I'm considering planting food plots on two different places - 1 for deer, and another for dove. One place currently has cattle, the other sheep and horses.

What are the odds that I can plant a food plot that is not destroyed before it is ever started? Is my only option to fence the entire plot?

Thanks for any thoughts/experience you have.

Either that or get rid of the livestock...

I was afraid of that. Getting the livestock off of there is probably not doable. In both cases, the pasture in question is under an ag lease to someone who peacefully coexists with our hunting but who would not (and really could not) consent to moving off the livestock.

Where the cows are you can use an electric wire fence around the food plot. What I have done in the past on my place where I run cows is if the locations are good where there are cross fences is use the existing fence and use a solar power fence charger and run a 2 strand hotwire around the rest of the food plot. This will also work for horses. I am not real sure about the sheep but I don't see why it wouldn't work if you were to run the 2nd wire low enough for them to hit once or twice

dAyton, i am going to do just what you suggested on my food plot this year..is it necessary to use 2 strands on the hotwire?? how successful has this been for you?? also , will the deer jump the wire or get popped and stay shy of it?..what type of solar charger do you recommend?

Run two or three strands but only energize the top strand. Deer will crawl under the bottom strand if leave it 18" or higher from the ground. I usually set my bottom strand at 24" to ensure that they will crawl uner it instead of jumping it risking that they get shocked. I have seena a few deer get hit by it but haven't really noticed any decline in traffic to the plots and where I hunt the deer are not as plentiful as in the hill country or south texas. I am in east texas just west of Lufkin. As far as a fence charger depending on the size of the food plot. A one acre plot you can use just a 1/2 mile charger. They usually run from $45 - $65 if you shop around a little. Let me knwo if you have any more qhuestions