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I had someone stop by my farm yesterday in southern Indiana. He introduced himself as Taylor Rose Historic Outfitters. It started out with him telling me they was making a new brochure for an old boy scout camp not too far from me and he was asking about taking some pictures of my dear for the...

URGENT MESSAGE FROM IDEFA!! The Indiana Deer & Elk Farmers Association needs your help. On September 30, 2014, Judge John Evans issued a ruling saying the Indiana Department of Natural Resources could not regulate fenced hunting preserves. Now the Anti’s are asking Governor Pence to...

Hello everyone! Below is a link for booking your hotel reservations for the PDFA Fall Sale. It is with the Holiday Inn in Indiana, Pennsylvania. If for some reason the link does not work, please give them a call at 1 877 834 3613 and the block is called PDF to get the group rate. Here is...

I have a doe that needs moved from Shipshewana, IN to Millersburg, OH if you are moving deer this direction or know of anyone who is, please contact me at 330-231-4282 or [email protected] Thank you in advance for your assistance.

The Indiana Deer & Elk Farmers Association’s Annual Membership Meeting & Fundraiser will be held April 27th at Chupp’s Auction Center in Shipshewana. I am in the process of collecting all the donations and advertising at this time. Please consider helping us out as this is our yearly...

VETERINARIANS WHO perform cervid work: BOAH staff is in the process of updating our USAHERDS database. Please contact our office to verify your profile is up-to-date and includes a notation that you practice on cervids. This will ensure you receive important species-specific information. Also...

Not too sure what to think... INDIANAPOLIS - Online support from across the world is targeting local and state lawmakers to drop the charges against a Fayette County couple after they rescued an injured deer and nursed it back to health. The little deer is gaining quite a lot of attention...

this was sent out by our DNR today. This deer escaped in the spring and I looked through all of the DNR bulletins since the first of March and couldn't find a prior alert from them. The herd was not accredited and any escapees are to be harvested that are not from an accredited herd...

Just wanted to let everyone know that I tried to get health papers to move two doe fawns into Indiana from Ohio this week. We were told that we can't bring them in for at least two weeks, probably longer because of the CWD found in Penn. The CWD was found over 7hrs away from our farm. This just...

I am heading to Indiana tomorrow and I'm looking for farms to visit. I don't have anything set up until noon thursday so I'm pretty much free all day. If you have time for a visit please pm me here or call my cell 740 503-2459. Thanks in advance, Ron

Hope everyone that experienced the storms yesterday made it through safe and sound. I was not in the region. Was feeling pretty helpless could not get a hold of Tina till after 11 pm last night. All is well everyone just scared. Deer were fine hardly spooked and was ready for breakfast this...

Come join us at the Indiana Deer & Elk Farmers Annual Meeting & Fundraising event on April 28th at the Chupp Auction Center in Shipshewana, IN. Saturday registration will start at 8:00 am. The membership meeting will begin shortly after with election of officers at 10:00 am. Lunch will be...

No Cases of Bovine TB, CWD Found in Wild Deer INDIANAPOLIS (20 April 2012)—Recent testing of Indiana’s wild white-tailed deer population has found no cases of bovine tuberculosis. Testing for chronic wasting disease (CWD) also proves negative. For the third consecutive year, the Indiana...

Hello All, Our Hunting Preserve Bill HB1265 will be going on the floor today for second reading. This where the House members have the opportunity to offer amendments to what was passed and came out of the Natural Resource Committee. I will keep you updated. Please see the article below in...

Currently there is a bill to allow high fenced preserves again into Indiana. However the general public is causing a lot of up roar over this. One of the piece of 'evidence' that has been presented as to why they should not be allowed is this video. http://vimeo.com/5680646. Any suggestions...

Eddie Ray Borkholder and I would like to introduce two new breeders from Levi Weaver. 1st is BUCKY RANGER 286@3 Maxbo Ranger / Doc-Flees Bucky/Bj (Bucky/Bj doe is Hardcore 911's MOM) 24" inside G 2's and G 3's over 12 inches and 30" beams with a huge main frame. 2nd Heavy Ranger 265@3...

Farmers Have New Options for Disposal of Livestock Carcasses INDIANAPOLIS (27 July 2011)—Hoosier livestock producers now have two more methods for animal carcass disposal, after members of the Indiana State Board of Animal Health (BOAH) voted to expand the list of state-approved options at...

Does anyone know what is required for a fawn to sold from a PA farm to an Indiana farm? We may have a buyer for a few of our fawns, but we are not yet TB and Brucellosis certified. Do the fawns need to be tested? I think in PA, they do not need to be tested until they are 1 year old...

The IDEFA Annual Meeting & Fundraiser will be held March 5, 2011 in Nappanee, IN at the Borkholder Dutch Village. To view the auction catalog, please go to www.indianadeer.net. You may bid on most of the auction items on the Whitetail Exchange starting today.

Message from the State Veterinarian As the New Year begins, my staff and I reflect back on a very busy 2010, that was teeming with challenges on all fronts. Last year began with all eyes on the budget. Like other state agencies, we were working to trim our budget in the face of lagging...