I have a theory
that a lot of people let “luck” pass them by. Some just don’t see it and some
don’t act on it. It’s what you do with a lucky break that makes the difference.
I’ll be the first to admit that I have had angels on my shoulders at many
junctures in my life. I’ve also had the horse-sense to act on a fortunate circumstance.
That was the case with the latest product in the Whitetail Institute food plot
arsenal when we got wind of a university study testing oat varieties for
superior grain production. We found out they eliminated one variety because of…
excessive grazing by deer which significantly reduced grain production. Clearly
a negative for them. Good news for us. Like they say, one man’s trash is
another man’s treasure. To make a long story short, we bought the rights to the
variety after it proved itself highly successful through our nationwide
testing. We named the variety Whitetail Oats and after properly blending it
with small amounts of other forage varieties, we named the new product Imperial
Whitetail Forage Oats Plus. The story reminds me of our flagship product —
Imperial Whitetail Clover. It was more than 20 years ago when I watched from a
deer stand as deer walked through a smorgasbord of other traditional plantings to
get to the particular type of clover I had planted. That “lucky” clover turned
into the spark that created an industry. After much testing and genetic
tinkering with the clover we developed a protein-packed deer-specific forage
and named it Imperial Whitetail Clover and the deer nutrition industry was
created in the process. And as with all our products, it was not only
formulated specifically for deer, it was tested and retested in real-world
circumstances all across North America. Such is the case with our new Whitetail
Forage Oats Plus. You’ll find it an outstanding staple for your fall and winter
plantings. It is sweet and extraordinarily attractive to deer. Besides that, it
is winter hardy and it thrives in a wide variety of soils and is easy to plant.
Best of all it draws deer right away and holds them longer in the cold months. Be
sure to read the full article on new Forage Oats Plus on page 6. 