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Now we’re down by Lake Okeechobee. This is John entries with rocking JE Whitetail deer farm and I mean John is a relatively new dear farmer human deer farm and all that long but he got most of the deer from my Mansfield and later on Michelle we’re going to go with the little John JOHNSON and we’re gonna show you spell dear. Can I hang around See widow Real dear farmer does tell me about the bucks in here so we got heat stroke is a two yearold is that of a high heat in a 2020 800 that’s good bud he is a pretty deer meat. Real nice pretty typical and green tag and there is heavy a three year old is Zach. Yes sir that’s a that’s my little boys book with John Little John can tell you all about him later on OK all right I’m sure he’d be glad to do that. OK and you had mentioned there was another deer in here a big Mo. Yes sir are coming back Big Moe Big Moe he’s a he’s a granddaddy the pin here he’s a seven-year-old gladiator to book. Oh wow, I wanna point out that in the beginning the show we went to a mic Mansfield farm in most of your dear Janetx did come from Kaiser and an S for that reason you’re gonna look at her and you can see these but

you’re real pretty clean typical dear and is it one reason why you chose to go with Mike because there are a lot of breeders over here to get there from yes are there is I went with Mike he’s got a lot of the Texas Janetx that you know in the in the south here we need something that’s going to Environment and all our our parasites that we have down here and they got a lot of bugs on me this warm down here in Florida and and what happened is before the borders closed here in Florida. Mike brought in deer from Texas OK and those Texas Janetx turned out they’ve they really they were good investment for him and they’re helping be a good investment for you and you tell the really nice pretty typical dear, so that’s awesome. OK so how many do you have total and how many acres is the formal? Where are the farms on about 11/2 acres we got a little over 30 headed deer all right and currently your bottle feeding deer right? Yes sir but not all of them nice or not all of them we are we we select we have a select few that we like to bottle feed OK and what we’re gonna do after the break we’re going to go and I we’re gonna start out Shanya with a six year old dear farmer does which part of the job on a deer farm so I come out here

to John early deer farm, and the one thing I can tell about John JOHNSON just kind of quiet guy. This is not his full-time gig, but John loves Whitetail deer and that passion is not just a between him and his wife or me Becky you know you’ll see you’re making bottles or feeding the babies doing whatever she needs to do to help out but they also got another helper and his name is little Jon and little John. It’s been deer farming a long time now he may be only six years old. Listen how long he’s been deer for me He’s got a yellow tag who is that his name which one the real pretty one in there heat stroke how old is heat stroke how old to oh my goodness so what do you think of him? I love his horns. Yeah I love them too. I mean they look good. No big Moe and I hate have the best ones in this game but you should big Mo, big Mo and which one we were Big Moe doing right there OK? Which one tell me OK Spy on one right beside right beside bullet 08 Freddy, how long you’ve been farming dear before I was born for your born a long time with you and what are you six now OK my whole life. Rocking JE

We had a successful fawning season at Stubbs Whitetails! Even had a couple albinos born.

One of our nice one year olds which is out of Rowdy. We have some high quality does available soon.

Salad bar open!

Last one born this year, in the middle of August, didn’t plan on that, but she’s a keeper!

Stubbs Whitetails

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Brad Hassig walks into the pen where one of his latest thoughtfully bred breeding bucks, Simply Irresistible, resides. Quietly, Hassig pulls a camera out of his pocket to snap an image of the two-year-old buck who sports a 288” typical frame. However, unlike most deer, Simply Irresistible seems to pose for the picture, rather than contemplating running away. This big-bodied buck out of Blackjack, Triple Crown, Sudden Express and Shadow on Blue 37 wasn’t bottle fed either. He, like his name implies, is simply one of the calmest and most attractive deer Hassig has ever raised. Yet, his photograph is more than a permanent reminder of this moment in time. It’s perhaps also a reflection of all the hard work and time Hassig has put into producing deer that perpetuate the success of Prime Acres, his 46acre Woodville, Texas farm, and other farms that do business with him. Sharing the spotlight with Simply Irresistible is Wanted, another well-bred typical breeding buck out of Sudden Express, Triple X and Triple Crown on Miss Kitty who measured 284” last year. As Wanted grew, Hassig couldn’t help but notice how much his face resembles Miss Kitty’s, who is Gunsling-

er’s womb sister. “When you spend enough time with your deer, they don’t all look the same,” Hassig said. “You notice things like unique physical features or personality traits that may have been passed on by their parents.” As Hassig prepares to showcase Simply Irresistible and Wanted to interested clientele, he is grateful to have his son Connor, his wife Rosy and recently hired and dedicated staff to depend on for the day-to-day operation of a farm that’s expecting 200 or so fawns this spring. These new staff members include Ranch Manager Erica Caldwell and Assistant Ranch Manager Erika Cline, both of whom worked previously for Billy Sage in Ohio. “These two women have worked extensively with deer and are not afraid to work hard and work long hours,” Hassig said. “I felt very comfortable bringing them on board. They have been a true asset.” In the past year not only has Hassig expanded his number of employees, he’s also added six more acres of deer pens to his farm. While well-known buck Back in Black remains their Number One Breeding Buck, whose semen routinely sells out each year, Prime Acres also relies on embryo transfer to infuse fresh genetics into their herd which averages between 350 and 400.

“We focus on eight to 10 different lineages that have always done well in the auction room and private sales,” Hassig explained. “That have a lot of good production and monetary value.” While Hassig appreciates the value of a well-bred deer such as his prized breeding doe First Lady, the mother of Back in Black, he also deeply appreciates and values his relationships with those in the deer industry. As he attends events such as the Northern Top 30 Whitetail Deer Extravaganza and NADeFA, he enjoys seeing “all the guys” he does business with, who have helped him achieve the success he enjoys today. “We’ve sold a lot of semen to our northern clients, and they are very important to us,” Hassig said. “We also have partnerships with northern breeders and are very grateful for them.” Check out Prime Acres on Facebook!

EFFECTIVE BOTTLE FEEDING – TIPS FROM WOODARD WHITETAILS

By: Gail Veley • Sponsored by Kala

Dustin Blosser 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.”

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