Deadly Dozen

Mentions

• Terry planted his fall Deadly Dozen food plot later than ever before, after early September rain softened the ground. 10:44 — Deer Velvet Shedding & Fall Buck Shifts: Don Higgins Responds to Rumors | Chasing Giants Ep. 289
• Terry recommends mixing leftover soybeans at about 15 pounds per acre into fall blends like Deadly Dozen or Dixie Dozen for massive early-season deer attraction. 21:40 — Episode #283 “Best Corn Ever? Don & Terry Reveal 2025 Plot Results + Fall Food Plot Timing Tips”
• Armyworms won’t affect Don’s corn and soybean plots, but clover, alfalfa, and cereal grain blends like Deadly Dozen and Harvest Salad are vulnerable. 8:37 — Podcast #241 - Don’s Target Buck Revealed - Non-Typical Giant!
• Don planted three soil-charge plots totaling about four acres that will be transitioned into Deadly Dozen this fall. 1:59 — Episode #223 - Why are Young Bucks Being Hit on the Roads This Time of Year?
• Don typically rotates two years of soybeans followed by one year of Deadly Dozen, no-tilling directly into the sprayed Deadly Dozen residue. 2:54 — Episode #223 - Why are Young Bucks Being Hit on the Roads This Time of Year?
• Don rotates his food plots on a three-way cycle with corn, soybeans, and Deadly Dozen. 18:59 — Episode #221 - Crop Rotations for Food Plotters and Deer Water Holes
• Terry thanks Kyle Heuerman for planting a Deadly Dozen and Harvest Salad plot and changing trail camera batteries on his Illinois property. 70:18 — Episode #185 - Bucks are starting to shift - Fall Plots, GET THEM IN
• Terry plans to convert his half-acre soil charge plot into equal halves of Dixie Dozen and Deadly Dozen this year. 31:52 — Episode 175 - June Food Plot Update
• Deadly Dozen is nearly Real World’s top-selling product, close to surpassing soybeans, sold by the pallet. 43:19 — Episode #131 - Don forms his own Dream Team
• Don points to his Smokey and Mel hunting videos as proof his Deadly Dozen blend attracts and holds 200-inch bucks. 47:05 — Episode #131 - Don forms his own Dream Team
• Don explained fetal-programming benefits: does feeding on a balanced-diet plot like Deadly Dozen enter the rut in noticeably better shape. 31:45 — Episode #127 When to Plant Fall Food Plots?
• Don recommends planting the Deadly Dozen the year before soybeans, then spraying and no-till drilling beans directly into the taller regrowth. 13:35 — Episode #125 - Wheat Prices May Change Late Season Hunting
• Don is unsure how much residual herbicide from his failed corn planting might affect a fall Deadly Dozen plot on the same ground. 5:52 — Episode #66 - Don has Mel officially scored. Discussion about planting food plot seed. Is planting seed heavy good or bad?
• In states without supplemental feeding, Don recommends planting a diverse blend like Deadly Dozen so deer can balance their own nutrient needs across many plant types. 44:07 — #49 - Nutrition: Proteins vs. Fat / Macro and Micro nutrients in Mineral - Know what you need!
• Don recommends Real World’s Deadly Dozen 12-species blend because it always has something deer crave regardless of season, keeping them returning to the same plot. 7:22 — Episode #44 - New Year’s Resolutions, Bedding Cover, Hunting Cold Temps, and Sharing Hunting Property with Family
• Don plans to rotate two soybean plots into Deadly Dozen this fall, following his usual two-years-soybeans, one-year-Deadly-Dozen rotation. 20:45 — Episode #25 - Don and Terry give an update on their hunting spots and discuss getting into the hunting industry.
• The Deadly Dozen fall food plot blend is recommended as the best fall plot option because it provides forage throughout hunting season into spring. 34:57 — Episode #22 - Special Contest Winner Bryan Medinger and Don has big announcement
• Terry says he has more confidence in Deadly Dozen than any other product for reliably drawing deer despite drought or browse pressure. 44:54 — Episode #20 - Food Plot Prep Continues - Native Grass and Miscanthus in the Ground
• Terry noted that drought killed Don’s soybeans the last two years, forcing him to switch to planting Deadly Dozen instead. 26:52 — Episode #16 - Food Plots… Frost Seeding, Switchgrass Stratification, and Soybeans
• Terry’s Deadly Dozen food plot is still being heavily browsed despite warm weather, unlike his depleted soybean plots. 6:41 — Episode #14 - Don and Terry talk deer during the superbowl…
• Don’s team cleared and planted a 10-acre food plot on his new Ohio property with Real World Wildlife Products Deadly Dozen. 22:22 — Episode #6 - Don Kills 2 Booners on Back to Back Hunts

