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  1. H

    Fawn pen

    What does everyone use for bottle fawn pens? Looking for ideas. Thanks
  2. C

    Pen Ground cover

    Im just starting out . I have a 10 acre area that I want to build my pens on, it had sunflowers on it this year . It will be worked up, fertilized and lime added in the spring . What should I plant to get established before I even put in a post.
  3. L

    How many deer per pen

    Hi guys, Just wanted to know how many deer people are keeping per pen and what size pen are you using? How many pens as well would be a good start to know as well.
  4. D

    Building deer pen

    I’m starting to plan out a 3-4 acre deer pen. Has anyone ever used cattle panels for the pen? I know the cost is more, but would it work? Any thoughts?
  5. G

    deer got out of pen

    one of our bucks got out of the pen or I should sau someone left the gate open we are trying to get him back in he is staying around is it a good idea? we have other bucks in the pen also would they fight now or still get along?
  6. Freedom Whitetails

    share your Pen and handling building layouts

    I am sharing my pen layout and handling barn layout in hopes to help someone and encourage you to share yours to help others like me get ideas   scale on the barn is one square is 2' scale on pen layout is on square is 20'
  7. J

    Pen design

    I need some help designing my new pen. I have almost a acer fenced in now. I am wanting at add about another acer this spring. I can't find any maps that have my pen in view yet so I made this on my phone. I was thinking about making same size pen right beside pen I already have with a alley...
  8. O

    Selling Deer Pen Supplies

    (0,0,0);, ' ', 'Lucida Grande', ;16px;background-(255,255,255)Hey guys. A friend of mine is sold all of his deer and now he is selling his fencing. I'm trying to help him get rid of his stuff. He's located in north Alabama. Here is what he has for sell and his phone numbers. (0,0,0);, ' '...
  9. E

    Bottle fed deer 15weeks old/was turn out from her pen

    We've been raising a baby deer since birth, she sleeps in the house and is the sweetest ever. She has a pen that she stays in during the day and yesterday evening right before dark, someone open the gate to her pen and she was spooked by a neighboring dog, she fled and I haven't seen her since...
  10. N

    steel fawn pen 22x30 ft square

    This is actually 8  panels made of   3 inch across  steel pipe and heavy steel  wire , 43 inches high , when joined together makes a 22 x 30 ft square pen, this was originally used at county fairs as holding pen, there are 5x5 inch steel plates at the bottom of each post so it could be bolted...
  11. D

    Aunts I pen

    What is a safe ant bait to put out in my pens fawns are on the ground and finding ants on a few of them.
  12. R&J Whitetails

    Pen layout

    how would this look for a set up?? not sure how many acres there is out here but I just threw this together. I would build 1 pen each year and we have to tare the barn down so all I have for a facility would be the little building on the back of the Quonset and I just looked at that and the roof...
  13. R

    Cougar in the Deer Pen

    Please see the below link. Interesting to note Dr. Patty Klein's wildlife experience prior to her USDA CWD program manager. Offers some explanation for the discrimination that our industry is faced with...
  14. M

    leach lines pen????

    Okay, Well in planning layouts of pens one design places the end of a leach field line in the pen. Now my question is will this cause problems with sickness? I know that you can't have cattle or horses on them because of weight but do any of you see a problem? Also I was thinking if we...
  15. L

    Moving deer from pen to pen

    Well I guess it's time to seperate does from their fawns. As this will be our first time I just had a couple of questions and appreciate any other advice. Pens are setup such that open gates create an alley from pen to pen. Is it feasible to think that the fawns can be seperated just by...
  16. S

    Big on Paper or BIG in the Pen??

    Should be a good topic. I choose BIG in the Pen. I understand the importance of pedigree particually in the does. But I see several pics of bucks that are at best average then comes the earful of what they are out of. You seem to especially hear the PEDIGREES when they don't have it on the...
  17. T

    ONDR pen inspections

    i have 1st hand information that the DNR in morrow county ohio is refusing to do pen inspections.this is not acceptable.there is a person in that county that needs inspected and the DNR officer there says he aint doin it and for pony not to call him anymore,he would call when he gets info on pen...
  18. T

    Found fawn in pen flopping

    I found a fawn in the breeder pen yesterday flopping. She keeps trying to turn her head to the right and flip over. What could be wrong?
  19. P

    dogs in deer pen

    Neighbors dogs got into my deer pens yesterday and killed some of my deer. Wrecked antlers on a bunch of yearling bucks. Alot of my pregnant does had cuts on there faces and neck from hitting the fence. The dog owner called me to tell me they were in there and apologized. I drove straight there...
  20. K

    Is there a safe spray to kill weeds around my pen?

    Hello, is there a salt mixture or something that would not potentially harm my deer for killing weeds? I just have too many feet of fence to try and weedeat every week! They are getting inot my electric fence. Has anyone found anything safe? thanks
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