New York Summer 2023

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

PRESIDENT

Dave Vanderzee

Easton View Outfitters

518-210-8889

eastonviewoutfittersllc@gmail.com

DIRECTORS

MIKE KERRY

Four Season Whitetails 315-783-2848

fourseasonwhitetails@hotmail.com

Robert Root

Moriah Elk Farm 607-657-8069

rootnyelk@aol.com

Tom Peryea 518-561-3555

tomselkranch@juno.com

TIM RATER

French Creek Whitetails 570 Maple Ave Clymer, NY 14724

716-355-8870

timrater21@gmail.com

MIKE ROSENWIE

Concord Whitetail Scents 12495 Kern Rd Springville, NY 14141

716-912-7314

rosey9473@hotmail.com

MIKE CZORA

Prime Whitetails 336 Woodruff Rd Rush, NY 14543 585-330-9100

mike@primewhitetails.com

WAYNE HETTENBAUGH

Valley View Whitetails NY 4496 RT 241 Randolph, NY 14772 716-499-9367

whett6@hotmail.com

DAN JENNINGS

JB Farms 143 Beach Hill Rd New Ashford, NY 01237 413-822-1040

dan.jennings02@gmail.com

NYDEFA MEMBER MESSAGE:

Hello NYDEFA members, Summer is here and the bucks are really growing. It is such an exciting time to be a deer farmer.

Hopefully everybody had a great fawning season. We are bottle raising nine doe fawns this year but many thanks to my wife and children I don’t need to do much myself.

On August 19th is the NYDEFA summer picnic at Prime Whitetails. Everybody is welcome and you don’t want to miss it. There will be lots of food, games, and prizes. Come and enjoy the day.

Contact me at:

dana@abcmailbox.net

for more info.

On August 4th & 5th is the IDEFA summer picnic. My wife and I are planning on going. I really look forward to the farm tours on the 5th.

As for NY deer industry news the best right now is Bethanne Shane from Ag & Markets applied for some co-operative agreement money. Sometime in July we should know if it is approved. This money would go for research and also some would be available to NY deer farmers for genetic testing. Stay tuned or contact me or Dan Jennings for more info.

I also want to give Dan Jennings a big thank you for participating in the annual DC Fly in. Dan met with NY representative Nicholas Langworthy and Elise Stefanik. I really appreciate your time and effort Dan!

Hope to see you all at the NYDEFA summer picnic! Have a great summer!!!

NYDEFA Member

Dana Hoover, Owner of Mountain Side Whitetails

If you have any questions regarding the NYDEFA membership or association dues, please Call Dana at: 315-595-2202

Dan Jennings at the DC Fly In

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BLUE CREEK WHITETAILS FOCUSED ON PRODUCING ELITE WHITETAILS

By: Gail Veley

Blue Creek Whitetails Manager

Jimmie Neeley pauses at the pen of Royal, his favorite doe on the farm he breathes life into seven days a week. As Royal approaches him, it isn’t so much the treat he’s holding that she’s interested in, but rather, the affection he offers along with it. She nuzzles and licks his hand as he strokes her neck and softly talks to her. Her sheer delight in seeing him is obvious. And vice versa. And just like the farm itself, there is a lot to appreciate about Royal, whose pedigree includes Blue Chip, Freeze Frame, Shadow and Tasha among others. This four-year-old doe is also perhaps a symbol of what is good and right in the deer industry and at Blue Creek Whitetails. Their superior animal husbandry skills combined with breeding superior genetics, finds Blue Creek Whitetails producing some of the most elite whitetails in the industry.

The sprawling 250-acre farm in Falfurrias, Texas, is home to approximately 1,150 deer including bucks and does. What that number does not include is the 400-500 fawns expected this season. And while those sheer numbers of deer may seem overwhelming from a management perspective, Neeley, who always keeps the big picture in the back of his mind, lives by this decree. “We take things one step at a time and one deer at a time,” he

explained. “You don’t only focus on the big picture. You learn to slow down and simplify and to keep your goals clearly defined. We have a great team of employees that always goes above and beyond in every circumstance.”

