Your article in Whitetail News last year about the record books for deer was awesome. The article basically said that since people started using Whitetail Institute products and practicing what you guys preach (sound deer management) that hunters are four-five times as likely to harvest a record book class animal. I wanted to write and tell you that we’re experiencing the same kind of results.
We had never killed a record book class animal off our property before we started using Whitetail Institute products. Since we started using them we have killed five Pope and Young book deer and another that qualified for the Alabama Record book. We started by planting Imperial Clover and No-Plow and the results were outstanding. We immediately started seeing more deer and within a year or two we started seeing obviously larger racked bucks and healthier deer overall. We also started using 30-06 Mineral and 30-06 Plus Protein with, again great results. We’ve got licks that the deer have dug out as big as the hood of a car.
Two years ago we also started using your Cutting Edge products and things just continue to get better. We’ve actually seen deer on occasion pass up straight corn to go to your Cutting Edge products. That was astounding. I never thought I’d see deer pass up corn for anything but they do. The results we’re getting speak for themselves.
We’re seeing more deer (over 60 at one time on one of our clover fields along with a flock of turkeys). The six bucks that qualify for the Record Books show that the quality of our deer has drastically improved. We practice what you guys preach. We let young bucks walk and we feed them the best, (Whitetail Institute products). We feel that having the best food out all year especially during the spring and summer antler growing months has made the difference. Thanks!
