IDEFA Journal Spring 2024

The IDEFA Journal Indiana Deer & Elk Farmers’ Association Spring 2024 l Volume 12 l Issue 1

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2023-2024 IDEFA Board of Directors President

Director

Director

Vice president

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Director

John Stoltzfus 5 Star Genetics 5835 N 1000 W Shipshewana, IN 46565 Phone: (574) 596-2347 jdwhitetails@gmail.com

Lester Eicher Springfield Whitetails 14905 Springfield Ct Rd Grabill, IN 46741 Cell: (260) 341-3614 springfieldwts@gmail.com

Secretary/Treasurer Earl Hershberger Clear Creek Whitetails 6960 W 200 N Shipshewana, IN 46565 Cell: (260) 350-3506 Fax: (260) 768-4761 earlcvpg@yahoo.com

Heath Alexander Forgotten Mile Whitetails 6675 W 500 N Pennville, IN 47369 Cell: (260) 341-7296 Email: thaeh80@gmail.com

Derek Borkholder Pine Creek Deer Farm 2877 Birch Rd Bremen, IN 46506 Cell: (574) 248-0322 Email: tagouttech@gmail.com

Director

Nelson Miller Antler Ridge Whitetails 71396 CR 25 New Paris, IN 46553 Cell: (574) 312-1349 Fax: (574) 538-2105 nelmiller26@gmail.com

Dr. Darryl Ragland, DVM, Phd 625 Harrison St West Lafayette, IN 47907 Home: (765) 494-3234 Cell: (765) 418-5673 raglandd@purdue.edu

David Schwartz Shallow Pond Whitetails 3990 N 675 W Shipshewana, IN 46565 Cell: (260) 336-1687 shallowpondwts@gmail.comt

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Cletus Bontrager Twin Maple Deer Farm 8820 W 050 N Shipshewana, IN 46565 Phone: (260) 768-4284

Director

Lance Whitsell Valhala Farm 1277 West Scratch Gravel Rd Liberty, IN 47353 Phone: (513) 839-5001 lance.whitsell71@gmail.com

Director

Rober Yoder Cedar Road Deer Farm 6664 Cedar Rd Bremen, IN 46506 Phone: (574) 646-2504 byoder@hardwoodinterior.com

Jerry Schwartz Countryside Whitetails 10852 W 900 N Bourbon, IN 46504 Cell: (574) 907-9457 Fax: (574) 546-0390

**Erica Bratton (574) 220-5652 ~ indianadeer@gmail.com

IDEFA Committees: 2023-2024 Hunting Preserve/Legislative

Chair: Dr. Ragland Committee: Heath Alexander, Lance Whitsell

Public Relations

Chair: Lester Eicher Committee: Quincy Cunningham

Audit/Ethics & Bylaws

Chair: Robert Yoder Co-Chair: Derek Borkholder

Fundraisers/Summer Picnic

Chair: Derek Borkholder Co-Chair: Lester Eicher Co-Chair: Josie Borkholder Co-Chair: David Schwartz Member Relations: Erica Bratton Food: Jerry Schwartz Committee: Earl Hershberger, Nelson Miller, Brian Bratton, John Stoltzfus, Robert Yoder, Heath Alexander, Cletus Bontrager, Lance Whitsell.

Budget Committee Chair: Earl Hershberger

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Committee: Nelson Miller, Robert Yoder

Committee: Shelly Chavis, Shawn Schafer

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CONTENT

FEATURED ARTICLES: • 2024 NADeFA in Springfield, Illinois Promises Lasting Memories and Good Times....53 • Rocky Ridge Whitetails Focused on CWD Resistance and Quality Breeding............34-35 • Safari Club International – Helping to Create Benchmarks for Deer Farmers..............47 • The North American Deer Registry (NADR) Offering More Services and Innovation for Breeding and Managing Deer.................................................................................................50

FEATURED FARM STORY: Springfield Whitetails – Setting Sights on Antler Records and Fawning Season....................................................................................... 10-11 IN EACH ISSUE Activity Pages..................................................................................... 30 Administrative Report.........................................................................6 Board of Directors...............................................................................1 Board Meeting Schedule...................................................................6 Business Cards.................................................................................. 23 Calendar.............................................................................................. 44 D&K Design Information...........................................................14-15 Membership Application................................................................ 26 Necropsy Submission Form........................................................... 60 Recipe - .............................................................................................. 19 LIMITED TIME OFFERS Multi Membershp Drive Jan - March...................................... 34-35 Showcase 2024 Application........................................................... 57 ADVERTISERS INDEX

Summer Deadline June 5th

Antler Ridge Whitetails.............................52 Backyard Whitetails...................................30 Bella Mia Ranch..........................................42 Black Hawk Whitetails........................ 31, 58 Blessed Bayou............................................20 Blosser Whitetails......................................38 Blue Creek Whitetails................................64 C&E BioSolutions......................................... 9 Cedar Road Deer Farm............................22 Cervid Central Market Place...................36 Cervid Solutions, LLC................................61 Clay Kuntry Whitetails................................. 8 Clear Creek Whitetails..............................43 CuddliEZ.......................................................62

