Biology And Management Of White-tailed Deer In Alabama

acre), and wheat (one bushel per acre). This combination provides high
quality forage all the way though the summer months. If properly
planted and maintained, ladino clover is a nutritious food source during
most of the year and can persist indefinitely. Planting dates and
seeding rates for other commonly planted cool-season forages are found
in APPENDIX 9, pages 157-164.
Many of the commonly grown warm-season crops can be more
difficult to grow than most of the commonly grown cool-season crops.
This primarily is due to problems with competition from weeds and
grasses, as well as insect pests. Another potential problem with warmseason
crops is most cannot handle heavy grazing pressure as well as
the clovers and small grains
commonly planted in the fall.
This requires planting larger
fields to prevent overgrazing
of the crops. The positive attributes
of most warm-season
crops (e.g., soybeans, lablab,
cowpeas, alyce clover, American
jointvetch, etc.) are their
palatability and high protein
content. Consequently, these
crops make excellent supplemental
food sources for the all
Most warm-season crops, such as
lablab, are very nutritious, but cannot
handle heavy grazing pressure in the
early stages of development.
important summer months, when both fawns and antlers are rapidly
developing.
Corn often is planted as a warm-season crop, but other crops
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