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Kevin Kramer –
Indiana
I plant Imperial
Whitetail Clover, and I’ve noticed bigger bodied deer, more massive
racks and more bucks in the area. I have won the big buck contest two
times in six years in our county.
The hunt: I was
thinking I had messed up a good opportunity when I grunted in a nice 120
class 8-point, and let him walk by at 30 yards, I was hoping that I
wouldn’t regret my decision at the end of the season. Little did I know
that 10 minutes would change everything.
When the monster
buck, that I nicknamed Caribou, jumped the fence into the field 150
yards away, I didn’t need binoculars to tell it was him. Caribou was
walking parallel, and when I grunted at him, he stopped and was looking
across the field, then I saw what he was waiting for, a 1 1/2-year-old
6-point. Both of them met together and they started walking my
direction. That was a sight I will never forget. The 6-pointer came 10
yards behind my stand. While Caribou was eating in the fence row, the
massive 12-pointer went up to the fence where he was hidden by
honeysuckle. I knew he was at a spot where they jumped the fence so I
decided to draw my bow and wait when he landed on the other side. I was
ready. I bayed like a doe. It stopped him cold in his tracks, I judged
the distance at 25 yards, so I aimed a little high with my 20 yard pin
behind the shoulder and touched off my release. Caribou had Whitetail
Clover available his whole life. Caribou field dressed 218 pounds and
scores 180 1/8 Pope & Young non-typical. Thank you Whitetail Institute. |
