Gus Persons – Georgia

I have hunted since I was about seven years old and have always lived where hunting was never more than minutes away. Early on, I hunted mostly small game, quail and doves. In the late ’80s I saw Ray Scott’s idea on Imperial Whitetail Clover for year-round food plots. Some of my first orders were for Imperial Clover, 30-06, Alfa-Rack and Extreme. Some of your products worked good in the old row crop fields. I called the Whitetail Institute several years ago not expecting much help. To my surprise, a young man named Wilson answered the phone. Before I could ask a question he asked, “Can I help you?” I said, “You certainly can.” Wilson and I have talked many times on the telephone and I can say that you not only sell seed but you give great information and help to your customers. One of the first things he suggested was soil samples. I now have 12 food plots ranging from a half acre to an acre of beautiful Imperial Whitetail Clover and have established two plots of Extreme. Several of the better plots are over four years old and provide high-protein food year-round. I am growing much bigger deer with large racks thanks as much to your product as to the service that goes with it. We have had extremely dry summers for four of the last five years. My hay farmer has been cutting several tons of rich clover hay off of each of my food plots even during the years of very little rain. In closing, I would like to thank the Whitetail Institute for their fine products and for the service that they are most willing to provide.

P.S. I’ve enclosed several photographs. Photo 1 shows what the bucks’ racks looked like before I started using Whitetail Institute products. Photo 2 shows what the buck’s racks look like now. Photo 3 is just another example of what high quality nutrition can do.

Enclosed is a picture of a nice 11-point I harvested this last November shotgun season here in Illinois. My hunting partner and I have been planting Imperial Clover for six years now and have seen great results. We now have 11 plots on the 200 acres we hunt. The deer just can’t seem to get enough of the Imperial Clover. During the year when we do a little scouting, we see the does with their fawns in the clover patches, we fully believe with the high nutritional value and easy access to the clover the does wean their fawns on it and once they are accustomed to the clover they just keep coming back time after time.

On this particular hunt the wind was blowing 20 to 25 miles an hour plus it was 60 degrees. I saw a few does on the morning hunt but no sign of any bucks. I went to my stand early in the day for the afternoon hunt hoping the wind would lay down. At 3:15 p.m. I heard what I thought was just another squirrel off my right shoulder. When I rolled my head to the right there he was in a semi-sneak position about 60 yards away. My slug did the rest.

We are also planting PowerPlant this year and have great expectations for another Whitetail Institute Product. Thank you.