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MINNESOTA DEER FARMERS FACE TOUGHER FUTURES

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Grant Carrolan

President

Hidden Hollow Whitetails 12820 Prosperity Road Marion, IL 62959 618-559-5952 gra5566@yahoo.com

Chet Hostettler

Treasurer

Illini Whitetails 510 S. Pine St. Arthur, IL 61911 217-246-8566 illwchet@gmail.com

Board of Directors

Chase Baker

Vice President

Baker Whitetails 13289 Carter Rd. Junction, IL 62954 618-841-9776 bakerwhitetails@outlook.com

Kyle Neal Secretary Neal's Whitetail Ranch 17952 Rescue Church Rd Ewing, IL 62836 618- 967-0076 nealfarms38@hotmail.com

Rick Davidson - 2023-2026

Illinois Dominant Bucks 12035 N Fox Rd Marshall, IL 62441 217- 260-2825 rdavidson@vivecrop.com

Rusty Karr - 2022-2025

Dominant Genetics PO Box 138 Wapella, IL 61777 309- 275-9567 rusty_k2000@yahoo.com

Larry Hackethal - 2021-2024 PO Box 655 Cobden, IL 62920 618- 893-2252 pro1ab@frontier.com

Ryan Sauls - 2024-2027

Flatland Whitetails 1279 Co. Rd. 500 East Enfield, IL 62835 618-380-3073 chanda_1221@hotmail.com

Billie Rix - 2023-2026

Red Wire Ranch

7350 Old Stage Rd Morris, IL 60450 630-816-8977 billierix@yahoo.com

Mark Voss - 2024-2027 Voss Whitetails 12430 SLANT RD Carlyle, IL62231 618-343-5653 vosswhitetails@gmail.com

Riley "Dink" Vaughan 2023-2026

Vaughan Deer Farm 925 CR 540 N. Norris City, IL 62869 618-383-0227 vaughnriley780@gmail.com

Travis Phelps - 2023-2026

Moultrie County Monsters 1535 CB 750 E. Sullivan, Il 61951 217-246-1319 mocomonsters@gmail.com

Board of Directors

Adam Helgeland

President

Trophy Whitetail Deer 15425 450th St. Leland, IA 50453 641-590-3410 adamhelgeland@gmail.com

Mike Hine

Timberghost Ranch PO Box 545 Mediapolis, IA 52639 319-394-9876 mike@timberghost.com

Jake Lahr

Double "O" Whitetails 2608 325th St Hopkinton, IA 52237 319-975-0005 jlahr.w@gmail.com

Matt Nebel

River Bottom Game Farm 2717 275th Ave Dewitt, IA 52742 563-580-4149

Fred Huebner

Vice President

Circle H Ranch 2575 Iowa Keokuk Rd. North English, IA 52316 319-530-7824 circleh@netins.net

Roger Strunk

Secretary Strunk's Whitetail Haven 508 Franklin 3rd St West Point, IA 52656 319-470-2413 rlstrunk@yahoo.com

Mick Tonderum

GMT Farms Inc. 2008 5th St. Emmetsburg, IA 50536 712-260-7310 gmtfarms74@hotmail.com

Chad Machart

Prairie Antler Ranch 24424 180th St Anamosa, IA 52205 319-540-9311

Board of Directors

Scott Fier

President

Buffalo Ridge Whitetails 3788 260th Ave Porter, MN 56280 507-829-3151 fierscott@gmail.com

Steve Uchytil

Mark Volk

Treasurer Volk Whitetails 9095 160th Ave Royalton, MN 56373 320-232-3352 volkwhitetails@outlook.com

Vice President Crow River Whitetails 14681 175th St NE Atwater, MN 56209 320-894-1914

crowriverwhitetails@gmail.com

Steve Porter

Gary Olson

Olson Whitetails 34526 State Hwy 30 Lanesboro, MN 55949 507-269-9791 garypolson2005@yahoo.com

Secretary Porter Whitetails 1828 350th Ave Lake Bronson, MN 56734 218-526-0180 porterwhitetail@gmail.com