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Head Gear, LLC..........................................40 Hilty Whitetails............................................39 Horizon Whitetails.....................................63 Illini Whitetails.............................................18

Jo Jo’s Whitetails........................................... 7 MaxRax Performance Wildlife Nutrition..... 9 NADEFA........................................................52 NexGen Animal Health.............................25 North American Deer Registry...............51 Outskirts Whitetails...................................48 Pine Creek Chain Link...............................41 Pine Creek Deer Farm.In Front Cover, 59 Pneu-Dart....................................................21 Prime Acres Whitetails......27, Center Spr. Purina.....................................IIN Back Cover Ripple Run Whitetails.................................. 4 Rolling Acres Whitetails............................12 Springfield Whitetails..................... Cover, 2 Starlight Whitetails....................................56 Straight Shooter Game Fencing.............62 Tajada Whitetail Ranch.............................54 Trophy Whitetails.......................................13 Twin Maple Deer Farm.............................45 Walnut Ridge...............................................49 Woodard Whitetails..................................29 Yoder Brothers Whitetails.......................51 Zehr Bros Whitetails.................................46

J&L Whitetails..............................................37

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ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT Hey there Everyone!

Hoping this edition of the IDEFA Journal finds you doing well.

Hoping everyone had a very Merry Christmas and beginning to 2024.

Our membership form has changed! We are now accepting auto membership renewals. There is an area on the form for you to check if you would like to take advantage of the auto renewal. This is not a requirement, Members spoke, and we listened! If you have not renewed for 2024, please send in your form to keep up with your journals and any communication we may send out. We do accept memberships all year round. You can find the form farther back in the journal.

As a reminder, the necropsy reimbursement form is also in this journal. For members with voting rights, this is the form for you! By using this form when submitting your necropsy to the University of Purdue (I misspoke in the last journal, IU is not participating in this program) you authorize Purdue to send the test results to us for our information gathering. For this information IDEFA will reimburse you the cost of the tests needed, any additional tests will be your responsibility. Use this form that gives permission to send the results to us, submit your necropsy, pay your bill then mail us a copy of your paid invoice for us to reimburse you.

It’s not too early to start thinking about this years’ auction fundraiser on August 2nd with farm tours on August 3rd.

If you have any suggestions and/or wish to volunteer, we would love to have you! If you would like to be on the ballot for a Board position in next year’s election, please let us know!

Erica Bratton • Administrative Secretary • Cell: 574-220-5652 • Fax: 952-955-6022 • indianadeer@gmail.com

2024 IDEFA Board of Directors Meeting Schedule

Meetings are open to all current members.

Members, please contact one of your Board of Directors for call in codes and/or locations Monday, March 11th, 2024 @ 7 PM – Phone Conference Monday, May 13th, 2024 @ 6 PM – Face to Face @ Lester’s

Address: Lester Eicher 14659 Springfield Center Rd Grabill, IN 46741

Monday, June 24th, 2024 @ 6 PM – Face to Face @ Lester’s Saturday, August 2nd, 2024 @ TBD – Face to Face @ Annual Meeting/Fundraiser & Picnic Monday, August 19th, 2024 @ 6 PM – Face to Face Monday, October 14th, 2024 @ 6 PM – Phone Conference

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FEATURED

Written By: Gail Veley

This coming spring, Lester Eicher anticipates seeing some of his best fawns yet. Eicher, owner of 15acre Springfield Whitetails in Grabill, Indiana, has thoughtfully bred his finest does to his finest breeding bucks. As a result “a lot of good crosses” are expected in May, he said. Some of these include Anchorman on Joker’s sisters, Back in Black on Anchorman’s sisters, Anchorman on Money Talks on Blackjack on Free Agent’s sister, Anchorman on Hardcore Ranger’s sisters as well as Anchorman on Ms. Victoria Rose, a Major League on Hardcore Ranger sister.

Anchorman, a two-year-old typical buck who scored 267” last year, possesses the SS allele and a negative genomically estimated breeding value (GEBV.)

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Anchorman

SPRINGFIELD WHITETAILS – SETTING SIGHTS ON ANTLER RECORDS AND FAWNING SEASON Although Eicher likes to breed mainly for pedigrees, he is very happy his treasured buck has these qualities, too. While he hopes that Anchorman continues to keep his farm “on the map,” he also hopes another one of his breeding bucks, Joker, sets a new NADeFA record. Joker, with his 291” mainframe, may surpass the current 274” record currently held by Cruiser, during the NADeFA antler scoring competition in March.

“I’ve been a deer farmer for 22 years,” said Eicher, whose farm is currently home to 185 deer.

“I love everything about it. I can never see myself retiring.”