Neeley and his wife Kayla are as devoted as anyone could be in their positions. Yet, both realize how lucky they are to have the dedicated team of employees working right alongside them. “We have one gentleman working here that no matter what time you decide to start that day, he always the first one there. He refuses to show up second to work,” Neeley, 41, shared. “We also have an employee who’s a licensed veterinarian in Mexico. After seeing to the deer, he’s not one bit scared to work hard and pick up a weed eater or get on a tractor. He’s 70 years old and he’s amazing. All of the employees here are amazing and work together seven days a week. Every one of them is a valuable asset. We deeply appreciate everything that they do.”

Neeley, along with farm owners Billy and Alice Oehmig, also appreciate the partnerships they have on a few prized breeding bucks. These include Ice Man with Jade Webster of MVP Whitetails, Simply Irresistible and Wanted with Brad Hassig of Prime Acres as well as Are You

Ready with MVP Whitetails, Prime Acres, Jesse Boger of Limitless Genetics, Kiser Creek and Billy Sage. “With our business partners and production record, we believe we are moving in the right direction,” Neeley said. “Our customer base is growing immensely. They are extremely important to us along with building and maintaining good relationships. We do everything we can to make things right. And we are always looking to improve and make the herd better.”

In their spare time the Neeley’s enjoy going to the beach and also going to the gym to workout. Yet, coming back home to the farm is a feeling unlike any other. At the end of the day, crimson colors cascade as the perfect backdrop to a pen with 100 does thriving among evergreen live oak trees endemic to the Texas terrain. From his back porch Neeley takes the sight in, which never gets old. He lets out a grateful sigh that another day has gone well at this deer paradise. As he lays down next to Kayla and prepares for a good night’s rest, his last waking thought has been known to be “How can we grow bigger deer?” Check out Blue Creek Whitetails on Facebook as well as their website www. bluecreekwhitetails.com.

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Reservation for space and buck info will be due no later than July 7-12 2023. If you have an existing picture ready to go, that will also be due at this time. If you would like to send in a last minute photo of your buck, the cutoff date is August 14th by 8am CST. Placement will be in order of first come first serve. Printing and mailing will start August 15th and be in hand between August 21-25th. Just in time for semen sales getting ready for Breeding Season. These will be mailed to members of the 15 state associations we service.

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THE IMPORTANCE OF METICULOUS RECORD KEEPING

By: Gail Veley • Sponsored by WOL

Abig “framey” typical buck pauses from grazing and glances up at the horizon, focused on a noise in the distance. In that moment, Trey Havard just can’t help himself. He stops what he’s doing to admire the result of the careful genetics, hard work and dedication he and his wife Kayla have poured into their deer farm, Buddy’s Whitetails in Slaughter, Louisiana. While careful herd management is at the core of any successful deer farm, Havard, now in his eighth year of deer farming, also knows meticulous record keeping is just as important.

“Accurate records and identification of animals are very important in all livestock operations. Not only does it provide a means to track herd management and identify lost or stolen animals, but it also allows for disease traceability so veterinarians can rapidly identify which animals were potentially exposed to a disease,” said Louisiana Department of Agriculture

and Forestry (LDAF) Commissioner Mike Strain, D.V.M. “Better records allow for an accurate, expediated analysis and response to any situation.”

Thorough record keeping can cover a wide variety of topics from substantiating pedigrees, the loss, sale or purchase of animals, number of fawn births, fence inspection, quantities of feed bought and fed and drug use, to name several. While accurate record keeping also allows a deer farmer to better ascertain the health and vitality of a herd, it can also allow them to retain their license and operate compliantly with their state’s governing bodies. In Louisiana (and other states) annual summer audits are conducted to essentially ensure deer herds are healthy, well-cared for and that they stay that way, Havard, 37, explained.

Preparation for the auditing process begins in May in Louisiana when the LDAF sends paperwork to existing deer farmers asking for updates or changes from the previous year, followed by a visit in June from state officials. Each inspection consists of verifying farm inventory and transfers, ensuring there is no over-population of animals as well as a fence inspection to confirm the safe containment of herds. “They want to make sure there are no washouts or places where a deer could escape,” Havard said. With the goal of all licensees maintaining compliance, should the LDAF find a deer farmer to be non-compliant in any audited areas,

the LDAF Commissioner has authority to revoke or suspend any license and/ or impose a fine of any licensee that is found guilty of violating Title 3 Revised Statutes.

