Peter & Jacob SeeHusen – Maine

Last year was the first year we tried a Whitetail Institute product. Up to this point we’ve relied on 35 acres of timothy and other grasses to try and sustain a good, healthy deer herd throughout the year especially during hunting season. We saw a pattern of deer leaving the property around October every year due to the lack of food. Our property offers plenty of cover and water but lacked the nutrition so we decided to try Imperial Whitetail Clover. We planted about 1 acre in June and had tremendous results by mid July. Germination was fast and the clover was thick and deep green in color. The deer loved it. By late August we had 10-12 inches of growth in the containment cages and 6 inches outside. We also planted a ½ acre of Extreme in one of our logging roads and had good success with that too. The moment of truth was October when in the past the deer slowly left the property for better food. Well, it definitely kept them around and in better numbers than we had ever seen. Our buck activity was heating up by mid October. I was glassing bucks I would have never seen before. On the morning of November 4^th I watched a doe enter the clover plot that was acting very nervous. Right on her trail marched this large 8 pointer. There was no doubt this was a shooter. He offered me a good standing shot so I took it. He ran about 200 yards and fell. He dressed out at 205lbs. My son and I were very excited and are definitely hooked on Imperial Whitetail Clover. The deer stayed throughout the remainder of the fall and my father harvested a beautiful 8 pointer the next to last day of the rifle season. Whitetail Institute products definitely made for an exciting summer and fall.