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Does here are normally bred in late January. Today October 29th, 2 1/2 months early, I saw a buck breed a 2 year old doe that I had planned to AI in January. Do you think she is really in heat and will she take. Have you ever seen a doe stand that was not in heat?

To look at semen with a microscope do I use just a slide or should I cover it with a sheath?

Is there a trick to getting the deer to eat the cydectin sheep drench? I sprayed it on to some Purina AntlerMax Deer Chow 300, the sweet feed, that they normally fight over to eat and they will not touch it. I even taped off the regular protein feeder and in one night, they chewed off the tape...

Question...if a deer is infected by a midge and shows symptoms can a mosquito feed on that deer and pass the virus to a healthy deer. Can a biting fly do the same?? can a non-infected midge bite an infected deer and pass the virus to a healthy deer??

In general, do most people in this industry make a living from deer farming or is it more of a hobby/supplemental income? I know very little about the business but own piece of recreational farm that I'd like to use to start generating some kind of income. Deer farming is intriguing to me & may...

on Thursday morning I was putting out hay in the breeder pen, I saw a pretty good blood trail....I knew it had to be my breeder buck, I looked at him with the binoculars, he broke a 2" kicker, it is bent down but still on. the velvet is torn, but now it looks black and scabbed up. I have been...

Question...we are considering buying a post driver to high fence our farm. It seems most tractor mounted post drivers accept no more than a 10' length post. If that is the case and we need 8' exposed, that means we only have 2' embedded in the ground. I would assume we would want more...

I'm a little new to the whole raising deer thing, and I have a few questions. First let me say I acquired him cause his mom abandoned him and I know she did because where we found him was where our trail cameras were and he was there by himself for two days she never showed back up. So we ended...

What size needle is most commonly used on jab sticks? Thanks in advance for any responses.

A friend of my mine and I hand feed our deer and he just bought a self-feeder and it seems the amount of feed they consume went way up when he started using it. I had the same result some years ago . Is this just because it's new to them or what??? Has anyone else seen this and if you have will...

Quick questions for those who use their feeders, I have always had mine under roof in small shelters in my pens. I am moving one into a new pen that doesn't have shelter. Question is that I use pelleted feed and do I need to worry about a little rain getting into the feeding tubes and soaking my...

I have a question for the preserve owners. What would the majority of your hunters shoot first?...the 10pt typ 17 inch wide or the 8pt typ 20 inch wide, with the mass and heigth the same on each buck.

Name who you think the top five (or who ever you can name) producing does are of all time!!:confused::D

I have noticed that a lot of people use SCI scoring instead of B&C. I was wondering if there are any distinct differences and why the preference seems to be SCI. If any of you could educate me on this it would be greatly appreciated. I ask because the only system I have ever used is Boone and...

hi anybody ever have a deer have there tongue hang out ? my 1 tame doe has her tongue hang out sometimes like 1/4 out is there anything i can give her to solve this from her doing this ? thanks for the help

There seems to be alot of bucks in Indiana that are getting sick and it seems to be right before shedding. Has anybody put them down and pulled the velvet off. Got wondering, we lost one of our breeders over labor day weekend, and I still have one that the tips are sticking through and has us...

how do you get the fawns to start eating grains or feed? mine will turn up their nose and walk off.......I use Max Rack, some oats, tried some sweet feed, just trying to get them started. They will graze in the pen though

I read in another thread about cutting your herd size down to help the deer market in these tough times. My question is, what do you do with them? Can you just have them butchered by state regs? I know you can only have 4 deaths before you have to have them "tested" for CWD. Is that unexplained...

Hello. I was wanting to get the expert opinion of this site. Would a normal, Alabama doe be work AIing to a good strand of Northern genetics? I do not know what kind of genetics the Doe has. I wasn't sure if it would be just a waste of time to try and Ai some good genetics and see what...

does anyone know if it is possible to insure single deer in your herd,I am making a pricey purchase on a breeder buck and i wont do it without insurance, or is there a company that will insure a herd REASONABLY, and if so where can you get insurance from. I am not having any luck finding info on...