Questions

• Brock from Minooka asked for crop rotation recommendations using clover, Harvest Salad, and Deadly Dozen for smaller food plots. 54:13 — Episode 280 - Trail Cams, Big Cats, and Camo Drops | Special Guest Joe Miles
• Ben Meyer asked whether, as August turns to September, his food-plot focus should switch to strictly harvest salad instead of the Deadly Dozen blend. 41:59 — Episode 238 - 2024 Buck Forecast - MORE GIANTS SHOT THIS YEAR
• Tim Gwen asked whether he could mix clover and chicory into his Deadly Dozen fall plot planting. 53:20 — Episode #231 - Timing is Key: When to Plant Fall Plots
• Mike Reams asks whether it’s worth planting small odd areas like an old gas line for late-season deer food. 25:55 — Episode #210 - What to do with Bush Honeysuckle
• Mark Yoder asks why Don includes sugar beets in the Deadly Dozen fall blend despite claims they won’t mature. 52:27 — Episode 178 - The Bucks and The Corn are Growing Fast
• Grady also asks how to prepare fall food plots for planting Deadly Dozen. 30:57 — Episode 175 - June Food Plot Update
• Brandon from Bowling Green, Kentucky asked Don’s thoughts on splitting a small 3-6 acre field into green-to-grain transition zones as a stand setup, and on larger plots. 81:46 — Episode 173 - Can you find joy in killing GIANT Bucks?
• What does Don’s food-plot crop rotation look like, and how does he factor in local farmers’ rotations? 57:45 — Episode #186 - Regenerative Ag Practices
• How does food plot acreage factor into achieving planting diversity? 14:28 — Episode #160 - Live with Dr. Bronson Strickland at Whitetail Master Class
• Easton Gruber asks if Don screens only the edges of feeding areas or splits them with switchgrass lines between clover, Deadly Dozen, soybeans, and corn. 45:52 — Episode #132 - 2022 Buck Forecast Part 1
• Kelly Shanley asks why it’s important to get soybean plots to maturity for late-season pods, and what soybeans offer that a fall blend like Deadly Dozen doesn’t. 43:23 — Episode #123 - How much does Don spend on batteries for trail cameras?
• Derek Hagen asked what to plant along a shaded, twenty-to-thirty-yard-wide pipeline right-of-way running north-south through his property. 18:19 — Episode #110 - Double Episode live from Master Class - Al Foster gives great advise
• Jake asks what to plant on rolling cattle-farm terrain with few row crops, since his corn and beans keep getting wiped out by deer. 63:01 — Episode #88 - Hunting MATURE Bucks on October Mornings?
• Victor asked whether Don would drill the Deadly Dozen blend together or broadcast the plot topper and drill the harvest salad separately. 45:47 — Episode #73 - How much bigger will bucks get? Don’s best and worst of the week!
• What all does Don have planted in the ground right now for spring food plots? 5:24 — Episode #65 Spring Plot Herbicide Discussion and Fawns dropping
• John from New Jersey asks whether to plant soybeans later so they stay green and palatable through September for the best buck activity. 47:08 — Episode #56 RELOAD - Great discussion live from 2021 Master Class #1 - Terry answers some questions on cell cam test
• Lee De Smith asks what to plant in the spring to keep his Deadly Dozen plot from lying fallow until fall, and when to eventually rotate out of Deadly Dozen. 59:45 — Episode #50 - Spring Food Plots with Duane Hopkins - the good and bad for different spring plot options
• Ryan Wisecock asks whether frost seeding clover across all 13 acres would waste time and money given he’ll no-till drill beans and Deadly Dozen later, and if COBRA would help. 68:38 — Episode #50 - Spring Food Plots with Duane Hopkins - the good and bad for different spring plot options
• What can be rotated with Deadly Dozen instead of soybeans in small food plots that get decimated? 43:08 — Episode #20 - Food Plot Prep Continues - Native Grass and Miscanthus in the Ground
• Is planting Deadly Dozen year after year a bad idea for crop rotation? 42:18 — Episode #16 - Food Plots… Frost Seeding, Switchgrass Stratification, and Soybeans

Deadly Dozen is a 12-species fall food plot blend from Real World Wildlife Products, described by Don as broad enough to give deer something to eat in any season. Don rotated it with soybeans and corn on his own ground, no-till drilling beans into its residue, and cited fetal-programming benefits from does grazing its balanced diet. Terry planted it on multiple properties, mixing in leftover soybeans, and said it held up under browse and drought better than his soybean plots. Listeners asked about rotating, timing, and mixing it with clover or chicory.

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