Wild turkeys use a food plot differently than deer. In spring and summer they want tender green forage — clover is the classic turkey planting — and, just as importantly, the insects that clover and legumes attract, which are critical protein for growing poults. Into fall and winter they shift to seeds and grain.
The signature turkey crop is chufa, a sedge that produces underground tubers turkeys scratch up through cold months. Pair a perennial clover (for greens and bugs) with chufa or a small grain and you cover turkeys nearly year-round.