Jacks Mountain Wildlife Solutions

08/21/2026

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This is the worst thing that can happen to your food plots during a drought.

Our tractor has been out of commission this summer so I've had to rely on no-till methods for my fall plots. A few weeks ago we had a "100%" rain chance. They were calling for upwards of an inch of rain.

Well, I went and broadcasted out my brassicas in anticipation of that rain. After broadcasting my seed we cultipacked the residual rye overtop of the seed.

The rain did come, all one tenth of it. It was just enough to cause that seed to swell and crack open. Immediately after that we had a hot and dry stretch with zero moisture. That's not a good combination for seed that is trying to establish, especially when the seed is sitting on top of the soil. My seed most definitely fried.

I did have a second window this past week I could have reseeded, but life is busy so I did not have the chance to take advantage of the good rainfall.

But, when all else fails, there are always cereal grains. They will be doing the heavy lifting for the few small fall plots I have this year.

With food plotting, you always need a plan B, and sometimes a plan C. The dry weather seems more persistent each year, but there's always a way to get something to grow.

08/15/2026

Over seeding some fall plots today before the rain comes tomorrow!!!! If you haven’t tried this product you should. It grows extremely fast, browse tolerant, provides soil heath benefits, and is highly attractive to deer. The mix contains wheat, rye, and oats. Early, mid, late season attraction .

08/13/2026

On a clients property on the Shade Mountain today doing some food plot maintenance, tree plantings, and invasive species control. The food plots are coming up from last weeks planting. You can also see in the last picture the terrible invasives I’m dealing with!!!!

08/12/2026

Over seeding some summer plots and planting fall plots on one of my clients properties today. Did some invasive species control on the property as well on Japanese stiltgrass.

Look at the pictures of the summer blend as it was planted into last year’s fall plot. There might be some w**ds, but not to many. If this was tilled soil there would have been too many w**ds and most likely the soil would have been washed away from the heavy rains we had. If you can do no till food plots that’s truly the way to go to build better soil and bigger deer!!!

07/28/2026

It’s fall food plot season so make sure to hit me up for all your food plot seed and liquid fertilizer!!!!

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07/25/2026

Had some help today from some friends to get a few fall food plots done before the rain “hopefully”!!!

07/22/2026

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Vegetation sampling shows that properties with more forbs (aka w**d...

07/21/2026

It’s not all about managing the land it’s also about making memories while managing the land. We got to plant a small section of pollinators above the food plot that me and my dad finished on the mountain yesterday. We are trying add diversity to the road sides and other openings on the property through pollinator plantings. This will provide beautiful flowers for people to see and provide habitat, browse, and insects for deer, turkey, and host of other non-game species.

The best part of the whole thing is that we did it together as a family and teaching my daughter that will hopefully follow in her dads foot steps as someone that respects land wants to improve it and manage it is just the future our kids need as we are blessed to have this mountain ground to finally manage correctly. The mulch was applied over the top of the pollinator seeds to improve moisture for germination.

07/20/2026

Finally got to finish up another food plot on the mountain today!!! The rains have set this plot back since spring to get it finished. With some help from dad and some liquid lime, liquid carbon, comeback kid, chicory, and white clover we will have an awesome food plot for the archery season. We also added two pear trees that will drop from October through November to sweeten the deal!!!