Tri-State Associations
Summer 2025 l Volume 4 l Issue 2
DREAM GENOMICS
Developing Cutting Edge
CWD Detection Test
Sponsored by KEDA
EMBRYO FLUSHING
a Proven Breeding Practice
Sponsored by KALA
HOW TO SAFELY HAUL WHITETAIL DEER
Sponsored by IDEFA
MISSOURI DEER ASSOCIATION
EXECUTIVE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Amy Nold (‘26)
President Nold Farms LLC 51 SW 1501 RD Urich, MO Henry 64788 660-492-0215 noldfarmsllc@yahoo.com
Nick Forsythe (‘27)
Secretary / Treasurer
Corner Stone Whitetails 25710 Hwy C Bland MO 65014 573-418-8350 cornerstonewhitetails@gmail.com
DIRECTORS
Matt Kirchner (‘25)
Missouri Whitetails 29158 Hwy. C Alexandria, MO 63430 660-341-0554 mkirchner32@gmail.com
Sean Combs (‘27)
Tall Tine Whitetail Ranch 697 Blackjack Trail Mountain Home, AR 72653 870-450-2736 sean@mallardresort.com
Donald Hill (‘27) Oak Creek Whitetail Ranch 178 Oak Creek Ln Bland, MO 65014 573-943-6644 donald@oakcreekwhitetailranch.com
Bradley Lueckenhoff (‘26) Vice President Little Flat Creek 200 Washington St Suite 4 Purdy, MO 65734 417-342-2516 bradjlueck@gmail.com
Bradley Puff (‘26)
High Adventure Ranch 308 Mikel Ave St. Louis, MO 63043 314-578-4590 bpuff@highadventureranch.com
Jeni Haddock (‘25)
Walleye Whitetails 7751 Walleye Rd Pierce City, MO usa 65723 417-316-1059 jeni.haddock@gmail.com
Nathan Blosser (‘27)
Blosser Whitetails 4515 South 250th Rd Buffalo, MO 65622 417-327-4670 417-327-9590
Missouri Deer Association President’s Message
SUMMER 2025
We are gearing up for the Summer Picnic! Knibb Whitetails have graciously accepted hosting this year. Due to another industry event, we are moving the event to August 16! Knibbs will be providing farm tours, river wading, and BBQ! You are also welcome to bring your own fishing equipment and fish. Look for more information on the additional flyer printed in this magazine.
We have an opening for a board position available, nominations can be made to Nick Forsythe at 1 (573) 418-8350, by July 20. Nominee must be a member in good standing. Voting will take place at the picnic, if you are unable to attend and are voting member please contact Amy or Nick prior to event.
Thanks Amy Green-Nold- President 660-492-0215
PICNIC MISSOURI DEER ASSC.
August 16
Directions to Knibb Whitetails (2295 Myrick Manor, Union, MO 63084)
NOTE: Once on Hwy 47, ignore GPS if it says to turn on Hwy AD
From Eastbound I-44:
St. Clair exit (# 240), N (left) on Hwy 47, 3.3 miles, (pass MFA Oil on left),
W (left) on Myrick Manor ( just after John’s Flooring on right; just before
Weidman Well Drilling/Franklin Lab on left; Midlawn Cemetery on right = too far on Hwy 47)
From Westbound I-44:
Union exit (# 247), W (right) on Hwy 50, 4.6 miles, S (left) on Hwy 47 (lighted intersection with Quik Trip on SW corner), 2.5 miles (pass Midlawn Cemetery on left),
W (right) on Myrick Manor ( just before John’s Flooring on left; just past
Weidman Well Drilling/Franklin Lab on right; MFA Oil on right = too far on Hwy 47)
From Eastbound I-70:
Warrenton/Hawk Point exit (#193), S (right) on Hwy 47, 31.2 miles, E (left) on Hwy 50, .4 miles, S (right) on Hwy 47 (lighted intersection with Quik Trip on SW corner), 2.5 miles, (pass Midlawn Cemetery on left),
W (right) on Myrick Manor ( just before John’s Flooring on left; just past
Weidman Well Drilling/Franklin Lab on right; MFA Oil on right = too far on Hwy 47)
From Eastbound Hwy 50:
Pass through town of Union, S (right) on Hwy 47 (lighted intersection with Quik Trip on SW corner), 2.5 miles, (pass Midlawn Cemetery on left),
W (right) on Myrick Manor ( just before John’s Flooring on left; just past
Weidman Well Drilling/Franklin Lab on right; MFA Oil on right = too far on Hwy 47)
Once on Myrick Manor (our private gravel road):
Go straight (left) when gravel road forks (almost immediately), Continue along gravel road (always bearing left whenever road forks) for .8 mile until you pass pump house (kitchen) on right and cabins on left
Park when road T’s:
On grass to the left by our vehicles or
On gravel to the right by the concrete foundation.
