EP:435 | Deer Vetch Explained

Gamekeeper Podcast

Mossy Oak

Land Management, Sports, Wilderness, Mossy Oak, Bottomland, Hunting, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers, Wild Turkey, Food Plot, Whitetail Deer, Gamekeeper

4.9 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2026

⏱️ 72 minutes

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On this episode we are joined by Dr. Bronson Strickland and Mitt Wardlaw of Wildlife Investments to discuss the highly intriguing and somewhat mysterious warm season annual American Joint Vetch. It’s commonly referred to as Deer Vetch, or its proper name is Aeschynomene. Whatever you call it, it’s a fantastic deer forage that tolerates heavy browsing like a champ. We learn that it fills a late summer gap, where to plant it, how to plant it and what to expect. Vetch sounds like the answ...

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0:00.0	I have Jeff Foxworthy and welcome to Gamekeeper Podcast.
0:03.9	If you want to learn more about farming for wildlife and habitat management, then buddy,
0:08.5	you are in the right place.
0:10.4	Join the gamekeeper crew direct from Malsi Oakland Enhancement Studio as they discuss the latest
0:15.7	wildlife and habitat management practices, news, and of course hunting.
0:20.6	There's no telling what you'll learn, but I'm going to tell you, I bet it's interesting. Enjoy it. We're live in three, two, one. All right, Lanny, we're finally going to talk about food plots. You know, deer season is upon us. We always think about deer season. We get sidetracked. Turn season is super important.
0:37.7	It is.
0:37.9	It's worth all the time we spend on it.
0:40.0	It's not deer season. It's dear life. Yeah, that's true. Yeah. And it's time to, we're going to have interesting conversation. Let's, I'm going to go ahead, because I want to get them engaged. They're deer lifers. We have two of the smartest guys in deer management, turkey management, wildlife management, Dr. Bronson Strickland. Hello, good to see you. As always. And Mitt Wardlaw. Good afternoon. One of y'all has a place to turkey hunt with him bragging like that. He's got an agenda, so watch him. Oh, Bobby? Yeah.
1:11.0	Of course.
1:12.0	Yeah.
1:12.4	With a capital A.
1:13.6	Yeah.
1:14.5	Agenda.
1:15.3	Well, speaking of, speaking of, let me just, Dudley's here.
1:19.1	Glad you're here Dudley while he's going to be here.
1:21.0	Lannies.
1:21.9	I'm here.
1:22.5	Yeah, you look tired.
1:23.6	I'm not tired.
1:24.5	Yeah.
1:24.5	Turkey's season is wearing you down. How many turkeys have you watched?
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