While there are deer management software programs available for record keeping, deer farmers may opt to use an Excel spreadsheet for tracking (for example) the type and amount of medication used to safely knock a deer down or the number of times a fawn takes the bottle, urinates or defecates. Other programs such as Quickbooks can be used for tracking feed and medication expenses.

While parasite control is not usually a consideration when being audited, it may be another important issue to keep track of. In addition, breeding decisions and practices (such as match or line breeding) and genetics utilized also require meticulous oversight. “An extremely crucial thing is expense tracking with things such as medications and feed,” Havard said. “It’s important to track profits and losses. Another essential area is keeping track of which doe had fawns that survived or which does are more successful at producing healthy fawns. Without accurate records, it could get very hard to stay on top of this and every other aspect of running a successful deer farm. You can’t afford to overlook a single detail.”

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EFFECTIVE BOTTLE FEEDING – TIPS FROM WOODARD WHITETAILS

By: Gail Veley • Sponsored by Kala

Dustin

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enters the fawning facility at Woodard Whitetails and kneels beside their latest spring arrivals. Blosser, a young West Virginia native, may only be 24, but his experience growing up on a pig, cattle and whitetail deer farm, combined with his maturity, has found him in the role of Farm Manager since September of 2021. Now, nestled inside a calving hutch, curious, eager and hungry fawns come forward, some nibbling at Blosser’s arms, jeans and well-worn leather boots. Sticking his face down to their level, he rubs his hair on their heads to make them realize they are fine. They are safe. Then, with hands outstretched, he carefully gathers one in his arms and offers a bottle, precision filled with milk, and attached to a one-inch goat kid nipple, to what he hopes is a fawn who grows up to live a very healthy life.

While raising a healthy group of fawns requires vaccinations and meticulous care, among other things, it also requires an extensive knowledge on the best and safest way to bottle feed, should your farm practice bottle feeding. After receiving colostrum

from their mother for 24 hours, bottle fed doe fawns are typically pulled and placed on a regimented milking schedule, along with struggling buck fawns and sometimes, a third fawn. While every farm may have it’s preferences on feeding times, Woodard Whitetails suggests bottle feeding at 7 a.m., 11 a.m., 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. for the first seven days. And although fawns will drink as much as you choose to offer, problems can occur if you feed them too much, Blosser explained. “We start out with two to three ounces four times a day during the first week,” he said. “They’ll drink whatever amount you give them and if they have too much, they can bloat or milk can overflow into their rumen, and you can kill them. You want to develop their rumen and they won’t if they aren’t eating and just getting all the milk they can ask for. Another important factor is that from Day One we have water and dirt from their pens inside their hutches to help build their immunities.”

Building a fawn’s immunities along with their desire to eat solid food begins slowly during week two, when the schedule shifts to three times a day at 7 a.m., 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. and more milk is gradually offered to the eventual tune of 12 to 13 ounces per feeding. “By the time week three comes around, we are feeding twice a day at 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. and they are eating more solid food,” Blosser said. “Sometimes they don’t make it all the way through week three because they are getting antsy. We make a practice out of giving them a bottle in whatever will become their permanent pen so that they aren’t losing two things at once while also being put somewhere unfamiliar. If you want to keep them really calm,

it’s better this way.” While most fawns adapt immediately to bottle feeding, occasionally there are fawns that don’t. “Rather than putting stress on them by trying to catch them and force the bottle, I just put them back out with Mom and they do fine,” Blosser said. Regardless of how they were raised from birth, Blosser keeps track of each fawn, taking note of their appetite, stool quality or overall health. Should a fawn have diarrhea, Blosser finds that three cc’s of pumpkin baby food usually straightens it out. “You need to watch being too invasive with antibiotics and overcorrecting things,” he emphasized. “It might just kill all the bacteria in their gut. I like to start at the least invasive point and work my way up and see if it’s working first.”