EXECUTIVE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Karla Kretschmer President
AB Whitetails 2052 Nation Rd Chetopa, KS 67336 620-920-0578
karlakretschmer@outlook.com
Kevin Constant Treasurer
K&D Wildlife 4193 Clark rd. Meriden, KS 66512
785-224-8889
kanddwildlife@gmail.com
Joe Bisogno, Jr. Vice President
Timber Hills Lake Ranch 1369 Valley Road Mapleton, Kansas 66754 785-210-6412
joebisogno@yahoo.com
Jake Lamb 2nd Vice President
Sand Creek Whitetail 10865 School Creek Rd Saint George, Kansas 66535 785-458-9100
sandcreekwhitetail@gmail.com
Becky Comption
Secretary
Becky Compton
BRC Fallow Deer 10461 SW Hopkins Switch Rd Augusta, KS 67010 Phone: 785-313-0912
brcfallowdeer@yahoo.com
Kansas Elk & Deer Associtation Messages
SUMMER 2025
Hi Cervid Family,
Don’t forget our picnic this summer at AB Whitetails on July 19th. We will have lots of food and fun. There will be Corn hole and Pneu Dart tournaments with prizes.
We have set our date for our 2026 KEDA Convention. February 28, 2026. Mark your calendars. The KEDA Board will be selling Raffle tickets for a KUSTOM KEDA Golf Cart soon. Watch for more information!
We hope you all have a great and successful fawning season this summer. We look forward to seeing you at our 2025 KEDA Picnic.
Remember, Change starts with 1.
Sincerely,
Karla Kretschmer President Kansas
Elk and Deer Association
I’m Rebecca “Becky” Compton. You might know me as the R in BRC Fallow Deer. My husband, Brendan and I established BRC Fallow Deer in 2022 with a desire to learn something new and forge a new path for our family. We hit the ground running once we settled on fallow deer. We built our working facility and pens, as well as completed our first round of A.I., all within the first year and a half of operation. We have put a strong emphasis on curating a genetically strong and diverse herd to supply animals to a growing industry.
I was born and raised in Kansas and obtained both my BS and MS from Kansas State University. GO CATS! As a stay at home farm mom and wife, I am blessed with the ability to focus on our family and homestead. Everyone pitches in on a farm and ours is no different. I am the person in charge of feeding every hungry belly and I enjoy it most days. In fact, I took the lead on our first year of bottle feeding last summer with four doe fawns. In addition to being the farm chef and daily chore gal, I am the primary manager of our social media accounts and farm marketing. I love sharing educational posts and fun farm antics as a way to educate others on the deer farming industry.
Farming is in our blood, as we both grew up on small farms in northeast Kansas. Our upbringing instilled a love for animals, hunting, fishing and the great outdoors. We have the perfect spot here on our 59 acre homestead where we raise fallow deer, cattle, and chickens; keep bees, grow and harvest much of our own alfalfa, tend a garden, and keep the kids alive.
