Deer started coming into the plot regularly by mid August. That October I bow hunted off and on, and saw a few smaller bucks and a number of does. Deer would come in and around the clover on a daily basis. Turkeys were always around the fields too. I was impressed with the change from the year before. In muzzleloader season I shot a nice 8 pointer. He wasn’t a huge deer, but I was thrilled that deer like that were starting to hang around
my property.
The third year started with a bang by shooting a big tom turkey in the clover field. With my new found confidence in food plots, I decided to add a couple more. I planted Chicory Plus, PowerPlant and No-Plow deep in the woods on the back of my property. The second weekend of gun season I went out on my property and hunted in the woods just off the back of the original Imperial Whitetail Clover field (in between a major bedding area and the clover). I saw three bucks that first day and shot the biggest one. He actually came down the edge of the clover field and walked right past me. That deer was a 10 point that gross scored 125 inches.
This past year started again with a bang. I shot a tom turkey in the clover field again. In the late summer I added some long narrow (shooting lane) plots out in the old farm field using Winter-Greens. I hunted hard through October and passed up seven different bucks (some of which were 100 inches or more. In November (prime rut) I had nine does out in the original clover field eating, and a good buck came in to check them out. I decided that this one was worth shooting. He was a 12 point and has been green gross scored at 145 inches. It is almost comical looking back how I have gone from seeing very few deer/turkeys to consistently taking good bucks and turkeys from the same field year after year. The progression from 8 to 10 to 12 points and the incremental increase in score is a shining example of what quality food plots and other management efforts can do. I will continue to add food plots and maintain the ones I have for years to come. I try to get every one I know who has property to plant food plots now. I have even helped others plant food plots the last two springs, and they too are seeing results. Thanks Whitetail Institute for the great line of products.
my property.
The third year started with a bang by shooting a big tom turkey in the clover field. With my new found confidence in food plots, I decided to add a couple more. I planted Chicory Plus, PowerPlant and No-Plow deep in the woods on the back of my property. The second weekend of gun season I went out on my property and hunted in the woods just off the back of the original Imperial Whitetail Clover field (in between a major bedding area and the clover). I saw three bucks that first day and shot the biggest one. He actually came down the edge of the clover field and walked right past me. That deer was a 10 point that gross scored 125 inches.
This past year started again with a bang. I shot a tom turkey in the clover field again. In the late summer I added some long narrow (shooting lane) plots out in the old farm field using Winter-Greens. I hunted hard through October and passed up seven different bucks (some of which were 100 inches or more. In November (prime rut) I had nine does out in the original clover field eating, and a good buck came in to check them out. I decided that this one was worth shooting. He was a 12 point and has been green gross scored at 145 inches. It is almost comical looking back how I have gone from seeing very few deer/turkeys to consistently taking good bucks and turkeys from the same field year after year. The progression from 8 to 10 to 12 points and the incremental increase in score is a shining example of what quality food plots and other management efforts can do. I will continue to add food plots and maintain the ones I have for years to come. I try to get every one I know who has property to plant food plots now. I have even helped others plant food plots the last two springs, and they too are seeing results. Thanks Whitetail Institute for the great line of products.
