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Fred Kamradt - Michigan
Awesome Deer Around
Great Lakes
I started researching food plots about three
years ago and decided to use Whitetail Institute products because of all
the positive things that I had read about them – most importantly, the
deep-rooted system of the Alfa-Rack, which can survive the hot, dry
summers and cold winters of Michigan. I also liked the Whitetail Clover
for its high-quality forage and browse year round (this stuff is awesome).
Currently I have three food plots on three
different properties that I hunt. I planted Whitetail Clover and Alfa-Rack
in my food plots in mid-May four years ago. I was amazed at how fast this
product came up, thick and full. The second year was even better. The
plots were even thicker, drowning out almost every kind of weed out there.
I saw immediate results in the number of deer I was seeing in the areas
that I planted food plots.
Not only was I seeing more deer in or
near my food plots, it seemed the deer that used to just simply pass
through or around the area were hanging around the area now. I have
trails coming into my food plots from places they never came from
before. The deer are simply bedding down in small stands of pines,
thick briar patches or switch grass close to the food plots.
I’m now seeing more bucks – big
and small – than I have ever seen. It seems that the 1
1/2-year-old bucks go from small one year to wall hangers the next.
For instance, the 10-pointer that I shot last year was only 2 1/2
years old, and 165 pounds, but he still scored 136 6/8 after
deductions. That's pretty impressive! Just imagine this buck at 3
1/2 or 4 1/2 years old or older.
Not only am I seeing a lot more deer but also turkey and rabbits
galore. I only have 10 acres at my place of residence, and we like
to hike the trails or ride the ATV around the property. I have a
small 1/4-acre (soon to be 1/2 acre) food plot, but the hiking and
riding doesn't seem to bother the deer or their movements. It seems
they get used to your presence out there, or they simply don’t
want to leave their food source. I have had the best results hunting
my small 10-acre parcel than I have anywhere else so far because of
the Whitetail Institute products. That’s not to say that I won't
shoot a quality buck elsewhere, as I have seen bigger bucks on the
other properties with food plots that I hunt, just no opportunities
to shoot one of them, yet. Just look what this product did for the
Lovstuen buck, going from a downhill slide to an uphill growth, now
that’s impressive. Matt Harper hit the nail right on the head when he
said in the Lovstuen article (earlier this year) that you have to fill the
lowest hole in any bucket if you are ever going to get it filled, the
lowest hole being nutrition. Just imagine if there is no hole. How big is
a bucks total potential for growth? Today’s advancement in deer
nutrition is great.
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