acre 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 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 food plots are your ticket.

They work so much better than bait piles for reasons too many to list here.

Because they’re small, you can create multiple 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 food plot. 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 a food plots is 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. 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 .

The only tough part is carrying your bags of fertilizer and/or lime to your honey holes. Even then, you probably only need to do that once every 2-3 years. Why more hunters aren’t doing this is beyond me.

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