Steve Dougherty

Deb Holthaus

Two Rivers Deer Farm PO BOX 336 Little Falls, MN 56345 320-360-4667

Deb@Benefits-MN.com

Zumbro River Whitetails 57479 375th Ave Zumbro Falls, MN 55991 507-269-7346

steve@zumbroriverwhitetails.com

Ken Williams

Williams Whitetails 30567 440TH ST

Melrose, MN 56352 320-291-3385

kwilliams7777@outlook.com

Scott Salonek Elm Creek Elk 15520 S Diamond Lake Rd Dayton, MN 55327 612-850-8684

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Board of Directors

Greg Leenderts Chairman Whitetail Farms 48474 257th St Garretson, SD 57030 507-227-6328 gleenderts@alliancecom.net

Brandon Walker Secretary/Treasurer

Cedar Breaks Mule Deer Ranch 19145 Robbs Flat Road Midland, SD 57552 608-695-0796 brandon@cedarbreaksranch.com

Mark Hollenbeck Sunrise Ranch 277772 Elbow Canyon Road Edgemont, SD 57735 605-685-3376 markholl@gwtc.net

Shane Zylstra Vice-Chairman 28863 471st Ave, Beresford, SD 57004

605-777-2731 shane.zylstra1@gmail.com

Cody Warne Stone Meadow Ranch 3520 LAMBETH PL Pierre, SD 57501

605-222-7407 codybuckwarne@msn.com

Rob Curtis

605-840-1079 rclandd@hotmail.com

Liz Vogelsong 605-310-2703 lizblain21@gmail.com

If any members of SDDEBA or other breeders/ranches of South Dakota have pictures of their deer and or elk please email to Brandon Walker. We are looking for South Dakota deer and elk producer pictures that we can post on our website. We do not need to share your farm/ranch information unless you want us to.

Mike Elsberry

President Dakota Muleys

701-340-4445

Grand Forks, ND

Lani Schafer Secretary/Treasurer 1223 18th Ave NW

Turtle Lake, ND 58575

Board of Directors

Chris Ryckman

Missouri Valley Muleys 6160 Hiway 1804

Bismarck, ND 58504

Bob Miller

Evolution Whitetails 10801 52nd St NE Bismarck, ND 58503

Butch Dick 6379 123rd Ave SE Lisbon, ND 58054

Mike Ryckman

Ryckman Whitetails PO Box 565 Linton, ND 58552

Jamie Feist

Imperial Whitetails Baldwin, ND 701-471-1481 mount4u@hotmail.com

MINNESOTA DEER FARMERS

FACE TOUGHER FUTURES

By: Gail Veley • Sponsored by the Minnesota Deer Farmers Association

Adismissal of a lawsuit on August 7th, 2025, that was filed by Minnesota deer farmers in the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, is causing considerable angst for deer farmers statewide and also for those deer farmers currently not in compliance with the recently enforced regulations. The court upheld the stricter regulations set forth in Statute 35.155, that were made into law by the state legislature on July 1st, 2023. The court also found that there is no fundamental right to farm deer. The court stated that the regulations, which also prohibit new registrations for deer farms, are a rational government measure to protect public health and wild deer populations against CWD.

“They are trying to steal our farms from us,” said MDFA President Scott Fier, of Buffalo Ridge Whitetails in Porter, Minnesota. “This is about our constitutional rights. We are challenging this ruling at the U.S. Supreme Court.” Statute 31.155 dictates that all Minnesota deer farms erect fencing such as to prevent any contact between wild cervids and farmed cervids. Acceptable forms of fencing could include a “mirror image” fence, an electric, mesh or wooden fence or shade cloth. The statute also dictates that should a deer farm property be sold, it can only remain a deer farm if it is sold (in a one-time transfer) to immediate family members such as cousins, siblings, children or even grandparents. Statute 31.155 also enforces the placement of biohazard signage every 50 feet on any existing deer farm found with a CWD positive deer.

