Will Deer Eat this? How to Identify Native Plants

When creating better deer hunting habitat we all wonder...will deer eat this? In this video, 3 experts show us how to identify native plants. Then Grant explains the ones that deer love to eat. If you are a deer hunter wanting to create better native vegetation for healthier deer and more abundant wildlife, watch this video! The experts explore the bounty of native plants restored through prescribed fire. Watch as they share share their knowledge about native vegetation: learn how to identify native plants along with tips to improve the whitetail habitat for deer hunting. #TeamOutdoors #deerhunting

[@TrehanCreekOutdoors]

I'm a huge believer in prescribed fire used for the encouragement of native plants on the landscape. Deer lived for eons on native vegetation before there ever was a food plot, a corn feeder, or even an ag field! Studies show a consistent high percentage of a deer's daily diet consists of native plant material. If you want the best deer habitat possible or the best turkey habitat, you have to include native species in the mix. Great video!!

[@michaelgoga1539]

I'm honored to be featured in one of your videos! Thank you for everything the team does!!

[@GrowingDeerTV]

Michael Goga - Thanks for sharing the very cool video!!! - grant

[@johnhaswell8183]

Grant and team this has to b one of the top episodes of all time ! Great info thanks for sharing !

[@GrowingDeerTV]

John - Thank you for the kind words! = grant

[@warrensinger7372]

My wildlife biologist sent me your link. I spent most of the day watching the videos. A totally different technique than my spray and disc method. I’m converted. The sensible land management methodologies are to replicate the way God does it. It’s kind of silly in retrospect how most food plotters got so far away from the natural plant cycles. I love your saying “never clean the table”. Thank you for sharing.

[@GrowingDeerTV]

Thanks Warren and please think the biologist that shared a link!

[@Grumpy1Fishing]

I just wanted to say thank you for this episode. I love the food plot and hunting tips but this has to be my favorite episode. I bought a small property that I’m managing for deer and hopefully turkey and quail. This episode gives me a renewed hope i can turn my small property into a wildlife paradise. Thanks again.

[@GrowingDeerTV]

Mr. Bowers - Great! I look forward to hearing about your project! grant

[@Ghillie-bp6tl]

Outstanding segment, if for no other reason than 1) explaining "native vegetation and forbes", 2) using state conservation staff (sorely UNDER USED by hunters/conservationists) and 3) showing that even a PhD welcomes help outside his/her specificity! Another great one, Dr. Woods.

[@GrowingDeerTV]

Thanks Ghillie!

[@ronniefields5237]

What a great episode, one of my favorites. Very informative and opens your mind to wildlife possibilities outside of established notions. Thank you for sharing.

[@GrowingDeerTV]

Thanks for watching Ronnie! - grant

[@stevegermain1222]

Super informative I truly appreciate this video thank you Doctor Grant

[@GrowingDeerTV]

Thanks Steve for the encouraging words!

[@MrJasinski101]

Awesome episode! very informative! would love to have another episode like this that goes over tree and bush types.

[@GrowingDeerTV]

Kenneth - That's a great idea! - grant

[@vonadkins8571]

Great Episode! Keep it up! Blessings to the whole Growing Deer team!

[@GrowingDeerTV]

Thanks Von! - grant

[@Grizzlife]

Excellant video. I was so into video the time flew by leaving me wanting more. Awesome subject matter. I'd love to walk around with you guys identifying plants.

[@GrowingDeerTV]

Thanks! - grant

[@buckrockerm]

Great video! I could watch this type of material for hours. Thanks and if you could produce more of these videos.

[@GrowingDeerTV]

Buck - Thanks! - grant

[@jimsciacca530]

One of the best episodes. Thank you.

[@GrowingDeerTV]

Jim - Thank you for the kind words! - grant

[@midwesternoutdoorsandnatur8272]

Can’t believe I just found this. So informative! Great job guys!

[@GrowingDeerTV]

Thanks!

