Red Ripper Cowpeas are a medium sized very heat tolerant, drought hardy cowpeas Red Ripper Cowpeas are very hardy making them an excellent choice for food plots in Oklahoma and the southern United States. Deer, (both Mule and Whitetail), Turkey, Quail, Pheasant, and other wildlife eagerly seek out the foliage and grain produced by the Red Rippers as they grow to maturity.