Overseeing Statute 31.155 as it relates to whitetail deer, is the job of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (MDNR). Of the 79 or so remaining deer farms in Minnesota, close to 90% of them have complied with the new regulations, said Todd Froberg, Farmed Deer and Captive Species Coordinator for the MDNR. “Of those that haven’t, we are working with them on a case-by-case basis and making determinations from there,” he added. Penalties for non-compliance could include a “step-up” fee scale and perhaps the eventual revoking of a farm’s license. “We really aren’t trying to put deer farmers out of business,” Froberg, 40, emphasized. “Personally, I totally understand the passion that someone has for raising deer. And I do feel that we are trying to be fair. Our agency is obligated (and exists) to comply with state legislative measures and protect the health of wild populations. It’s been difficult to see this play out, especially for generational farmers.” While Froberg was not able to comment from a legal perspective “there were several bills introduced in the legislature to make changes to the current legislation,” he shared. “It may not be out of the question that in the future things could look different.”

Support for Minnesota’s woes has been acted upon by deer farmers across all states. “We truly

appreciate every state that has contributed to our cause,” Fier, 46, said. “We have not been able to expand our operations due to the regulations. Why would we when they are trying to regulate us out of business? How can we afford an exclusionary fence when income is being taken away from us? It's very frustrating as a legal, federally monitored livestock business, when you look at what the industry has done as a whole on a scientific level in breeding for CWD resistance.”

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MULE DEER GAINING IN POPULARITY AMONG HUNTERS

By: Gail Veley • Sponsored by the South Dakota Deer and Elk Breeders Association

Greg and Laura Leenderts of Whitetail Farms in Garretson, South Dakota have a hard time keeping up with the demand for mule deer. Since they started raising them close to five years ago, they get calls all winter long from interested preserve owners. Mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus), known for their unique, black-tipped tail and stotting or pronking gait in which all four feet bounce up and down together off the ground as they take flight, are indigenous to the western United States where the climate is warmer and more arid.

And while they are in the same family genus as whitetail deer, share similar breeding behaviors, habits and birthing cycles as well as grow sizable antlers, mule deer antlers “bifurcate” or fork as they grow, rather than branching or ascending from a single main beam as they do in whitetails, giving mule deer racks a very unique look and appeal. Yet unlike whitetails, mule deer do not handle humidity well and currently are being raised on only a handful of farms west of the Mississippi. “For stocker buck purposes, if you can successfully put a little whitetail in them, they do a lot better with weather conditions,” Greg explained. “If you do it correctly, you can produce a hybrid cross that will still

look 100 percent like a mule deer.” Although hybrid crosses have a low survival rate in the wild, they tend to thrive better in a farm setting, where heartiness and trophy size (up to 460 pounds in body weight) could also be realized.

While mule deer have proven to be less flighty than whitetails, they can be prone to getting more parasites as they tend to forage right down to the roots of anything they eat, making parasite management a top priority among those that raise them. Taking that into consideration, “raising mule deer has been a very good decision for our farm,” Greg said. When he realized so few farms raised them and the demand was ever increasing, he started both a breeding and stocking herd, producing bucks that today measure 180-plus inches, with the goal of perhaps someday becoming as large as the notable “Blackhawk,” thought by some to be one of the largest mule deer to ever live, and who was featured on an Instagram hunting expedition.

Recognition for the popularity and demand for mule deer has not gone unnoticed by The North American Deer Registry (NADR), who started a mule deer registry in mid-2022. Every year since, more mule deer

have been added. In 2022, 882 mule deer were registered followed by 923 in 2023, 990 in 2024 and thus far in 2025, close to 700. “As the demand increases and time and schedules allow, we may be able to provide GEBV’s for non-hybrid mule deer in the future,” said NADR Executive Director Gary Cook “We also recently created registries for axis and fallow deer. In addition, we acquired the GMS software platform and converted the software to a web application ensuring deer farmers have the latest technology to manage their operations. As the deer industry expands, NADR wants to continue to use technology to meet the demands and needs of producers as well as move the industry forward.”

BREEDING FOR CWD RESISTANCE

HOW IS THIS DONE WITH RESPECT TO PROVEN PRODUCTION AND MARKETABILITY?

