That would be Red Cedar. Green, very sticky, blue berries and smell. If you drop something in one just leave it there.


Please hope no one ever checks my spelling.

I was working in N. Central Arkansas last fall, and I bought something called a fall wildlife mix from a local feed store and broadcast it with a hand cranked spreader. It had oats, red clover, fall peas, oats, rye, and it seems to me a "black" something or other that I cannot recall the name of. First rain on the seeded bare ground the entire ground turned green, and although I never saw a LOT of activity in it during the day, it stayed cut off short and it was cut up with tracks.

The fact my domicile was less than a hundred yards from the patch probably didn't help.

Point is, I don't know why the same mix wouldn't work in MO, as it borders AR...

Well spent about 6 hrs over Christmas walking around the wooded section of the farm. About 65 acres with soybeans on 2 sides and Maize on the other. So as others said a food plot might not help with that about of food around. Found trails that looked like HWYs from our woods across 2 fields to neighboring woods.

Best I could tell the trees were Oak, Walnut, Persimmon and Cedar. The first 2 being huge old growth with a lot of medium to small Cedars.

However a lot of the ground was covered by Dewberries (if I remember what my granddad said) 40 years ago. While good food and cover they are THICK. The majority must be waked around not through. You could see plenty of acorns under the dewberries but deer couldn't reach them.

Worked a deal with my grand nephew and his dad to thin the dewberries. Simply cutting paths through them so they can be used better for food and we can get through. Plenty of first deer sign and deer. We did get the entire fence line posted and painted with the famous MO purple paint.

Found 2 recent kills. One a doe and one a NICE 10pt. Someone had shot them took the hams and back straps.

Will go back late spring to see how it looks after he cleans some of it out. After we can get through it better we might thin out some of the saplings. Right now it is THICK and I feel restricting it's use.

We will see.