In the world of deer management, broadcasting corn for food plots is sometimes overlooked because corn often gets a bad rap due to its association with feeding and baiting — especially when it disrupts a whitetail’s four-chambered stomach if fed incorrectly. This is true — if you all of a sudden offer corn to a hungry herd of whitetails mid-winter when they haven’t had any corn to eat prior, you will likely see a herd with the “squirts.”
However, we’re not going to cover feeding corn to deer that way. We’re talking about planting corn as a food plot crop. In this case, in my opinion, corn definitely deserves a place on your food plot menu. And because the corn is growing and not suddenly introduced mid-winter, there shouldn’t be any ungulate gut issues as long as native foods and/or other crops are also available. |
