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Creating Mother Nature’s Food Plot by Dr. Chris Moorman

Deer Dispersal by Dr. Jonathan Shaw

Food Plot Facts by Kip Adams

Successful Quality Deer Management by Mark Connor

Drought Proof Your Food Plots by Ryan Foster

Antlers From The Ground Up by Gabriel Karns and M. Colter Chitwood

Deer of a Different Color by Christopher S. DePerno, Gabriel Karns and M. Colter Chitwood

All About Antler Development by M. Colter Chitwood, Garbiel Karns, Christopher S. DePerno

Latest Deer Research by Brian Murphy

Crossbows in Suburbia? by Dr. Richard A. Lancia

Buying The Farm by Team Realtree

Single-Best Deer Food? by Team Realtree

Best Food For Antlers? by Team Realtree

Velvet in January? by Team Realtree

Round-Up and Trees by Team Realtree

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Reader Questions

Best Food For Antlers?

By: Team Realtree

Question: What is the single most important food used to promote good antler growth?

*Answer: Deer eat a variety of foods, and it's difficult to select the one that's most important. During summer when antlers are growing bucks need a diet high in protein, so they'll seek forbs like clover and alfalfa and other agricultural plantings like soybeans and cowpeas if available. When deer live in areas without agricultural crops they receive adequate nutrition during summer from native forbs like Queen Anne's Lace, jewelweed, ragweed, and others.

Kip Adams