Tony Mollus – Missouri

I am enclosing a few pictures of whitetails that my son Jake and I have taken over the past several years. These bucks were taken on property that we own with some friends of ours and manage for quality deer hunting. One of the farms borders a federal refuge and as you can imagine, this piece of land offers great opportunities for big deer. The other piece of land however, lies smack dab in the middle of what our local conservation officers affectionately refer to as “Poachers Alley”.

This second piece of property and the difficulties of maintaining and managing the deer herd upon it were the reasons that we first became interested in your products. We wanted to bring deer onto the property from surrounding farms, plus we were hoping to keep our resident deer a little closer to home in an effort to allow them to live long enough to grow into adults.

Most of the locals in the area surrounding this piece of land scoffed at the idea of food plots and quality deer management. They said that the only folks who would benefit from our efforts were the poachers. Undaunted, we pressed on. Imperial Clover and Alfa-Rack plots were planted and judicious watch was set up over the property. We put a stop to the trespassing and invited conservation department personnel to aid us in patrolling the property against poachers. We then set aside 75% of the hard cover in one continuous block as a refuge or sanctuary for the deer. We limited hunting on the property to archery only for the first several years and then only in conjunction with strict harvest limits.

It didn’t take long to see the rewards of our efforts. By the second year, we were seeing several times the number of deer that we had previously observed. The deer were staying near the plots and utilizing the “refuge” that we provided for them. By the fourth year, we began to hunt the land with the intent of taking only bucks of at least 4 ½ years of age. Now in our seventh year, we have kept all of our property enhancement measures in place from food plots to restricted harvest of mature bucks and what was once “Poachers Alley” is now a deer hunting paradise. The photo (1) of the 5x5 with six stickers of over two inches represents our reward and our commitment to the future. He was aged by a conservation department biologist at 6 ½, and he has become proof positive to the locals that QDM and quality food sources do produce big deer. I took this buck within sight of one of our Imperial Whitetail Clover plots.

The 130 class 8-point in photo (2) with my son Jake was taken the following day on the piece of ground near the Federal refuge. After enjoying so much success with your products at the other farm, we decided to plant them on both properties. This buck was standing in the Alfa-Rack when the shot was taken.

It is with great appreciation that we offer you a heartfelt thank you for the help in making our deer hunting dreams come true. We feel confident that without your superior clover and alfalfa seeds, the outcome of our venture could well have been far less positive. We always have and forever will continue to preach the benefits of QDM and quality food sources, and the quality of your Whitetail products has proven their worth to us.