We started using Whitetail Institute products about six years ago. We disked up a large grassy area and planted Imperial Whitetail Clover on half of it and Beets & Greens on the other. We took a soil sample and added lime to the plot. We also used Arrest Max and Slay on the Imperial Clover.
Our plots never looked so good. One afternoon, I was bow-hunting one of our plots, and a nice shooter buck came out. He was heading straight to me at 27 yards. Best, he was broadside. I couldn’t ask for a better shot. He didn’t stop, so I bleated. He stopped, and I made a great shot. The deer buckled, went about 30 yards and fell over. I could not believe it. The water works and shakes started as I tried to reach my husband. When he made it to my stand, he let me retrieve the buck. I cried again when I got to the deer. That memory will last forever, but mostly, it’s a memory I share with my husband. On opening morning of gun season, the weather was horribly cold and windy. I sat with my husband in our tower stand. About 8 a.m., my husband alerted me to get my gun because a split-brow buck was coming. I told my husband to stop the deer, so he bleated until the buck stopped. I shot, and the buck ran off. My heart sank because I thought I had missed. We waited a while before we trailed the buck. We walked to the spot where I shot, but there wasn’t any blood. I was getting nervous. Eventually, we found the deer — an 11-point split-brow-tine monster that scored 168-5/8.
