Planted it with oats and clover three seasons ago and it is still producing. High protein, deer love it, and I am not replanting every year.
Drew K., Ohio
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The Nutrition Plot
Buck Forage Chicory
A perennial forage plant identified by Dr. Deer as the variety preferred by white-tailed deer. Packed with protein, drought-tolerant, and built to produce for up to five seasons.
Product Details
Buck Forage Chicory
$21.50$28.00
The Variety Deer Prefer. Backed by Decades of Research.
Buck Forage Chicory is the variety identified by Dr. James Kroll ("Dr. Deer") as preferred by white-tailed deer. A perennial (up to 5 seasons) herbaceous plant from the daisy family, packed with protein (up to 30%) plus other nutrients critical to healthy wildlife. Highly palatable and easily digestible. Its unusually long tap root reaches deep for soil moisture during dry periods, making it ideal for drought tolerance in sandier soils or drier regions. A durable, cold-hardy companion to clover or Buck Forage Oats, great for frost seeding and both warm and cool season plots. Details: Product type: Bag. Serves 1/2 to 1 acre in combination with Oats and Clover. How to plant: Broadcast, Roll, Drag. When to sow: South – Fall, North – Fall or Spring.
Why Chicory Belongs in Your Food Plot.
- 01Buck Forage Chicory is the variety identified by Dr.
- 02Deer") as preferred by white-tailed deer.
- 03A perennial (up to 5 seasons) herbaceous plant from the daisy family, packed with protein (up to 30%) plus other nutrients critical to healthy wildlife.
- 04Highly palatable and easily digestible.
- 05Its unusually long tap root reaches deep for soil moisture during dry periods, making it ideal for drought tolerance in sandier soils or drier regions.
- 06A durable, cold-hardy companion to clover or Buck Forage Oats, great for frost seeding and both warm and cool season plots.
- 07Details: Product type: Bag.
- 08Serves 1/2 to 1 acre in combination with Oats and Clover.
- 09How to plant: Broadcast, Roll, Drag.
- 10When to sow: South – Fall, North – Fall or Spring.
The Research Behind the Variety.
Buck Forage Chicory is not a generic chicory variety pulled from a seed catalog. It is the specific variety that came out of Dr. James Kroll's evaluation of chicory for white-tailed deer food plot use. Dr. Kroll's ongoing work through LSU Ag-Center continues to inform Buck Forage's seed selection, and chicory remains a central part of the Nutrition Plot program because the research supports it.
See the ResearchUse Chicory as the Foundation of a Year-Round Plot.
Chicory works well on its own, but it performs best as part of a broader food plot strategy. Plant it alongside Buck Forage Clover for a warm-season nutrition plot, or combine with Buck Forage Oats for a plot that delivers forage from fall through the following summer.
For fall combination planting: disk or drill oats first, then broadcast spread and roll chicory and clover over the top. This layered approach helps each variety establish properly and gives deer a food source that shifts with the seasons.
Order two or more bags of Buck Forage Chicory and Clover together and receive discounted shipping of $5 per bag on each additional bag.
What Landowners Say.
Buck Forage Chicory is the most consistent producer in my plots. Deer hit it from spring all the way through fall, and it comes back stronger every year.
Wesley T., Alabama
Build a Complete Food Plot Program.
Chicory is the anchor of a strong nutrition plot. Add clover to maximize protein production, or pair with oats to carry your food source through fall and winter.
Plant a Perennial That Keeps Working for Your Land.
Five seasons of forage production. High protein. Deer-preferred. This is what dependable looks like.