By: Gail Veley • Sponsored by The Whitetail Deer Farmers of Ohio

The fastest way to get to negative GEBV’s such as -.3 or -.2 or better, is to use deer that have SS markers and negative GEBV values, offers Ivan Hochstetler of Double H Whitetails, 25-acre deer farm in Mt. Eaton, Ohio. However, proven production and pedigree can also play a huge part in exactly how you arrive at having such a herd. Many deer farmers simply do not own (at this point) quality breeding bucks that are SS with negative GEBV breeding values. Yet it seems “every year a good buck comes out with good markers,” Hochstetler said. “For us, we buy SS semen with negative GEBV values from privately owned farms.”

The push to breed for SS markers and negative values and the realization that it was going to become necessary, began about five years ago, Hochstetler believes. Three years ago, things got more

serious. For Hochstetler and his herd of powerhouse GG does, he knew he needed a strategy. In breeding his proven and very valuable GG does to SS bucks with negative GEBV values, he is now producing GS deer and some SS negative breeding values. He has also not culled any deer but rather has sold some to hunting preserves. If all goes according to plan, in five years Double H Whitetails will see a huge impact as a result of their breeding decisions and have their very own SS bucks for breeding. “We’ve tested our offspring, and they are more and more resistant with each breeding cycle,” Hochstetler said.

Utilizing your current herd while working towards resistance breeding is a strategy that Joe and Crissy Johnson, owners of 7-acre Whiskey River Whitetails in East Sparta, Ohio are also abiding by. “We are doing a mix and not giving up proven production and pedigree,” Joe Johnson said. “Ninety-five percent of our deer are foundation deer to Ms. Patrick, a line that has proven itself for decades and decades.”

When Whiskey River Whitetails first got started three years ago, they acquired GG deer as starting stock for raising typical deer. Today, they use semen from SS bucks and have subsequently acquired GS offspring. “In a couple years we hoping to have phased out the GGs and have our very own SS big clean typical breeding bucks,” Johnson added.

While solid scientific proof points to the understandable justification for SS production, things can and often do change quickly in the deer industry. Therefore, Johnson, 47,

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believes his decision to preserve pedigree and proven production is a solid one, no matter what the latest trends may be or could become. “At this point I say ‘to each his own’ in finding what works for you and your farm,” he said. “Everyone has their own opinion on what is best for them.”

Going forward, Hochstetler feels that currently, “there’s not enough people selling markered does, but as that begins to happen it might be harder to afford to acquire them, especially for the new deer farmer,” he explained. However, while this may or may not prove to be a stumbling block “deer farmers are the solution to CWD and I feel having a reliable markered herd is what we’re all going to need, along with the indisputable proof from NADR that it’s real.”

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MEDGENE LABS

Looks to Unveil Prescription Platform Vaccines for Use in White-tailed Deer in 2026

By: Gail Veley • Sponsored by TheMissouri Deer Association

Deer farmers can feel optimistic about vaccine advancement by Medgene Labs in Brookings, South Dakota. If all goes according to plan, the prescription platform for whitetailed deer will be available in 2026. This will allow Medgene to offer more than an EHD vaccine to deer farmers, specifically an option to vaccinate against some strains of bluetongue. Bluetongue, an often fatal virus closely associated with EHD, is caused by the same vector, the Culicoides midge fly. Symptoms include fever, swelling of the head, neck and tongue, lameness, a loss of the fear of humans and the desire to be near water. Although Medgene Labs has a vaccine for EHD, they felt the need to expand to a prescription platform in whitetails because a specific bluetongue vaccine was just as necessary, said Medgene Labs Immunological Services (I.S.) Prime Director Ashley Petersen. “While bluetongue is very similar to EHD, having a vaccine specific to both is another part of a toolbox in overseeing the health and well-being of your deer,” she explained.

In order to test the safety of the prescription platform technology, a

vaccine Safety Study was conducted after four farms, one located in South Dakota, one in Oklahoma, one in Missouri and one in Ohio, agreed to allow their herds to participate. The study evaluated how safe the vaccine appeared for the target species (white-tailed deer) and recorded all reaction events that may have happened after an injection such as limping, soreness or not eating. Medgene’s currently available EHDV2&6 vaccine is manufactured differently than the methods used in the prescription platform system. Though the immune response is robust, “it didn’t matter if it was administered IM or SQ, the deer would be lame afterwards,” said Amy Nold of Nold Farms, LLC in Urich, Missouri. “I would say this new vaccine formulation shows great promise. Lameness is much less significant. I think it allows for more confidence while not inhibiting production.”

