Tag Your Fawns With Your Smart Phone

What platforms is the app available on? How do you get the app?

Sounds right my alley. Kind of a "High tech Redneck". And being new to this whole thing I need all the help I can get.

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Jason

KSBUCKS

Hey Joe, just wanted to thank you for letting me tag along with you on Friday when you needed to vaccinate, tag and pull the fawns that were just born. That was very exciting for me and I do appreciate it. For all of you deer farmers out there that have not contacted Rich for a demo of the new management system, i highly recommend that you do. It is so awesome!!!

Sounds like a good idea as long as you keep hard copies later on. I wouldn't use the Iphone as it has no external memory card. So if phone crashes as they all do, there goes your data.

Dear Midwest,



You are correct that the iPhone does not have an external storage device.



However, Whitetail Quest's Mobile Applications were designed and built to NOT store any information on the phones themselves.



When someone pulls up our Fawn Tagging App, they will enter the information on the smart phone screen and as soon as they hit the sumbit button, the data is instanly transfered off the phone and onto the server that stores the information.



That's the beauty of this system. Right now the current Farm Management Programs requires the farmer to preform back ups of their system. Our new management software runs on an Enterprise Server in Dallas, TX. Each night, the server preforms a backup for the farmer. It then sends a copy of the backup to another secure server in a different state.



Your phone could crash, your computer could crash and the data can be restored instantly from two locations across the country.



This system uses the Internet as a funnel to access data to any device that can connect to the Internet. Industries across the country have been using similar systems for the past 10 years. We chose to develop and utilize this very advanced technology for the deer industry.



This will work on any version of Windows or Mac, it is networkable, and can be accessed anywhere in the world.



This system will also allow you to print all records for a paper backup if you wish!!!



Thanks for you great question Midwest.

Richard

IT Dept

But you need to have cell phone service to make this work I would imagine - it is very spotty in our area.

Wild Rivers Whitetails said:

But you need to have cell phone service to make this work I would imagine - it is very spotty in our area.

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Gary,



We use Verizon, ATT and Cell Com with great success. We have been giving tours all week and to be asked who is that yearling or 2 year old? and within 10 seconds give the visitor the pedigree last year score width, photos of father, grandfather any offspring, # straws collected and how the quality of semen tested. This is a real tool that delivers.



Gary if you have interest we can drive up and show you and Jane.



Scott

Wild Rivers Whitetails said:

But you need to have cell phone service to make this work I would imagine - it is very spotty in our area.

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HI GARY AND JANE,



Scott asked me to offer my services as their cellular provider. Cellcom would be more than happy to have you try our service because we have good reception in the Laona area. Applecreek Whitetails or myself would be able to let you use one our phones to see if it would work in your area. We won't know what your reception would be unless you try one of our phones. According to our map, it should work. There will be no cost to try our service. Scott would like your business to be able to take advantage of the programs available. Please let me know or Scott know if you would be interested.



Thank you,



Tom Krause

Cellcom Wireless Sales Consultant

ph: 715-853-7859

email: [email protected]

Sounds AWESOME!

What are the costs? Initial? Monthly?



Thanks!

kkeller said:

What are the costs? Initial? Monthly?



Thanks!

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Karl,



We will charge based on size of your farm. Now we are looking for farms test free for 90 days. After test you will receive 50% discount first year for being part on intro stage.



Scott



If you have interest please post and Richard will contact you for personal review.

We are interested!



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Clay and Shannon Blevins

I'm interested in a tour, thanks.



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For the farms that wish to tour our New Management System, I have not forgotten any of you, I will be contacting you in the VERY near future to setup a tour.



I have one day left on finalizing our new Fawn Feeding Record Module that is part of the Management Side of Quest. I have attached a screen shot to give you a sneak preview. I will also be posting demo videos on Quest shortly so the farmers can see how powerful and beneficial this software is.



I also want to thank Robbie from Fawn Country for helping "Queak" out this section of the software. Her expertise in this area allowed us to add features and valuable resources that she has used in her business! I wasn't able to say good bye on Saturday guys, but I truly am greatful for all your insite!



The screen shot below shows the daily schedule for the fawn feedings. As you can see, it tracks where the fawns are in the feeding schedule, lists the recommended oz. to feed, tracks locations (crates & pens), tracks bowel movements, keeps history, offers alerts and will even provide a feeding personnel schedule.



The feature that I am most proud of, is the alert messages and the quick lookup history of the past feedings. We have given the software (based on methods from Robbie at Fawn Country, Inc) 3 levels of concern. If the fawn does not produce a satisfactory bowel movement, the system will alert you so that you can address the issue before it becomes a problem. It also provides you, with the click of a button, a history of the last 15, 25, or 50 feedings so that you could look for patterns in the fawns history.







Watch for the upcoming videos posted on Quest! As we test and complete each module I will prepare a quick demo video showing the unique features.



PS. I am working on the Smart Phone feature as we speak to incorporate all the information contained in the above screen shot!



Richard Mews

Whitetail Quest / Apple Creek Whitetails

Richard - looks AWESOME!!! I can't wait to get started on this system!

Scott, thanks for the offer to come out but we have a system that works for us. It may not be as high tech, but it certainly is reliable. We also have a computer program we use that was written for us by someone. We have it just where we want it.



I was just thinking that if folks are in a cell phone dead zone, this wouldn't work for them. Our problem here is that there just aren't any towers period. Only one 5 miles away that sometimes works, but with the lay of the land not always. If you are on top of a hill you can get a signal, but go down the hill and nothing. We have zero cell phone service at our house - no matter what carrier you have. We have a big hill that blocks the one tower in the area. Hopefully that will change somewhere down the road.

Wild Rivers Whitetails said:

Scott, thanks for the offer to come out but we have a system that works for us. It may not be as high tech, but it certainly is reliable. We also have a computer program we use that was written for us by someone. We have it just where we want it.



I was just thinking that if folks are in a cell phone dead zone, this wouldn't work for them. Our problem here is that there just aren't any towers period. Only one 5 miles away that sometimes works, but with the lay of the land not always. If you are on top of a hill you can get a signal, but go down the hill and nothing. We have zero cell phone service at our house - no matter what carrier you have. We have a big hill that blocks the one tower in the area. Hopefully that will change somewhere down the road.

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Gary & Jane,



Thanks for your response.



You are not the first farmer to question the bad cell phone areas. The nice feature about this system is any smart phone that has the ability to access the internet doesn't require good cell phone coverage, but wireless internet access. Any of the wireless routers can be modified to extend the wireless internet coverage to up to 5,000 feet in a circle, between $100 - $500 for the equipment.



The thought process behind the software, is to have access any where you go. I know from my experience, I am not always in the office but I can literally see all the activities concerning my farm while I am traveling. You never know who you may run into or information you may need.



Also, for $200 Cel Com is offering a booster that will be installed right onto your vehicle that will extend your cell coverage in a circle around your car, boosting the signal from 1 watt to 3 watts.



Anyways, I thank you for your comments and the offer still stands if you or any other deer farmer who may wish to tour or view Quest Information Systems.



Scott