After researching Alfa-Rack, I figured I’d give it a try. I had used other stuff in the past and wanted something better. First, I had to see how it grew and to see how much the deer preferred it over other plantings I had tried. I put an irrigated plot next to my horse barn. The grouse wouldn’t leave the stuff initially. They would hunch down and wouldn’t leave it.
The Alfa-Rack is tender. It’s not shooty like other alfalfa. The deer like it so much that my plots look like a fairway on a golf course. The deer wouldn’t even leave the plot when I was 50 or 60 yards away. They would slowly walk away and look back at me. I knew at that point they liked Imperial Alfa-Rack. Another thing I like about the Alfa-Rack is it comes up earlier than anything else. In the winter you can brush the snow back and there’s green alfalfa and clover.
I do have one plot that I irrigate. The plots are pretty concealed, so the deer can use the plots in the middle of the day. I have about a 20-acre field in one place, but you can see it from the highway. I had people who would shoot at the deer from the highway, so I plowed it up.
I’ve also used the 30-06 quite a bit. I have huge mineral licks. Once the deer start using the mineral lick sites, they go crazy. I’ll have a hole two or three feet deep. I’ve had them uproot trees near my mineral licks. That’s also been a real key. The mass on the deer is the biggest thing I’ve noticed since I started using the mineral.
The deer are concentrated on the food plot fields. They are going to go to the grocery store, and that’s the grocery store. They definitely like your products. I don’t even have to clip the Alfa-Rack.
Two years ago I killed a buck that gross scored just under 200 Boone & Crockett points. I had seen him before and made him my goal.
I had made another buck his goal before I shot the 200-inch buck. After chasing the buck for years, I bagged him and he was 11-1/2 years old and scored 178 points.