Fawn survival rate at Woodard

Whitetails is usually around 95%, said Owner Henry Woodard. “We may lose 5%. This count includes every fawn whether they were born sick or not. Raising fawns is a labor of love and you are handling them and basically replacing their mother and you become attached. If they are sick and you save them, you felt a bond with them. We wouldn’t have a chance to save them otherwise and bottle feeding can give us the best opportunity to stay on top of things.”

GRILLED VENISON, TOMATO, PEPPER AND CORN STEW

This is a lighter stew best prepared during summer, when corn and tomatoes are in season and at the peak of flavor. Fire up the grill, sear the meat and vegetables, and simmer in a savory stock.

IngredIents

• 2 pounds venison sirloin, top round or “better” cuts

• salt and pepper

• 3 ears fresh sweet corn, shucked

• 3 red bell peppers, quartered and seeded

• 1 large sweet yellow onion, sliced into thick slices

• ¼ cupe olive oil

• 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar

• 4 large tomatoes, halved and seeded

• 1½ quarts chicken broth

• 2 cloves garlic, minced

• ½ teaspoon dried oregano leaves

• 2 tablespoons fresh parsley leaves, minced

• ¼ teaspoon salt

• ¼ teaspoon black pepper

InstructIons

1. Place venison between plastic wrap or in a zipper-lock bag, and pound lightly until very thin. Season with salt and pepper, and place in a large bowl. Place corn, peppers and onion in the bowl. Drizzle olive oil and red wine vinegar, and toss to coat all. While tossing, season with additional salt and pepper.

2. Place venison, corn, peppers, onion and tomatoes on a white-hot grill and grill on all sides of each. Remove venison when just cooked, and allow to cool before slicing into 1-inch thick strips.

3. Remove corn kernels from cob, dice peppers, tomatoes and onions, and place in a stock pot. Add chicken broth, garlic and oregano. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, reduce heat to low, and simmer for 10 minutes. Add venison and parsley, and heat for 1 minute. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

TREASURING HUNTING OPPORTUNITIES SHARED MEMORIES WITH JAKE ANDERSON

By: Gail Veley • Sponsored by KALA

The clock was close to striking midnight when Jake Anderson set out for an eastern Kentucky elk hunt in September of 2013. This trip would be one of several he would take in an effort to not waste the coveted elk tag he had drawn from the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife lottery earlier that summer. His plan, along with packing his hunting bow and camping gear, was to arrive at daybreak to scope out promising areas for the harvest.

“The maps provided by fish and wildlife were terrible,” Anderson, who was 25 at the time, said. And even though he stopped at several places to ask the locals about elk sightings “no one could tell me anything,” he added. “This was all on public land with no guide.” It took five trips. The first was with one of his hunting friends. Although on that trip Anderson squarely landed an arrow into a really sizable bull, the big elk was completely unfazed by the shot and continued on chasings cows, until completely disappearing from sight. His fifth trip found him shooting a fatal arrow into what Anderson still

considers his “once-in-a-lifetime” freerange elk. Luckily, the elk had expired on a dirt road on land formerly used for mining, and Anderson was able to bring his truck into the exact location and load the entire body into his truck bed. Ironically, as he arrived to this particular spot to gather his elk, he found five elk standing right there, all bigger than the one he had just taken down. “I thought ‘you gotta be kidding me. This is just my luck,” Anderson said, even though he was really happy with his hunted treasure. During another hunt, a whitetail hunt in Kansas, both Anderson and his uncle had shot an arrow at a buck. Anderson, however, had taken and landed the first shot. Both men, upon searching for their deer, thought that their arrow had certainly been the fatal one. However, when they found the buck, only one arrow was in it. “That was another memorable hunt that really stands out for me,” Anderson said.

Yet, in all the hunting adventures he’s enjoyed throughout the years, Anderson has noticed one thing. Public land for hunting decreases every year.

According to internet research, rapid urban sprawl has been responsible for close to 14,000 square miles of land development between 2001 and 2019, which comparatively is an area roughly five times the size of the State of Delaware. Real estate values for farmland have also increased substantially throughout recent years, making selling the land more enticing particularly in states such as Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan and Florida. Other states experiencing the most accelerated urban growth have included Texas, Illinois and North Dakota. “Unless you own land or are leasing it, our opportunities to hunt in open range are going to be gone,” Anderson, owner of Anderson Whitetails in Guston, Kentucky, said. “There is less and less land to hunt and we are going to get to a point where there will be no place left to hunt. This is where we are lucky to have high fence hunting. You could hunt your whole life and never have the opportunity to shoot one like you have in a preserve.”

