The Planning Meeting

For a couple of reasons those of us at Camp Pug have decided to plant food plots this year.  One, supplemental feeding and baiting have been banned due to the discovery of a Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) positive deer on a game farm in the next county to the east.  While I do use whatever legal hunting methods are available, I’m not particularly fond of baiting.  However, I really like to get pictures of the deer in the area using my game cameras.  Some of these cameras have extremely slow triggers that benefit from stationary deer utilizing supplemental feeding locations.  Second, this is just my opinion, but I think the current pool of hunters at camp see the benefit of food plots for more than just shooting deer.

We don’t know much, but we do know that something like this requires planning.  So, one recent evening we gathered together at my house for some snacks, a glass of red (huh?) and to watch Food Plots 101.  Read the rest of this entry »