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S P O R T I N G C L A S S I C S 1 0 9 tournaments and an organization for bass fishermen, because I felt the sport deserved respect and recognition. Then in 1987, while hunting over a greenfield buffet of wheat, rye, oats, and clover that had been planted in strips, I had a similar epiphany. I sat on a stand and watched deer step over the other plantings to get to the clover. Before putting the seed in the ground, my buddy at the feed-and-seed store in Montgomery, Alabama, had assured me that deer liked this particular mix. I listened with only half an ear, ay Scott poses in a lush Whitetail Institute food plot where hours later, this huge buck did his own posing for the camera. R T here has been a quiet, green revolution in the world of whitetail hunting over the past 25 years or so, and it's not marked by any particular dramatic event, new hunting gadgets, or better weaponry. It is measured in the increase in the quality of whitetail herds and in the actions of America's hunters. Some of you may know me as the founder of the Bass Anglers Sportsman Society (BASS and Bassmaster), which I started in 1968. But 20 years later, I launched another initiative that focused on white-tailed deer, and since that time it has been my privilege to work with the crown jewels of American fishing and hunting—the black bass and whitetails. In 1967 I had a vision of bass After revolutionizing bass fishing, the author revolutionized trophy whitetail hunting. Ray Scott Wild eritage H