🏹 Whitetail Institute BowStand – 4 lb

This one is basically a precision kill-plot seed—very similar to Secret Spot, but tuned a little more for bringing deer right into bow range.

✅ Basic info

• Size: 4 lb

• Coverage: ~4,500 sq ft (same as Secret Spot)

• Type: fall annual food plot

• Designed for: bow hunting locations

🌿 What’s in it

• Blend of:

  • Radish

  • Lettuce

  • Other high‑attraction forages

👉 Compared to Secret Spot:

• Slightly more aggressive attraction

• Built specifically to stop deer in shooting lanes

🦌 What it does best

• Pulls deer into:

  • trails

  • funnels

  • pinch points

• Keeps them feeding close and relaxed

👉 It’s designed to put deer inside 20–30 yards

🔥 Key features

• ✅ Fast germination & quick attraction

• ✅ Works in partial shade (woods)

• ✅ Handles drought + cold well

• ✅ Keeps producing even under heavy grazing

• ✅ Has pH booster (helps poor soil)

📅 When to plant (Michigan)

• Aug 1 → mid/late September

👉 Same window as:

• Secret Spot

• Oats Plus

🌱 How to plant

Super easy (just like Secret Spot):

1. Clear leaves / grass

2. Expose dirt

3. Broadcast seed

4. Lightly rake in

   • 1/8" deep or less

5. Rain = growth in about a week

🟢 Best places to use it

🎯 PERFECT SPOTS

• Right under your tree stand

• Along trail crossings

• Inside funnels / pinch points

• Small openings in timber

👉 Anywhere deer naturally pass within bow range

👉 Simple way to think about it:

• Secret Spot = staging/hidden feeding area

• BowStand = kill zone right at your stand

🔥 Best way to use BOTH (this is deadly)

Setup:

BEDDING
   ↓
Secret Spot (staging area)

   ↓ 30–60 yards

BowStand (right in shooting range)

   ↓
Big plot (oats/destination/peas)

👉 What happens:

• Deer stage in Secret Spot

• Move into BowStand before dark

• You get daylight shot

💡 Pro tips

• Keep it small (1/20–1/10 acre)

• Place it:

  • downwind of bedding

  • right in your shooting lanes

• Don’t overhunt it or you’ll burn it out

👍 Bottom line

BowStand = one of the best “close-range kill plot” seeds there is.

• Grows fast ✔

• Works in woods ✔

• Pulls deer into bow range ✔

👉 If Secret Spot gets deer close…
👉 BowStand is what gets them inside 20 yards.