| Review By: Bill Graham aka the Graybeard | Review Posted on: Wed, Jan 09, 2002 |
| Manufactured by: Imperial Whitetail Clover Products | |
| Product Reviewed: Imperial Whitetail Clover Products Mineral Supplements | |
| Review Status: tc | |
| Description of Product | |
| Cutting Edge™ Seasonal Nutritional Supplements for Deer
Cutting Edge's "Initiate" Cutting Edge's "Optimize" Cutting Edge's "Sustain" Imperial Whitetail 30-06™ MINERAL / VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTS. Imperial Whitetail MAGNET MIX™ DEER ATTRACTANT |
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| Tom Edwards of Superior Wildlife Seed Co. provided me with a
variety of their mineral supplements for product testing in addition to several seed varieties which will be reviewed separately. The products provided to me for testing are listed below: Cutting Edge™ Seasonal Nutritional Supplements for Deer Cutting Edge's "Initiate" Cutting Edge's "Optimize" Cutting Edge's "Sustain"
Imperial Whitetail 30-06™ MINERAL / VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTS. Provide the dietary boosts to help you produce trophy bucks! Exclusive flavor and scent enhancer ensures quick and heavy usage. Imperial Whitetail MAGNET MIX™ DEER ATTRACTANT Attracts and holds deer exactly where you want them! I placed these mineral supplements in a spot near a trail regularly used by deer on a piece of private land I have permission to hunt. The products were placed just after the end of hunting season and maintained during the spring, summer and fall periods when the deer most need the supplements. The bucks can certainly use the extra help for rack development and the does to help insure healthy fawns as the land is pretty poor ground and minerals needed are definitely lacking there. Now I guess in one season there is no way to truly say exactly how much boost or benefit the animals derived from the supplements as that just isn't really time to assess the change in body weights or rack sizes. I feel my best measure at this time is the use by the deer and that was heavy. The following photo shows the spot where the supplements were placed next to an old stump and you can clearly see the hole they have eaten right into the ground getting to the minerals as the leached into the ground there. As can be seen in the photo below the deer ate it up.
This is a somewhat unscientific evaluation but the deer herd on the place does seem a bit more healthy this year. The fawns seen are doing well and look big and healthy. The does dropped the fawns on time and fawn survival was great especially considering the drought conditions we experienced this summer and fall. The racks on the bucks are really looking good, as good as any year since I've hunted the property even tho I've seen fewer bucks than normal this year which I attribute to the drought conditions. I give these products the Graybeard Seal of Approval and a thumbs up. I plan to continue to use these products in our deer management plan on this property and perhaps in the future I'll be able to make a more scientific evaluation of the real benefits they have shown us. Visit the Superior Wildlife Seed Co. web site by clicking on the name. |
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Superior Wildlife Feed Co. distributor of IMPERIAL WHITETAIL Brand PO Box 530517 Livonia, Michigan 48153-0517 Voice 1-888-318-BUCK FAX 1-734-458-BUCK CANADA 1-734-458-7928 E-mail info@deerclover.com |
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