In addition, Nold felt there wasn’t a difference between how the does or bucks responded to the vaccine. Vaccines were administered starting December 16th, 2024, and followed up with a booster on January 4th, 2025. Every farm that participated

reported their observations back to Medgene Labs, who upon receiving the results, prepared and submitted a report to The Center for Veterinary Biologics, a division of the USDA located in Ames, Iowa. The center, which works to assure that safe and potentially effective veterinary biologics are available for the ultimate treatment of animal diseases, will more than likely need three to four months to review the report, Petersen said. Should the vaccine platform for use in whitetailed deer be given the greenlight, it will join others that subsist under Medgene Lab’s Prescription Platform License and will contain a “label claim” listing potential side effects. “I’m willing to use this vaccine on all of my deer,” said Nold, whose herd numbers exceed 200 head. “I say the risk is worth the reward in seeing our deer grow and in learning about and caring for one of God’s most wonderful creatures. Anytime you have an opportunity to participate in research, it’s always a pleasure and an honor.”

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THE MANY USES FOR DEER ANTLERS

By: Gail Veley • Sponsored by the Pennsylvania Deer Farmers Association

Nate Nisley started making antler chandeliers in 2013, one year after his dad, Joe Nisley, passed away. “My parents had been raising and breeding whitetails since 1998,” Nate shared. “Dad had been saving most of his antlers over the years and often mentioned wanting to make a chandelier out of them someday. After he passed away in 2012, I thought I would try to make one out of his saved antlers in remembrance of him.”

One simple chandelier soon led to Nate, owner along with his wife Diane of Antlers by Design, taking a week-long, hands-on course in Montana, learning from an expert on how to create antler lighting and other antler decor. “After that I just kept making chandeliers and selling them,” he said. “I still have the first one I ever made. The quality has come a long way since then. Building chandeliers out of natural antlers is considered an art and takes a lot of time. A good builder will take a lot of pride in his work.”

Having access to a reputable antler supplier and high-quality material to work with is paramount, as antler quality can vary depending on where and when they are found. “Antlers, like a piece of wood, have a lot of moisture inside,” explained Heath Merry, owner of Antlers 4 Me out

of Salina, Kansas. “If they are found in a pretty timely manner in the spring and kept inside, they can last forever,” he said. “If they are kept outside, they dry out and lose a lot of color. Anything made with antlers and kept outside will eventually need to be replaced.”

While Merry caters to a wide variety of customers, up to 75% of the antlers he sells are shipped to western states such as Wyoming, Montana, Idaho and Colorado and used for furniture, necklaces and rustic cabin décor, while lower grade antlers often end up in rock gardens. “There is an end market for every type of antler,” Merry said. Both Merry and Nisley spend considerable time travelling to pick up antlers, power washing them (with water only) and properly storing them. This typically happens more abundantly after the hunting season ends in the early fall, and as orders for Christmas supplies and gifts start flooding in.

To maintain lasting quality on products created by antlers, Nisley recommends buying only Grade A or good, solid antlers. “Whether they are cutoffs or shed antlers, I usually pay the same price as the demand for antlers has gone up for me,” he said. “Most sheds that come from wild deer hold a little higher value because more of them have a little

better look and darker color than farmed deer. I try to stay away from antlers that are very weathered, dried out, cracked or have a bleached look.” Likewise, cutoff antlers that have excessive velvet still hanging on them and as such, possibly never completed drying out before being removed from a buck’s head, also hold little value for him.

Through the years, Merry has experienced the expected ebbs and flows of an antler market that can be fickle yet has built a solid reputation and plenty of fallback business. His customers also include those who simply want a full set of antlers to hang inside their house, store or office. “That might cost around $1,000,” he said. “A lot of people could not afford to go out and shoot something that nice for the same price, and it’s the closest they’ll ever come.”

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