Here’s the rundown for Whitetail Institute Secret Spot Deer Food Plot Seed This isn't your granddad’s food plot mix. Whitetail Institute’s Secret Spot is made for the kind of places you can’t get a tractor into—backwoods, grown up logging roads, tucked-away clearings, you name it. You just clear a patch of ground, rough it up a bit, toss the seed down, and let nature do her thing. No tiller? No problem.