[@MeredithFarms]

Great video as always! 43 days till season in Maryland...but who’s counting lol 🦌

[@GrowingDeerTV]

Thanks Aaron! - grant

[@Digger927]

This was a fun episode Grant! Congrats on your conservation award as well, I saw it in the Conservationist magazine.

[@GrowingDeerTV]

Brent - Thanks! I've lived a very blessed life! - grant

[@isaach.389]

Your videos are really helping me in my hunting seasons thank you

[@GrowingDeerTV]

That's our mission - to help others enjoy creation! - grant

[@backcountrysurvivalists]

Very informative video!

[@Angie-ci1lp]

I just discovered this channel very informative and interesting. Thank you

[@GrowingDeerTV]

Andrea - Glad you joined us!

[@brianstiff5680]

Very good episode. Really like the native education.

[@GrowingDeerTV]

Thanks Brian!

[@deerrudy]

Great information. Always looking to learn new things. Channel very informative Google Lens is a great tool identifying trees and plants in your area and don't need to get your masters in horticulture.

[@GrowingDeerTV]

Thanks for sharing! = grant

[@JohnRobinson_Oklahoma]

Great job! Great video👍🤠

[@GrowingDeerTV]

John - Thanks! - grant

[@tommytaylor8295]

I Really enjoyed this video. Would it be possible for you guys to do another segment on this topic.

[@GrowingDeerTV]

Tommy - Sure! I enjoyed touring with and learning from the ladies! - grant

[@afireinside33110]

Same here in ohio just recently saw our first poults much smaller than the same time last year

[@GrowingDeerTV]

Christopher - It's been an abnormal spring! =- grant

[@coyotewisconsin6432]

Great video!

[@GrowingDeerTV]

Thanks!

[@fredlongino6725]

Great video more like it please.

[@GrowingDeerTV]

Thanks Fred! We will!!

[@hussamnajim2218]

Thank you for the valuable information I am from a subscriber from the state of Iraq

[@GrowingDeerTV]

Hussam - I hope our paths cross soon! Do you hunt in Iraq? - grant

[@archeryonly5629]

Awsome content

[@GrowingDeerTV]

Thanks!

[@Giroux68]

Once again, private sector showing the government sector how it’s done. Keep it up Grant!!

[@GrowingDeerTV]

Susan Farington is very wise! I've learned a lot from her.

[@micah_lee]

We have a lot of frost aster blooming in our fields right now, it looked similar to some of those white flowers. In any case, we probably need to do prescribed burns lol

[@GrowingDeerTV]

Micah - I hope you get trained and do a prescribed fire soon! Fire is a great habitat improvement tool!

[@micah_lee]

@@GrowingDeerTV It would be very good! Hopefully next year we can get it done.

[@ikebergdoll6655]

Where I live in West Virginia, we seem to fight Japanese stilt grass more than anything and I’ve heard that the seed can last in the ground for 7 years or more. We spray it every year, but it always comes right back the following year. Any recommendations on getting the upper hand on this invasive?

[@seanbarrett657]

Mullen is also very good for the respiratory system. Fyi

[@GrowingDeerTV]

Great! How's it used? It's an invasive exotic species. I wonder if there's a native species that could be used?

[@frenchpotato2852]

Where do your habitat management places take place? In the South eastern us we had a native wolf called the red wolf (Canis Rufus). The red wolf’s diet consists mostly of turkey nest predators, rodents, and deer (which they believe don’t have a significant impact on their numbers). They also push out coyotes and could greatly benefit you and other land managers.

[@GrowingDeerTV]

We often work from Canada to south Florida. I schooled at Georgia and Clemson. Actually coyotes freely bred with red wolves and dilute thier population. Coyotes were part of the demise of red wolves throughout their range. That's why Red Wolves were protected along a portion of the coast in NC - there were no coyotes there at the time.