“Without high fence hunting, it is so hard for an individual to find somewhere to hunt that’s not developed or leased out,” Anderson emphasized. “If I visited a preserve, I’d like to get another elk. Same for other hunters. It wouldn’t have to be just a whitetail. You might be sitting in a deer stand an elk goes walking by and you change your mind and want one of them instead. And you wouldn’t have to go through the hassle of entering a lottery and getting a special tag. Preserve owners are playing a vital role in current and future land conservation, and in providing the sustained opportunities to enjoy unforgettable hunts.”

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PENNSYLVANIA DEER FARMERS SHARE “IF I KNEW THEN WHAT I KNOW NOW –WHAT I MAY HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY.”

By: Gail Veley • Sponsored by PDFA

Ask Nikki Brooks of Valley Deer Farm in Williamsport, Pennsylvania what she would have done differently in starting a deer farm with fiancé Tucker Sellinger three years ago, and her answer is simple. “Start sooner.” Many different considerations come to the forefront when starting a deer farm. For example, knowing what type of deer potential end markets are seeking and what they are willing to pay for them, is something every fledgling deer farmer should research before starting a deer farm, offers Bruce Snyder of Snyder’s Whitetails in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania. Although he has successfully operated his deer farm for more than 20 years, had he to do over Snyder would have initially visited more farms. “You need to visit with and know your buyers and establish a trusting relationship from the beginning,” he said. “In selling your deer the buyer needs to know that they are healthy. The day they’re leaving your farm, you need to take their temperature, because you don’t want to be out the money if something happens.”

As important as trusting relationships are, is also the need to handle deer with ease and safety. “I would have

made having a proper handling facility NUMBER ONE from the start,” Snyder, 54, said. “When I first started, I was in my 30’s. I was young and stronger and now 20 years later things aren’t always so easy. Being able to handle them safely and without necessarily the need to dart makes life a whole lot better. I also wish I had learned to bottle feed in those early years to make it easier to get close to them.”

Helping Snyder today keep a closer handle on his deer, is his daily routine of feeding treats to his herd of 50 or so. “You need to keep eyes on your deer every day and be able to spot diseases and signs of poor health. And the sooner the better,” Snyder said. “They are good at hiding everything. If one of my deer doesn’t come up for a treat, then I know something is wrong.” Disease prevention can be key when the intention is to raise the healthiest deer possible and to this end, a nutrient rich feed and supplement program is key. Had he to do over, Snyder would have added kelp to his grain mill order from the very beginning. Kelp, added at 10 pounds per ton of feed, helps deters flies away from deer. He also learned to test his hay to make sure it’s never too high in nitrates, which can cause abortions.

The diligence and steadfast seven-day-a-week commitment to caring for deer is something Sellinger and Brooks realized the moment they decided to raise deer (in addition to working full-time jobs.) Although only in their third year of deer farming, both intend to ensure their farm becomes profitable. “We tried to do it right from

the very beginning. But looking back, we would have made our primary (2.5 acre) enclosure bigger and would have installed our utilities (water and electric) before we got our first deer,” Sellinger, 51, said. “Knowing now what we know, I also would have cleared more land off to make it easier putting fences up, too.”

And like Snyder, Sellinger wished he and Brooks had erected deer-friendly facilities from the very beginning. However, “the living room worked great,” Sellinger said, in reference to temporarily housing fawns. “The dining room worked great, too.” As he now works to ensure the health and longevity of the 23 deer residing on the farm, he and Brooks plan to upgrade their current bottle-feeding facility and perhaps also build a handling facility should time and finances allow. “From the beginning, we also really heeded the guidance of veteran deer farmers like Glen Erickson who generously offered help and advice on everything from breeding to nutrition,” Sellinger said. “Everyone is this industry is so willing to help. No one is competitive. We are all here to help each other succeed.”

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