If you have used buck oats before what did you think about them?
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Without going into a length, basically they are a forage oat and not a seed oat. They stay tender longer, are more cold tolerant, produce more forage and for some reason the deer eat them better than regular oats. I have no idea why but, I planted food plots with both, side by side and the deer hammered the forage oat.
I will also say we had forage oats being grazed almost 2 months after they stopped touching the regular oats.
I have no stake in the company just the research I have done.
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I have to agree with qzilla. BFO oats have performed better for me at the home place in Callahan Cty near Abilene, TX. I attended several of Dr. Kroll's seminars where he showed us BFO & other oats growing side by side in EAST TEXAS. For me the BFO oats are worth the $$. For the guys from Iowa, Illinois, Michigan, & elsewhere North on the QDMA Forum, I'm sure they are telling the truth about BFO's growing on their land. I just don't hunt on THEIR land.
Consider the same situation regarding people from North promoting the planting of Brassicas. I have planted purple top turnips for decades down here. We would watch the cattle & deer totally avoid them until after the first hard freeze. Then they would eat them to the ground & dig up the root. Turns out that turnips have a high alkaloid (bitter) content until the freeze. Then the plant develops a sugary taste. The disadvantage is that, where I hunt, that hard freeze is usually after Jan 1st. Thereby not providing me any benefit for using turnips in a hunting plot. They do however work well if you use them for a late winter food source.
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