Becky Compton BRC Fallow Deer
EXECUTIVE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Chris Ezell
President
Dangerous Whitetails of Oklahoma 7134 W. 420 Rd Chelsea, OK 74016 918-697-5389 chrisezell@rocketmail.com
Meagan E. Lewis
Secretary
Antlers Trophy Whitetails 1899 E CR 1980 ANTLERS, OK 74523 979-864-7732 mjlewis2020@icloud.com
Tim Condict
Flying Eagles Ranch 23455 FR A51 Hodgen, OK 74939 214-549-9963 timcondict@gmail.com
DIRECTORS
Mike Charlton
Riverbend Trophy Whitetails 3616 Boston Pool Rd. Hominy, OK 74035 Mkbs5484@icloud.com 918-430-5484
Joe Smith 14421 Buggy I Jones, OK 73049 405-696-3880
Kevin Wallace
Treasurer
Wallahachie Whitetails PO Box 28 Wellston, OK 74881
Doug Varner
Double D 6925 Winchester St Dallas, OK 75231
Keith Day
Atypical Whitetails PO Box 821 Sperry, OK 74073
If you would like your farm or business featured on our business card pages, email digital pdf file or scanned image (must be readable resolution) of your business card to:
Meagan Lewis for Oklahoma members: mjlewis2020@icloud.com
Karla Kretschmer for Kansas and Missouri members: karlakretschmer@outlook.com
This gives Tri-State members a way to reach out to one another for services and to buy or sell deer! There will be limited pages for these cards, the overflow would be placed in the next issue and cards will be rotated each quarter.
If you have any questions please contact Kathy Giesen: 435-817-0150
DREAM GENOMICS
DEVELOPING CUTTING EDGE CWD DETECTION TEST
By: Gail Veley • Sponsored by the Kansas Alternative Livestock Association
Early, non-symptomatic detection of CWD in a whitetail herd could become as simple as drawing blood, thanks to a revolutionary diagnostic test currently being developed by Dream Genomics. Based out of Northbrook Illinois, Dream Genomics is a newly developed visionary biotech firm started in 2023, whose energy and efforts are fully invested in the “Discovery Phase” of developing a reliable, ultimately fool-proof and scientifically recognized CWD detection blood test. Leading the charge for Dream Genomics is Dr. Gary Pusateri, CEO and Founder, Michael Falduto, Chief Technology Officer and Founder as well as Dr. Scott Magnuson, Chief Scientific Officer and Founder.
Along with developing a reliable test, are the challenges of buying equipment to continue the research along with obtaining adequate
numbers of positive CWD samples. Dream Genomics is actively searching for sponsors and donors in the form of corporations, deer associations and private individuals to continue on this quest.
NADeFA and The Cervid Livestock Foundation (CLF) have donated substantial seed money to Dream Genomics, in an effort to keep the research ball rolling and to help purchase testing plates or “chips” as they are commonly called.
Chips, an array that looks at all the genes in a deer’s genome and measures the gene expression via profiling using RNA, fully measures a deer’s response which creates a “bio-profile” for early detection. This technology could perhaps also be used to “stage” the disease in the fact that it will be specifically used at the front end of detection, and not the back end.
Unlike old traditional testing methods which examine CWD prions in already infected organs, this new test is being designed to preemptively find CWD in a singularly fashion, before symptoms develop and before others in a herd are also affected. “Their progress is amazing,” said NADeFA President Shawn Schafer. “This could completely change everything in the industry as we know it right now. Gone may be the days of five-year quarantines or repeatedly extracted rectal samples.”
Resounding in the deer industry is the common goal to eradicate CWD and to develop a minimally invasive diagnostic test, explained Dr. Pusateri. “Once adequate project funding has been established and
enough positive samples have been acquired, Dream Genomics can move towards biological confirmation that our test is accurate,” he said. “We strongly believe that we can reach our goal of making this real and attainable.” Anyone interested in donating towards Dream Genomics research, please contact Dr. Pusateri at his office at 847-291-9602 or his cell phone at 715-891-7878 or email him at gpusateri@dreamgx.com. You can also check out the website at www.dreamgx.com.
SHOCK EFFECT PRODUCTS READY AND AVAILABLE
By: Gail Veley
Shock Effect has been taken over by Kathy and Travis Broadway, who are ready to fill orders and help deer farmers maximize the antler growth potential and body condition of their deer, among other things. Travis and Kathy, who also own and operate Winter Quarters Wildlife Ranch in Ethel, Missouri, are excited about the future of their company.
