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Hunting Feeding Plots

Installed plots with a soil number, a seed plan, and a first mow — sized to the farm, not a social post.

We do not drop a mix on sod and call it a plot. Typical install: soil test, lime/fert as indicated, kill or till, drill or broadcast, pack, and a 30-day check. Brassica, cereal, clover, and mixed hides are all in play — you pick the hunt calendar, we pick the rate.

  • ½-acre kill plots up to multi-acre destination fields
  • Screening cover on the approach if the field is naked
  • Quoted uniquely for your plot size, soil, and seed plan
  • Re-seed and mow can be scheduled as a second-year add

Every job is quoted uniquely for your property and goals — request a free estimate.

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Farm rows standing in for an installed plot — Unsplash

Sound familiar?

A plot that doesn’t hunt is just a garden.

More than seed on dirt

A plot is habitat, not a seed-bag photo.

A soil test, lime or fertilizer as indicated, a real seedbed (kill or till, then pack), and a species matched to your hunt calendar and the stand’s wind is what makes a plot perform. Broadcasting a mix on unprepped sod and hoping is what makes a plot fail by mid-summer. Shape and size matter as much as seed — a half-acre kill plot and a multi-acre destination field are different designs, not the same job at different scales.

When the spot is the problem, not the seed

Heavy shade, poor drainage, or a location with no realistic wind for a stand means the plot won’t perform no matter what goes in the ground. We’ll tell you the spot is wrong before we let you blame the mix.

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Pricing

What feeding plot installs cost

Most installs are priced per acre finished — soil work, seed, and the access needed to get equipment in. A small, hunt-able plot can cost less than a big one in the wrong spot.

SmallUnder ~1 acre, hunt-first locationOften the best value if the wind works
StandardAbout 1–3 acres installedSoil and seed drive material cost
ProgramMultiple plots or rehab of failed plotsQuoted after a property walk

Every job is quoted uniquely for your property and goals — request a free estimate.

What changes the number

Request a free estimate Call / text 319-750-1530

Good to know

Picking a food plot spot you can actually hunt

The most common plot mistake is not the seed mix — it is the location. A plot gets picked because it is flat or easy to reach with equipment, and none of that matters if you cannot get a stand on it with a wind that works. Start from the stand, not the field: cover for your approach, a usable wind, then size the plot to fit that location.

A smaller plot with a workable wind beats a bigger one you can only hunt a few days a year. Screening matters as much as shape — a naked approach announces you before you are in position. Standing timber, a switchgrass strip, or a planted screen along the entry route can be the difference between deer using a plot at last light and only after dark.

Call or text 319-750-1530