Author: Emily Courtney To the modern hunter and wildlife manager, food plots are the standard, the go-to, or even the miracle cure for any hunting property. In some cases, they are even the only habitat improvements that take place. However, that wasn’t always the case. There was a time when food plots were at most a supplemental food source. That is what they are meant to be after all, a supplement to naturally occurring browse and forage. The role of food plots has changed