Shock Effect, a company originally founded close to 17 years ago, sells probiotic products formulated to help a deer, in all stages of life, maximize their potential. Featured products include Whitetail Conditioner, Buck Chill (to contribute to helping bucks stay calmer during the rut) Antler Maximizer (to aid in the growth of bigger, stronger and more impressive antlers) and Sea-Cal Calcium (to help maintain a sufficient level of calcium for a stronger skeletal structure while also preventing depletion of the skeletal structure.)
What originally began as a company started by Steve and Faye Thayer that sold only an antler enhancing product to local Missouri deer farmers, grew into a company that today sells a vast array of products along with a customer base that spreads from Mexico all the way to Canada. “Our customers appreciate the time and dedication it took to develop these products. Three things can determine the outcome of the health and vitality of your deer,” Travis explained. “Genetics, nutrition and stress. Shock Effect
products allow your deer to thrive and be the best they can possibly be in any and all circumstances.”
While other companies sell deer supplements “we know people depend on our products and want to continue buying them,” Kathy said. “When our previous co-owner decided to move onto something else, there was no question about stepping in to keep Shock Effect products available, because we have used them at our Missouri ranch for more than 11 years with great results.”
Every Shock Effect product is produced using no hormones, steroids or drugs and is also very specific to a deer’s nutritional needs and their very sensitive immune system. Every product sold today spent several years in a testing stage within a controlled herd, before ever being available to the public. “We know our customers believe in our products and that their herds respond favorably to them,” Travis said. “Our products were some of the first to really enhance antler growth. We have deer farmers telling us their two-year-olds look like three-year-olds.”
Through the years, Travis and Kathy have enjoyed seeing firsthand the favorable results and the extent to which their own herds of elk, red stag and whitetail thrive under Shock Effect products.
To order products or to apply for a sales position, please call Kathy at 318-446-2231, or send her an email at kbb720@gmail.com.
CAT’S CLAW FASTENERS
A FATHER’S INGENUITY, A DAUGHTERS VISION AND A MOTHER’S INSPIRATION
Ever built a fence to keep critters in, or critters out? Chances are, you’ve run into a dilemma that spans back to the dawn of fence building tradition The underappreciated artform of attaching wire or panel to a post. In a rocky, muddy, sloped field with only-kindacrooked-posts, it comes down to grit and sheer determination to beat a staple into submission, without pounding a finger too!
After 60 some odd years of ranching in Montana, and subsequently responsible for over 100 miles of fence, Curt Almy became increasingly disgusted with the “old fashioned” ever-rusty fence staple In 2016, Following a particularly rough day on a nasty section of fence, Curt received a bit of divine inspiration that prompted him to retreat back to the old workshop, to tinker with this new idea He declared the new product would be the antithesis of the old fashioned staples, the new claws would be simple to use, require only an impact driver instead of tangled air tools or hammers, be rust resistant, be reusable, and most importantly the new claws would be vastly stronger than the old fashioned staples
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HOW TO SAFELY HAUL WHITETAIL DEER
By: Gail Veley • Sponsored by The Indiana Deer and Elk Farmers Association
Aprofessional deer hauler hopes for a few very important scenarios when they pull their rig into a farm. This includes adequate room to get the truck and trailer turned around and aligned or situated safely in the loading area, along with dry ground conducive for the occasion. “Everyone gets a little nervous when you’re loading deer,” said Delvy Workman of Deer Works, a professional deer hauling company out of Ashland, Ohio. “A lot of people don’t think about loading or unloading deer when they set their place up. This is a really crucial thing to figure out.” Having hauled deer for 14 years, Workman hopes for the most efficient process possible.
Ensuring a safer loading experience begins first with allowing your deer to walk into and through your handling facility on a regular basis, said Dave Schwartz of Shallow Pond Whitetails in Shipshewana, Indiana. “Once we wean our fawns, we move them into a corral pen that’s attached to the handling facility and utilize that to get them used to it,” he said. “That way we can get them into there in a short amount of time when we need to.” By also working deer at random times and moving them into dark
‘pre-loading’ rooms, it can eliminate or greatly reduce the amount of stress put upon deer. “We can sell a doe and within five minutes live load her onto a trailer,” said Schwartz, who prefers to load deer into trailers specifically designed for deer (not a makeshift horse trailer) and to use a reputable, reliable hauler. “There are good deer haulers out there with specialized cargo trailers with great air flow and air conditioning and adequate room for bucks or does,” Schwartz emphasized. “Trailers set up for deer hauling are way better and are going to minimize the stress from the entire moving process. It’s important to keep the stress as low as possible. If you are sedating and loading bucks, make sure they are up and on their feet before moving the trailer.”
