Anyone who has surfed TV channels at night
and stumbled across a celebrity gossip show has probably heard of the “A-List,”
a name by which Hollywood describes a small group of the movie industry’s top
stars. Referred to as “A-Listers,” actors who make the cut are automatically
invited to any Hollywood party, no matter where it’s held or who the host is. And
there’s a reason: A-Listers make the party a whole lot better just by showing
up.
Most of us deer
hunters aren’t A-Listers, and in fact it’s pretty likely that most of us will
never even see one in person — at least not the Hollywood kind. However, we deer
hunters have access to another kind of A-Lister that can be of much greater
benefit to us than the actor kind. It’s a forage A-Lister that, like the actor
type, is well suited to a broad variety of situations and can make all of them
even better just by being there. The A-Lister I’m referring to is Imperial
Whitetail “Chic” Magnet, a Whitetail Institute perennial forage product that is
well suited to a variety of soil types and climates, does great by itself or
can make existing food plots even better. Plus it will draw and hold deer as
well, as its name implies.
“Chic” Magnet
perennial forage Chicory has lots in common with other Whitetail Institute
forages and forage components. One similarity is that, like all other Whitetail
Institute forages, “Chic” Magnet, which contains the Whitetail Institute’s WINA
100 Chicory, is extremely attractive to deer, much more so than other Chicories
that can become waxy and stemmy as they mature. Another is in how the Chicory
first became a component in Whitetail Institute forage blends through the
Whitetail Institute’s painstaking research, development and testing process.
This is the same process that first brought other industry-leading forages to
the food plot market, such as Imperial Whitetail Clover, the lettuce-type
brassicas in Winter-Greens, the Persist forb in Extreme, and the Whitetail Oats
in Forage Oats Plus, just to name a few.
In fact, it’s
the same process that assures Whitetail Institute customers that no product will
bear the Whitetail Institute name unless and until it is the very best the
Institute can make it. That process is long and tedious. But it’s worth it
because Whitetail Institute customers have come to expect nothing but the best
from the Whitetail Institute products.
Those are just
some of the things “Chic” Magnet has in common with other Whitetail Institute
forage products. But, it is unique in one way in that WINA-100 perennial forage
Chicory started as a component in other Whitetail Institute forage products and
remains so to this day, and later the Whitetail Institute started packaging it
separately as “Chic” Magnet in response to customer demand.
Perhaps this is
the best possible evidence of just how attractive and versatile WINA-100 Chicory
is. First, consider how broad a variety of forage products contain WINA
Chicory. One such product is Imperial Chicory Plus, a perennial product
designed to do best in heavy soils that hold moisture and have a soil pH of a
least 6.5 in areas that receive at least 30 inches a year in rainfall. Another
is Alfa-Rack Plus, a perennial designed for sites that drain well. WINA-100
Chicory is also a component of Imperial Whitetail Extreme, also a perennial designed
for well-drained sites, but that can tolerate annual rainfall levels as low as
15 inches per year and soil pH as low as 5.4. And WINA- 100 Chicory is even in
Secret Spot, a fall/winter annual product designed to grow with minimal ground
preparation.
Like all
Whitetail Institute forage products, “Chic” Magnet is a top performer. More
tender and less stemmy, “Chic” Magnet is highly palatable to deer and provides
protein levels up to 44 percent, even during periods of excessive heat and
drought when other forages can slow or cease production. It’s also versatile,
designed to grow well in a variety of soil types and drainages, and it’s even
one of the easiest perennials to plant — by itself in a prepared seedbed, by
mixing with other seeds, or simply by overseeding into existing forage stands. “Chic”
Magnet can be planted in the fall, and in the spring in most areas, and it’s
designed to last up to three years. A single 3-lb. bag of “Chic” Magnet will
plant up to one acre.
If you’d like
an extremely high-protein perennial forage that’s highly attractive, well
suited to a wide variety of climates and soil types, tolerant of lower
rainfall, resistant to late-summer heat and drought and easy to plant, “Chic” Magnet
is what you’re looking for. Give it a try; plant it by itself, mix it with
other seeds or overseed it into your existing forage stands to add attraction,
variety and nutrition. For more information about “Chic” Magnet or to order,
call the Whitetail Institute’s in-house consultants at (800) 688-3030.
