Three deer down! First an update on food plots and habitat at The Proving Grounds after the recent drought. Then it's time for deer hunting! Daniel bow hunts where deer are pouring into the food plots! Watch the hunts to see three deer arrowed and lessons learned at the end of each blood trail.

Deer hunting prep is in full swing! We're scouting for bucks, hanging treestands near a new food plot, and using a new technique for fall food plots. Watch to see some nice looking bucks, the strategy behind our stand placement, and this new technique that keeps food on the "table" for whitetails throughout the season.

The Hot Zone fence is keeping these soybeans safe for a late season hunting hot spot!

Daniel is in the field and shows off a new food plot and where he's going to hang a new Summit treestand. Check out the view!

Planting fruit or nut trees within or alongside a food plot makes for a great hunting spot. Watch as the experts at Flatwood Natives explain how to prune, fertilize and maintain trees for maximum success.

A brief Labor Day greeting then Dr. Woods shares 10 tips to quickly age bucks "on the hoof" in hunting situations or when studying trail camera images. See a great new technique to improve food plots and make quality minerals available to a deer herd in any state. The team also visits two properties in Missouri and Oklahoma to offer ideas to improve their hunting: native browse, glades, food plots, cover, crop rotations, and more.

It's a mid-August and these deer are having a good feed in this nice stand of clover.

An episode full of tips and useful information as deer hunters prepare for bow season and fall food plots! Grant helps local hunters with tips for improving their hunting grounds. Then Daniel gets help getting his new bow dialed in. Followed by Grant sharing his personal bow practice program. The episode wraps up with details on how to put in easy fall food plots.

It's time to scout! Bachelor groups of bucks are in the food plots; Including our #1 hit list buck, Southpaw! Then the maker of the Messenger Grunt Call shares tips for calling in deer throughout the season. Stay tuned for habit management tips to benefit whitetails and wild turkey.

We're cooking up a mess of frog legs, then it's time to begin converting an old pasture over grown by cedars into a quality wildlife food source. Plus, we share how to make and use mock scrapes during the late summer!

Watch as the Non-Typical Wildlife Solutions fence keeps this buck out of those great looking beans! Keep deer out of your food plots or gardens with these electric fences.

Food plots are a strategic tool for deer hunting. In this video we're following up on food plot projects showing what's working (and not working). Check out Daniel's hunt for a pesky plot predator: a ground hog! Stay tuned to the end for an introduction to how CWD, Chronic Wasting Disease, is changing how we do things at The Proving Grounds.

Sharing food plot lessons learned and MORE tips on getting the best and most from food plots and native browse. It's an information packed video with tips for both beginners and veterans of food plots and habitat management.

Strategic use of food plots can improve hunting success! In this video we share why and where to locate a plot and strategies for hunting it. Plus, we show one of our favorite strategies that can be used when hunting five acres or five hundred. Stay tuned to see a dramatic explanation of how to build soils for better food plots and better nutrition for whitetails.

Sharing how we now create food plots in a less expensive and more efficient way. It's time to review and compare the food plots. Additionally, info on how to maximize the food plots and gain additional "vertical space" to get more tonnage from each plot.

Time lapse video of the "team work" crimping and no-till drilling of one of the larger food plots on the Proving Grounds. First the Goliath roller/crimper goes over the cover crop. Then the no-till drill goes over the same area planting the Eagle Seed forage soybeans the deer will feed on for the summer and into fall.

An all round recipe for food plot success with tips that will reduce cost, increase soil fertility, lower soil temperature and reduce moisture loss! Plus a comparison of different planting methods and how to determine when and where change is needed.

We're using the Goliath crimper roller on The Proving Grounds! It saving us money by using less chemicals. The Goliath is a great tool for terminating our cover crops, reducing weeds and creating a great nutritious mulch for our next food plot.

After a brief Memorial Day message, it's turkey hunting in Kansas with Heath and Lindsey Martin. They work their strategies, changing locations and calling patterns, to get toms into range! Then we turn our attention to summer food plots and the benefits of cover crops.

How does deer hunting relate to soil and water conservation? Dr. Woods gave a presentation to explain how to a local group. He introduced some tenants of deer hunting and deer management. Then he explained how the food plot techniques he uses on his property can improve and conserve soil and water. These techniques can be applied to any farm across the country.

