I plant Imperial Whitetail Clover, and I’ve noticed bigger bodied deer, more massive racks and more bucks in the area. I have won the big buck contest two times in six years in our county.
The hunt: I was thinking I had messed up a good opportunity when I grunted in a nice 120 class 8-point, and let him walk by at 30 yards, I was hoping that I wouldn’t regret my decision at the end of the season. Little did I know that 10 minutes would change everything.
When the monster buck, that I nicknamed Caribou, jumped the fence into the field 150 yards away, I didn’t need binoculars to tell it was him. Caribou was walking parallel, and when I grunted at him, he stopped and was looking across the field, then I saw what he was waiting for, a 1 1/2-year-old 6-point. Both of them met together and they started walking my direction. That was a sight I will never forget. The 6-pointer came 10 yards behind my stand. While Caribou was eating in the fence row, the massive 12-pointer went up to the fence where he was hidden by honeysuckle. I knew he was at a spot where they jumped the fence so I decided to draw my bow and wait when he landed on the other side. I was ready. I bayed like a doe. It stopped him cold in his tracks, I judged the distance at 25 yards, so I aimed a little high with my 20 yard pin behind the shoulder and touched off my release. Caribou had Whitetail Clover available his whole life. Caribou field dressed 218 pounds and scores 180 1/8 Pope & Young non-typical. Thank you Whitetail Institute.
