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Miked,For what it is worth... We bought 5 pen raised does last year and turned loose on 200 acres with our native Texas deer, all high fenced. This year we are interested in purchasing a buck. I was shocked at how many breeders would only deliver the buck around September. This is not an option in my opinion and here is why. The pen raised does had a very hard time figuring out what to eat. They started out weighing around 150 lbs and lost down to around 90 lbs. I was sick when I could count all rib bones easily. Eventhough we had gravity feeders, protected by short 2' fencing, they didn't know how to jump. Never had to jump. Didn't know what to eat. Didn't even know to eat acorns. They would have died if they had been turned out in September when grass is getting scarce. Beyond a doubt, I will never receive pen raised deer late in the year unless I am putting into another pen until they are used to foraging.
Miked,
For what it is worth... We bought 5 pen raised does last year and turned loose on 200 acres with our native Texas deer, all high fenced. This year we are interested in purchasing a buck. I was shocked at how many breeders would only deliver the buck around September. This is not an option in my opinion and here is why. The pen raised does had a very hard time figuring out what to eat. They started out weighing around 150 lbs and lost down to around 90 lbs. I was sick when I could count all rib bones easily. Eventhough we had gravity feeders, protected by short 2' fencing, they didn't know how to jump. Never had to jump. Didn't know what to eat. Didn't even know to eat acorns. They would have died if they had been turned out in September when grass is getting scarce. Beyond a doubt, I will never receive pen raised deer late in the year unless I am putting into another pen until they are used to foraging.
