Pics from the farm

[Circle W]

Deer farming?

Yes we farm deer behind an 8' fence. We sell them to other breeders and hunting preserves. You have to possess a license to buy and sell deer so it's not like I can sell one to just anybody.

 

[Beltman60]

But I'm Santa :laughing:

 

[TripleR]

Yes we farm deer behind an 8' fence. We sell them to other breeders and hunting preserves. You have to possess a license to buy and sell deer so it's not like I can sell one to just anybody.

How much land do you have them on?

 

[TomSeller]

Yes we farm deer behind an 8' fence. We sell them to other breeders and hunting preserves. You have to possess a license to buy and sell deer so it's not like I can sell one to just anybody.

Interesting, never heard of that term.

 

[Circle W]

How much land do you have them on?

We have about 75 head on about 17 acres. I could hold double that amount on that acreage.

 

[TomSeller]

We have about 75 head on about 17 acres. I could hold double that amount on that acreage.

I don't know if I could grow enough garden to feed that many deer.

 

[Circle W]

I don't know if I could grow enough garden to feed that many deer.

We feed them a pelleted food that we have made at the mill and delivered to the house.

 

[TripleR]

We have about 75 head on about 17 acres. I could hold double that amount on that acreage.

Thanks, I thought they were more free range than that.

 

[TomSeller]

We feed them a pelleted food that we have made at the mill and delivered to the house.

I see they are not eating the grass down which I would have thought they would on 17 acres. Do they come to a feeder?

 

[Circle W]

I see they are not eating the grass down which I would have thought they would on 17 acres. Do they come to a feeder?

no they leave the nice grass alone. Every year, the bermuda comes back thicker than before. They prefer the iron weeds and stuff the cattle will not touch. But leaves are like candy to them, they are browsers more so then grazers. and for the most part they do come to a feeder, they are livestock. We bottle raise the fawns that we know will be staying on the farm so that they will be easier to handle.