[@frenchpotato2852]

@@GrowingDeerTV Hey! I appreciate you getting back to me. They have what they are sure are pure red wolves, some speculate that one of the problems that cause red wolves to hybridize with coyotes is that there are not enough red wolves to sustain themselves, in fact, the dominant kind of red wolves "mistaken as coyotes" are breeding adults who get shot and their packs get broken up, since the wolf population is too small to support itself, they hybridize. Thanks so much for getting back, I appreciate your channel.

[@gallopingg1]

THUMBS UP TO A TOP CHANNEL.

[@GrowingDeerTV]

michael jeffries - Thanks for the kind words!

[@dankrull9616]

Burn Burn Burn. How about high density, multi-species grazing? Fire is one tool, you seem to use it as though it is your only option.

[@GrowingDeerTV]

Dan - Grazing can be a good tool if there are the appropriate fences, water sources, and someone with the stock and will manage them. Those resources aren't available to most.

[@micah_lee]

I was suprised a few months ago to find out horsenettle was native

[@GrowingDeerTV]

Micah - That's a tough plant.

[@micah_lee]

@@GrowingDeerTV I mean, at least it may be beneficial in some way for the environment. But for sure it can be difficult.

[@stevenlumbert5441]

hello growing dear team

[@GrowingDeerTV]

Hey!

[@jacksonwilliams1835]

I think I hear “here at the proven grounds” 100 times a episode

[@GrowingDeerTV]

Sorry! How else should we refer to the location?

[@jacksonwilliams1835]

@@GrowingDeerTV I love y’all’s videos don’t get me wrong and I’m not sure what else you’d like to call it.

[@jasondiaz7611]

Very cool episode. So much knowledge shared. Do you have any wild parsnips in that area or your prairie? Wondering if there is a good way to control that by burning?

[@GrowingDeerTV]

Jason - I'm not aware of any parsnips on The Proving Grounds. There's lots of Queen Anne's Lace. They look a bit alike but parsnips have yellow flowers. - grant

[@MegaBraunie]

Hey Gang. I have 7 acres of prairie that consists of Milkweed, Queen Annes Lace, Bee Balm, Daisy, black eyed susans, tall white/yellow clover and a variety of grasses. Would you consider this a success? It is about the same yearly and I am not sure if I should do a spring burn or not? Thanks in advance.

[@GrowingDeerTV]

Silver - It sounds like nice habitat! Using prescribed fire will increase the species diversity and likely improve the habitat quality. - grant

[@skunkrider1]

I don’t know how to fix this but I have land that I tried to turn a old hay field into a foodplot but the grasses keep coming back and can’t get a good brassica plot how can I fix this if there is a possibility please help.

[@GrowingDeerTV]

Sure! Pasture grasses often need to be terminated with herbicide. Then I plant Eagle Seed Roundup Ready beans so the weeds can be controlled while a productive plot is growing! - grant

[@EarlybirdFarmSC]

Any tips for doing prescribed burns on small tracks of land?

[@GrowingDeerTV]

Same techniques as we use. South Carolina has a very good prescribed fire class taught by the forestry commision! - grant

[@EarlybirdFarmSC]

@@GrowingDeerTV Thanks, I will check in to that.

[@ka2005ish]

what about poison sumac in the Northeast? useful for deer or just a pain in the butt?

[@ian5780]

Yea! None of that greek and Latin mashed together with some jawbreaking word no one can say. (Scientific names for species)

[@GrowingDeerTV]

Ha! I'm too much of a hillbilly for that!

[@ian5780]

@@GrowingDeerTV one can be educated out of his sanity. I think it happens more often than not these days.

[@senorphipps4984]

Any quail on the farm?

[@GrowingDeerTV]

Adam = no quail. We have great habitat but are surrounded by fescue pasture and high graded forest so there's no quail to populate The Proving Grounds. - grant

[@senorphipps4984]

@@GrowingDeerTV That´s too bad. I´ve been watching your shows over the years always wandering, with so much great habitat, why you guys never talked about quail.

[@scottschaeffer8920]

Can you say Quail?

[@GrowingDeerTV]

Scott - Native vegetation in this area is great quail habitat!