Four years ago, I told a rep of Whitetail Institute that I had alfalfa all around the area I hunted and he told me to try Imperial Whitetail Clover because the deer would come to it before the alfalfa. I decided to plant two Imperial Whitetail Clover food plots on my property and try it. It was a good year for planting and I got a good catch. The deer do come to the Imperial Whitetail Clover before the alfalfa.
I shot several big does in the 175 to 180 pound range over the two plots. Two years after planting I had taken several deer already, some over the food plots and others on different parts of my property and on neighboring farms. Toward the end of the first Wisconsin bow season, which closes just prior to the opening of the November gun season, I had a couple more nights to hunt before the crazy gun season got under way. About mid afternoon my wife called my attention to a huge buck standing out at the edge of our property. He was a monster 12-pointer. I decided then and there I was going out that evening. After settling in on my stand I wondered if I would see that huge 12 point buck again. About 15 minutes before the end of shooting hours a good sized fawn came strolling into the clover patch and began feeding. I figured his momma wouldn't be far behind and sure enough here she came. She too began feeding on the clover, digging through the sparse snow cover. I live in an area with a very high deer population so the DNR encourages hunters to shoot as many antlerless deer as we have tags for, (unlimited). I wrestled with myself for a moment or two and decided I would take the big doe. I drew my bow and was just getting ready to put my pin on her when from my far right I noticed movement. I looked to the right and there was a very nice buck… but not the big 12-pointer I had seen earlier in the day. But he was plenty good enough. I shot him at about 35 yards while he was standing in the middle of my Imperial Whitetail Clover patch. He was a big bodied deer, easily over 275 pounds. Non-typical 9- pointer. He officially scored 148 4/8 Pope & Young. Does Imperial Clover work. You bet!
