Dale Merkel – Nebraska

I have hunted whitetail deer my entire life. I have always obtained permission on some private land or somewhere along the Missouri River Breaks. In the fall of 1994 my wife and I had an opportunity to purchase some ground of our own. The size of the property was 107 acres. With this, I realized with larger properties surrounding us, we would have to make improvements to keep the deer coming and staying on our property. The first couple of years, my son, Luke, my friend Randy, and myself were just happy to have a private place to call our own. We had good success, but that is when I realized we had to do more to enhance the quality of deer that we were harvesting. We then cleared some areas for food plots and introduced Imperial Whitetail Clover. At first we thought that it just might be another gimmick, but how quickly our minds changed! One year, the deer population was incredible and the quality of the bucks increased tremendously; this made us a little more patient because of the numbers. Since then I try to plant a little more clover every year. I agree after reading some of the letters from your field testers that the more plots you can have, the better chance you have at harvesting a mature buck. You can visit my food plots at any time of the day, and you will always see deer feeding away on the clover.

Enclosed you will find two pictures of deer we have taken, after we started planting Whitetail Clover! The picture of my gate will show you the difference it has made with the increase in antler growth. The picture of the food plot will show the Imperial Whitetail Clover at its best. The food plot in the photo was planted in the spring of 2005 and has been a magnet for the deer ever since.

We just wanted to send these photos to the Whitetail Institute to encourage other readers that we feel there is not a better product on the market. Once again thank you for the work and research you have done.