Verlin Yoder, a veteran of the deer industry since 1999 and owner of Clay Kuntry Whitetails in Millersburg, Indiana, remembers the days when deer farmers used 2 x 4-foot individualized wooden boxes for hauling deer. This often involved a ‘deer rodeo’ in an effort to get them sedated with telazol and/or rompun, and then inside the box. “It might take four guys. Sometimes you’d have to wrestle the deer down for
sedation,” Yoder recalled. “You’d reverse them inside the box and then they’d jump around inside of it. And we always seemed to have some sort of surprise.” A great sense of relief overcame Yoder when he was able to attain his own handling facility and loading chute in 2006. “It’s one of the best investments a deer farmer can make,” he said. “You need to haul deer for all sorts of reasons. Breeding season. Hunting season. Sales. Boarding.” Boarding does for the sake of breeding requires careful timing, as you don’t want to bring them back too soon or too late in their pregnancy, for fear or losing the offspring due to hauling stress.
Depending on the distance, longer hauling trips, such as up to eight to 10 hours, may require the hauler to put straw bedding down for comfort and to also include hay and water. And last but not least, the most important advice might be “give yourself plenty of time,” Yoder said. “Haul at night when it’s cool and the deer are naturally calmer. Keep the trailer dark and peaceful and wellventilated. You are hauling some very precious cargo and want everyone to arrive safely.”
“You need to haul deer for all sorts of reasons. Breeding season. Hunting season. Sales. Boarding.”
EMBRYO FLUSHING A PROVEN BREEDING PRACTICE
By: Gail Veley • Sponsored by the Kentucky Alternative Livestock Association
When deer farmers tell Kevin Calmes “I know my deer,” he responds with “yes, but you don’t know the insides of your deer.” Calmes, who is a consultant and product shipper for Advanced Deer Genetics as well as the North American Small Ruminant Manager and Coordinator for Sexing Technologies, believes his specific recommendations for A.I. breeding and embryo flushing will provide a deer farmer with a safer and perhaps a more successful outcome.
Embryo flushing, often used to allow recipient does to carry the offspring of does with superior genetics, can be an efficient way to produce a uniformly high-quality herd. It all starts with placing CIDR’s in does with superior genetics, followed by follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) shots 11 days later and subsequently inducing multiple ovulations. In his years of experience travelling all over the world to work with cervids, Calmes has found that does, when run through a chute for any type of breeding procedure, tend to fight ovulation. “The stress put upon the doe by running them in a chute causes them to shut down in a sense,” Calmes, 57, explained. The better solution? “I prefer to run the deer into a facility, separated by ages, and blow dart FSH to get them to super ovulate,” he said.
Calmes has found that does who are darted with a specially designed 2.5 cc syringe with an 18 or 19gauge one inch needle shot out of a small pistol, absorb all of the FSH hormone and don’t even know they’ve been hit, since the small size of the needle and force of the pistol is so minimal. “The first time I’m in
there they might be nervous, but by the second or third time they aren’t because they don’t know something hit them,” he said, referring to the dart which was designed years ago by Chinese scientists. And while the hormone can also be administered in a chute with a pole injection, very often you will have backflow and wasted product, decreasing your chances of fertilization success.
