The deer don't seem to be eating ANY of it. I planted three plots this year (oats, rape, turnips, clover, brassicas, sugar beets) everything is doing great, there are a lot of deer tracks in and around the plots but nothing is being eaten. No agriculture in the area. Mostly swampy marshes and jack pine thickets. There is very little around the area in the form of quality food, so I'm not sure why they are not feeding in the plots.Anybody have any ideas?

Some of the things up listed are much better after a freeze, not sure where you live. They should be eating the oats. Not sure what to tell you.

Check out your Clover---Seems to me this is the one crop you have that is in season now, most of  the other crops are fall and early winter !   I have the same situation--swamp, jack pines etc----My Deer love the Clover---

Thanks, I'll have to take a closer look. You would think that those oats would be getting demolished right now, but they're not at all. Try providing some quality forage for the summer and they continue to eat the scrub that's around the area. I just don't get it.

Maybe they are still getting what they need from the natural browse? Also, did you get a soil test done and treat the soil accordingly? That would affect the palatability of your plot.

I had the soil tested, added lime, fertilized with 19-19-19....and as far as the natural browse goes, there isn't much to offer. The food plots look like a golf course in the middle of a brown weed field. I guess I'll have to wait and see what October brings.