Showing posts with label Great Lakes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Great Lakes. Show all posts

CRAIG FISH - ILLINOIS

 

We have tried many of your products through the years and have had good results from all.

CJ TURNER - ILLINOIS

 

“Boys, I just tagged out! I can’t believe this, booner down!” This is the text I sent to a few of my best friends on Nov. 3. I had just killed my second buck of the year and was elated.

ROBIN LEATHERMAN - MISSOURI

 

Robin Leatherman — Missouri

Could this be real? I had a job opportunity of a lifetime: the chance to reclaim and re-habitat land that had been sorely neglected for many years and turn it into prime hunting ground. Plus, the gig came with hunting rights. Heaven! I went to work right away, evaluating the lay of the land and terrain to determine the best spots for food plots.

FRED ABBAS - MICHIGAN

 Michigan not known for big bucks | Fred Abbas ■ 

Houghton Lake, Michigan, is not known for big bucks. Neither is Beaverton, Michigan, where my son lives. We know which Michigan counties produce most record-book entries, and we were looking forward to the challenge of hunting trophy bucks. We were switching our hunting efforts to southern Michigan’s farm country when we encountered Ray Scott of the Whitetail Institute at a hunting show in Alabama in the late 1980s.

JASON MILLER - MISSOURI


 Jason Miller – Missouri All of us hunters want that perfect food plot. So much time and energy goes into it and it truly starts with a vision you have in your mind. You can close your eyes and see it, but it is going to take so much more for that to happen. We have a 156-acre spot that is in row crops.

CARA THOMPSON - WISCONSIN

 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.

JEFF MCMILLIN - WISCONSIN

 

Since planting Whitetail Institute products on our 40 and 65 acre tracts of land, we have held more deer on the property.

MATT DAY - OHIO

 

Matt Day — Ohio

I’ve been using Imperial Whitetail Clover since the mid-1990s. I absolutely love the results. The first photo is a plot I put in last spring of Imperial Whitetail Clover. My friends tell me it looks like a magazine cover, so I thought I would send it to you. 

MATT BEST - OHIO

I’ve used Whitetail Institute products for years. Two years ago, I started getting a lot of pictures of a large buck in my Imperial Whitetail Clover plot (Photo 1). I planted Whitetail Oats Plus that fall and got more and more pictures of him. I had pics of him seven days in a row on the Whitetail Oats Plus plot at 5:45 p.m.

TOM DIAL - ILLINOIS


 

Tom Dial — Illinois

We have had great results with Whitetail Institute products for over 20 years. We use Imperial Whitetail Clover, Pure Attraction and Ambush. We’ve killed many record-book bucks over the years, including two Boone-and-Crockett-class bucks. Last season was the first time we’ve used Ambush, and the deer and the turkeys have been hitting it hard as well. This past year, I killed my best buck ever. He is a 16-point and scored 175 inches. (Photo 1) I’ve also enclosed a photo of my son Andrew’s 146-inch bow kill. Thanks, Whitetail Institute.

SETH HUBBARD — Minnesota

 Seth Hubbard — Minnesota We have tried a handful of products from different companies over the years on our property, but once we tried Whitetail Institute products, the search was over.

MATT GAYLE - OHIO

Matt Gayle — Ohio
This past spring, I purchased a 5-foot tiller and with help from my dad and his tractor, what was once a day dream had finally become a reality. I purchased a bag of Imperial Whitetail Clover and a bag of Fusion, and after a long day in the field we had finished two Whitetail Institute food plots.

JORDAN HANKS - ILLINOIS

I just wanted to tell you all at Whitetail Institute how much I appreciate everything you all do in the whitetail world. I’ve been following and using Whitetail Institute products for years. I had been planting food plots for years and had success with them, yet I wasn’t getting the antler growth I thought I should from the products I was using.

STEVE REKEDAL – Minnesota

 I own land on the Minnesota River in western Minnesota. This past fall while hunting over an Imperial Whitetail Clover food plot, I heard a soft, slow step coming through the woods. It finally came through with its head all the way to the ground in very thick buckthorn. It was a large 8-point about 20 yards from the stand.

Jamie Hoene – Illinois

I have been using Whitetail Institute seed for several years now. I have been very satisfied with the amount of deer using my plots. Enclosed are two pictures of my sons’ first bucks. Picture 1 is of my son Carter Hoene, age 9, with his very first deer a nice 8-point. The deer came out and fed on soybeans with Pure Attraction sowed in when beans started to ripen. Picture 2 is of son Caden Hoene, age 12, with his first buck. The body size of this deer was huge, and it weighed 217 pounds field dressed, it also was killed while feeding on soybeans and Pure Attraction. Both deer were taken during last year’s Illinois youth gun season.

Harold Wolf – Michigan

My 8-year-old granddaughter, Elle Pompey, shot her first deer last year in Michigan during the youth hunt. Pictured with her are her cousins, Kyle Birk who is 10 years old, with his second deer, and 15-year-old Gabe Birk with his third buck. Thanks to Whitetail Institute’s Extreme, we can plant food plots in Mecosta, Michigan sandy soils, and it helps us keep deer on our property. Thanks, Whitetail Institute, for great products. Proud grandpa!

Danny Terril – Indiana

My wife and I have owned roughly 200 acres in southern Indiana for 10 years. For the past six years, I have strictly used Whitetail Institute products to help manage my deer and turkeys.

Desiree Howell – Wisconsin

We have been using Whitetail Institute products for 12 years now, and lately we have been pouring on the 30-06 mineral in strategic mineral lick locations on the property. The products do great things for our hunting success! Building a Whitetail Paradise is nearly as rewarding as the hunt! The field and property net between 300 to 400 pounds of boned-out venison every year. Getting the big bucks to slip up during the rifle season post-rut is indeed a challenge. This guy made a four-second mistake that ended my season on a great note. I was getting ready to shoot a doe when he came flying out of the brush 90 yards away at a full run, going somewhere in a big hurry. I turned the gun on him and fired with my .308 right before he was about to disappear behind a big balsam back into the brush. Thank you, Whitetail Institute, for your great products and for all that you do for hunters!

Josh Rauch – Indiana

I wanted to share a success story. Two years ago, we started using Whitetail Institute products. We have used its soil tests and followed the suggested amendments. We have contacted Whitetail Institute support guys, and they have been very helpful in providing us with recommendations on how to go about planting. We planted a couple of acres of Imperial Whitetail Clover and Chicory Plus (now Fusion). Since that time, the deer and turkeys have been in the clover and chicory plots on a regular basis. Trail cameras have shown several nice mature deer. My dad, Jeff Rauch, harvested one of our target bucks this past weekend in southern Indiana. We have had trail-cam pictures of this buck for the past two years. Last year, he was seen in daylight on one occasion. This past Saturday, he made the mistake of entering one of our plots in daylight. He came within range, and my dad was able to harvest the big guy with his crossbow. We couldn’t be happier! Thank you, Whitetail Institute, for all your advice and products! You have earned a lifelong customer. 

Rachael Johnson – Wisconsin

Our 10 year old daughter, Rowan, insisted that her dad plant Whitetail Institute’s Winter- Greens in preparation for her first hunt. It proved successful for her during Wisconsin’s Youth Hunt, on Oct. 8. With a perfect shot, Rowan took this doe at 35 yards out of her food plot just before dusk. Thank you Whitetail Institute for helping make our daughter’s first hunt successful and a great lifelong memory for her and our family!