What to plant in spring in Oklahoma!!

**okbowman** · 12-31-2006, 12:29 AM

What do I plant in Oklahoma that will give the deer in my area a lot of protien during the spring and summer?? There are very few crops in my area, they mostly survive on browse! Wanting to produce some bigger bucks and I know its gonna take a few years, just looking for some pointers!!

Thanks

**wtnhunt** · 12-31-2006, 06:31 AM

Given the drought in that area, honestly not sure. For perenials, some clovers are fairly drought tolerant, but think Todd(dogdoc) lost some of his clover/trefoil plots due to lack of moisture. Might ask him what would work better in your area. In an annual, beans and peas do well in the heat and offer a lot of protein. Been using a mix of cowpeas with sorghum here for our spring/summer plantings.

TEXOMAWILD · 12-31-2006, 09:50 PM

TO BAD THEIRS NOT 1 MAGIC BEAN TO SOLVE YOUR PROBLEMS .I THINK THE KEY IS BEING CONSISTANT WITH YOUR SPRING AND SUMMERPLOTS ,SELCTION , UP KEEP AND TIMING .HAVING AN EARLY SPRING PLOT CROSSED OVER BY A LATE SPRING PLOT TO CARRY THROUGH SUMMERS SLIM PICKINS .CLOVER IS NUTRITOUS BUT IT WONT GROW RACK LIKE TURNIPS. WICHITA FALLS TX

**dogdoc** · 12-31-2006, 10:31 PM

I plant annuals in the spring--I actually use a mixture that is made at a local seed company (Ross Seed in El-Reno). I love this mix but I do change it up just a bit. It contains a mixture of red ripper and IC cowpeas, soybeans, oats, millet, milo, WGF sorghum, alfalfa, and a few others. It is planted at a rate of 50# per acre. I buy 100# of this and then another 100# of iron and clay cowpeas. Mix it all together for a total of 200# of seed. Plant it still at 50# per acre. As far as pure protein it's really hard to beat cowpeas and soybeans. The only problem is when planted alone you need 2 to 3 acres so they don't get overbrowsed.

todd