After two to eight FSH hormone shots have been administered, depending on protocols, CIDRS’s are pulled on day 14 and followed up with a hormone shot of pregnant mare serum gonadotropin (PMSG.) The next step involves laparoscopic artificial insemination (A.I.) ideally performed 57-58 hours later. Approximately six to eight days after that, embryos are flushed (as though it were another laparoscopic surgery in terms of preparation) however they are under sedation longer. After flushing and retrieval, embryos are placed in a petri dish and graded on a scale of one to three by an embryo specialist. Grade one embryos, considered the better ones, are either placed immediately into recipient does or frozen for later use. Grade two and three embryos, considered not as hearty as grade one, need to be placed into recipient does immediately as they may not retain their viability should they be
frozen and used later. While a small percentage of does whose embryos are flushed may retain one or two and carry them to a full-term pregnancy “I suggest rebreeding her that same year naturally, to help break up the scar tissue from the previous procedures and not put any additional stress on her,” Calmes said. “We push these animals so much. And whether it’s the chemicals sprayed on what we feed them or a lack of chelated absorbable vitamins and minerals in their diets, I have also found in my work that our semen quality is driven down year after year. On average, ten years ago we had 4-6 billion cells per buck per collection, and today it’s 2 to 3 billion cells per collection. Given that deer genetics are held in such high regard, I believe the industry as a whole needs to sit down and look at this.”
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All advertisers that are published in our 2025 state associations magazines will have the opportunity to place a single Buck update photo in this September Showcase Book.
Reservation for space and buck info will be due no later than August 12th, 2025. If you have an existing picture ready to go, that will also be due at that time. If you would like to send in a last minute photo of your buck, the cutoff date is September 1st by 8am CST. Placement will be in order of first come first serve. Printing and mailing will start September 4th and be in hand between September 16th-20th. Just in time for semen sales getting ready for Breeding Season. These will be mailed to Breeders and Ranch members of the 18 state associations we service.
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Kansas Elk & Deer Association
July 1, 2023 - June 30, 2024
Registration/Renewal form
Name:___________________________________________________________________
Ranch/ Farm Name:___________________________________________________________
Address: _________________________
City/State/Zip_________________________________________________________________ Phone:_______________________________________________________________________
Email:____________________________________________
How many elk do you own?___________________________________________________
How many deer and what species?___________________________________
How many acres of high fence?______ Do you AI your elk or deer?________
Do you own a hunting preserve?______ If yes, how many animals harvested a year?_______
Do you sell elk and/or deer products at local farmers markets?________
Do you harvest velvet antler? ________
Are you enrolled in the voluntary CWD Monitoring Program?________
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Associate member: $25 annually, nonvoting (not open to elk or deer owners in Kansas)
Dues payable to: Kansas Elk & Deer Association 825 S. Kansas Ave; Suite 500 Topeka, KS 66612
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$107 / Issue ($4708. / Yr.) ~ Half Page
(55-59% Discount off single ad placement)
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4 ISSUES FOR 1 YR.
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$252/ Issue ($1008. / Yr) ~ Full Page
• Minnesota Deer Association
• Missouri Deer Association
• New York Deer and Elk Farmers Association
• North Dakota Deer Ranchers
• Pennsylvania Deer Farmers Association
• South Dakota Deer & Elk Breeders
• Southeast Trophy Deer Association
• Texas Deer Association
• United Deer Farmers of Michigan
• West Virginia Deer Farmers Association
• Whitetail Deer Farmers of Ohio
• Whitetails of Louisiana
• Whitetails of Oklahoma
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16 ISSUES FOR 1 YR.
(4 Publications of your choice x 4 quarters)
$220 / Issue ($3520. / Yr) ~ Full Page
$121 / Issue ($1936. / Yr.) ~ Half Page (48-54% Discount off single ad placement)
$137 / Issue ($548. / Yr.) ~ Half Page (40-48% Discount off single ad placement)
Single Issue In Any Of Our Eleven State Publications: Full Page: $420.00 1/2 Page: $263.00
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4 ISSUES FOR 1 YR. (Can be added to Buckaneer or Doe-Re-Mi package) Reaching out to over 800 TDA members
(3 Tracks Publications & 1 Auction Catalog)
$428 / Issue ($1712. / Yr) ~ Full Page
$267/ Issue ($1068. / Yr.) ~ Half Page (55-59% Discount off single ad placement)
Single Issue In TDA Publications:
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A 9x9 square must be filled in with numbers from 1-9 with no repeated numbers in each line, horizontally or vertically.
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