Strategies for turkey hunting in the late season as gobblers get quiet! Watch as Daniel and Clay work to tag a tom! Plus, find out how the Steel Buffalo (roller crimper) can help lead to food plot success. It's the first step for better soils/food plots without fertilizer.

Here is a recipe for success! Grant shares tips on calibrating your Genesis drill for no-till food plots.

Watch Pops Woods successful turkey hunt during the long beard lull. Grant shares the details of why that blind was the best location for tagging a tom at that point in the season. Plus, see new techniques and secrets to more successful food plots.

Dr. Woods discusses the benefits of native Louisiana browse versus planted food plots.

Eagle Seed beans have been the main stay of our food plot program. The spring shipment is always a day to celebrate! Local hunters often order their seed and pick up at The Proving Grounds.

Turkey hunting and advice on improving hunting land! See habitat improvement tips , for Oklahoma hunting land. Then Rae Wood's turkey hunt where she tags a gobbler soon after sunrise! It's a first long beard for Adam Andrew's! Watch his turkey hunt from . The video wraps up with insights on a helpful critter for food plots and more!

First, an Easter greeting, then advice for a landowner in big farm country to improve his property for even bigger bucks and better hunting. See a few details of those recommendations and more on establishing spring food plots and improving wildlife habitat.

Turkey hunters new and old will enjoy this video with tips on how to cluck, yelp, and more with a diaphragm mouth call; plus strategies on when and where to use each call. Turkey hunting and spring food plots go hand in hand - stay tuned to the end to see why clover is an part of our food plot program, and tips on how to get the most from clover food plots.

A brief time lapse video of creating a new food plot!

A massive "how to" video: detailed tips for frost seeding clover to get the maximum use from your food plots. Followed by tried and true expert tips and strategies for using decoys when turkey hunting. Stay tuned to the see the tool we use to determine if there's enough food for the deer on The Proving Grounds.

It's time to start preparing for spring food plots! In this video, see a detailed guide on how to correctly take a soil sample. Plus, learn what steps we are taking to reduce ticks on the deer here at The Proving Grounds.

If you're going to the ATA show, stop in and see Grant in the Genesis booth.

Chowing down! This young buck shows a lot of potential! Providing good nutrition through quality food plots like Eagle Seed Broadside blend can make a huge difference!

A teaching moment: Dr. Grant Woods takes an afternoon to share his knowledge and experience with students from the College of the Ozarks.

Clover is a staple crop for a food plot program. Adam explains how we establish and maintain our clover food plots for the long term success.

Adam explains the strategy to intercept deer on their way to a major feeding food plot.

The Reconyx Trail Cameras caught this activity by does and fawns in our food plots.

A report from the field as the team is putting in food plots! What to look for to make sure it's done right!

Most hunters plant food plots on smaller acreage. Most farm equipment is designed for planting production ag crops on large acreage. The new Genesis drill is designed specifically for the food plot farmer and hunter. Easy to use, quick and easy calibration, small and efficient for smaller acreage. Wa

Dr. Woods speaks to a group of Alabama hunters on food plots, deer management, and hunting.

The Genesis No-Till Drill is soon to be available as a better tool for deer managers and farmers to plant food plots.

Working in the field taking food plots has additional benefits. Daniel shows his find in this video from the field.

After a hard morning of planting food plots, the guys have a little fun in the truck questioning a mystery of life and favorite foods: who eats that?

We never get tired of seeing the deer satisfy their nutritional and energy needs by eating in our Eagle Seed Broadside food plots!

Finding a food plot blend that feed deer during the harsh winter months is a challenge. The whitetails at our place have leaned that Eagle Seed Broadside mix fits that bill.

Using the No-Till Drill to over seed an existing food plot is a useful strategy to ensure food for the deer herd year round.

These does chow down on the brassicas in this food plot! Brassicas are a great choice for winter food plots.

Our mountainous terrain means there isn't a lot of flat ground for food plots. It also means you can't clear new ground with a bush hog. We experimented with a new method to get some ground cleared for either a new food plot or better native browse. Welcome to the "Boss Hog"!