Keith Updike - Maryland



Our family has a 315-acre farm on the eastern shore of Maryland. We have been hunting our farm since it was purchased about 25 years ago. I would say about half is woods and half is fields. All of our land is very low and wet. About 2 years ago we put our fields in the Conservation Reserve program. We mixed Imperial Whitetail Clover in all of our filter strips around the edge of our fields.   

One of our fields is about 6 acres and it is next to a 50-acre thicket. It was a pine forest that was logged off of about 20 years ago and there are not many trees big enough to hold a deer stand so we don’t go in there much. We hunt the edges. We planted the 6 acres in Imperial Whitetail Clover and limed and fertilized heavily. Well, it came up great and there are 35-40 deer in that field every day about half an hour before sunset, probably more after dark.

My Dad hunted the Imperial Clover on opening day and took this nice 8 (9 with kicker) point (see photo). I was so impressed with your product; I planted another 9-acre field with Imperial Clover the following fall.

On opening day I killed a big 12-point (15 with kickers) in the same field (see photo). Both deer were killed within 30 yards of each other. It is a lot of fun to hunt our farm now. Thanks for your great products!

We have a new rule; only bucks 18 inches or better or really high. If you aren’t going to mount it, don’t shoot it.

Planting Imperial Whitetail Clover was the best thing we’ve done for our farm. The turkeys love it too. Next spring we are going to turkey hunt for the first time on our farm. We never used to see turkeys until we planted your clover. I can’t say enough about your product. Keep up the good work.