Rick Sotiropoulos – Illinois
We first planted one bag of Imperial Whitetail Clover and one bag of
Alfa-Rack in existing clover fields last spring. We noticed much more feeding in these (3) fields that summer and fall.
The following fall we planted (3) more 2-acre fields. We were totally
surprised by mid-October when our fields came up uniform and thick!
These (3) fields became a focal point of our deer herd. We actually
videoed deer trotting through existing red clover fields to come and feed
on the Imperial Clover and Alfa-Rack fields.
As you can see from our photographs, we did pretty well this year. In
September and October we had several photos of some pretty nice bucks (all
taken on Alfa-Rack fields) that we were unable to see during daylight
hours, with the exception of a big 207-pound, 9-pointer I took with my bow
on October 14th. As November came, the does continued to use
our Imperial Alfa-rack plots and the bucks began to follow. On November
14th
I arrowed my second big buck, a 190-pound 9-pointer (4 tines over 12”)
to end my season. I ended up getting the shot on this buck about 100 yards
below an Alfa-Rack field in the evening as he was following several does
on their way to feed in the Alfa-Rack plot. (Attract the does and the
bucks will follow!)
I’ve enclosed a photo of my 10 year old son, Andy and his first buck.
Also a photograph of one we’re looking for this fall. Thanks and we’ll
let you know what happens!
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