As he anxiously awaits each “season” of deer farming from fawns to antler growth to A.I., he also enjoys each seasonal social and auction event within the deer industry. “Top 30 was great this year,” Eicher shared.

“We had 600 people there each day. I’ve not heard one negative complaint about it.

The prices were really good.

We also appreciated all the support we got and the meal sponsorships. From a business standpoint it’s one of the most important events to attend.”

Solid business relationships and friendships come easily

in the deer industry, Eicher believes, evident at events such as association picnics.

“Last year, Gary Olson (Olson Whitetails) flew his helicopter to the Indiana picnic,” Eicher shared. “He gave everyone helicopter rides. There must have been a line a mile long of people waiting for rides.”

As grateful as Eicher is for all the friendships he has made because of the deer industry, he is also very grateful for his entire family including his wife Rosemary, their children as well as his father and brothers and sisters who help on the farm in whatever capacity they can.

FARM STORY Sometime later this year with all of their help, Eicher plans to build a new fawning and A.I. facility, all under the same roof. Although he wanted to have it done before the spring fawns arrive (estimated to be between 70 and 80), he hopes to have it done before A.I. season. In the meantime, he will be watching close to 60 bucks grow their antlers.

As Eicher looks ahead within an industry that’s continually

attracting newcomers “I think it’s only going to get better and better,” he said. “The demand is a lot higher than the supply. I do see a lot more people breeding for better genetics which has brought better money for this newer generation of deer farmers.

This is a great industry to be a part of. I’m very thankful for my loyal customers and all the repeat business I have.”

CONTACT:

Lester Eicher 260-341-3614 springfieldwts@gmail.com 14905 Springfield Ct Rd Grabill, IN 46741

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REFLECTIONS ON “THE BEST YEAR YET” IN THE DEER INDUSTRY Hello!

In the deer industry, we are in the midst of my favorite months of the year, January - March. Many of you might recall that I like to refer to these months as “Membership Drive Months”. Several of the state associations we service have renewal dates in this time frame and our team is here to help promote. As I reflect back on 2023 and look ahead in 2024, I’d have to say that because of our Membership Drive in 2023, that it was “the best year yet” for our ever strong and growing deer industry. Last year, we were able to raise more than $5,000 worth of membership money to support 15 state associations. At most state association events, you will find our Multi State Booth, decorated in honor of every deer association we represent. That reminds me, I’d like to also give a warm welcome to Alabama and Ohio, the latest state associations to be taken under our wing, bringing our membership drive now to 17 state associations.

While it’s important to join and support your specific state association, you can also join others and in doing so, receive that state association’s magazine each quarter. What a productive way to stay on top of the latest trends or current events! This year, by joining four state associations, you will be entered into a drawing for a very valuable and useful donation. Thank you, Lester Eicher of Springfield Whitetails, for a donation of one semen straw, of The Ace. In addition to staying active in your association through your membership and event participation, is the renewal (or perhaps the beginning) of advertising in our magazines. Advertising allows you to establish your product or service and to remain front and center with those that need what you’re offering. Advertising has been proven time and again to be most effective when done consistently and regularly. When others consistently see your ad, they remember you and feel compelled to reach out when the time is right. It may not happen the first time, but can happen with regular advertising or perhaps the recognition remains mindful during sales and auctions.

Through our state association magazines, we offer a great service for getting your information out, interesting content and a really good product. We provide the connections necessary to keep you and your customers in the loop. I’m grateful for our team. Customer Care Representative Sam Uchytil, Journalist Gail Veley, Our Publishing Team and for our Shipping Associates that see to it that your magazines reach your mailboxes each quarter. We realize how blessed we are to be involved in such a great industry. And in the deer industry, we stick together!

It’s hard to believe things could get any better. Yet, we are never surprised when they do! Let’s all get excited for 2024 and for the adventures that lie ahead! And remember to renew your membership and advertising!! We are counting on you! Thank you!

Kathy Giesen Editor / Publisher, D&K Design Cell: 435-817-0150 Fax: 435-359-5333 deerassociations@gmail.com www.deersites.com

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2. Sauté venison. To the onion, add 1 teaspoon of minced garlic and sauté for an additional 30 seconds to 1 minute before adding 1 pound of ground venison. Then, loosely break up the venison and stir into the onion and garlic. Allow the venison to sear for 2 to 3 minutes, then flip and break up the venison as it browns.

3. Add seasoning. Once the ground venison is browned, add the seasoning, including 1 ½ tablespoon of chili powder, ½ tablespoon of cumin, ½ tablespoon of paprika, ½ teaspoon each of salt & pepper, ¼ teaspoon of garlic powder, and ¼ teaspoon of onion powder. Next, add ¼ cup chopped cilantro, 1 large diced Roma tomato, 3 tablespoons of lime juice, and ¼ cup of water. Stir the mixture until combined.

4. Simmer taco meat. Next, bring the ground venison taco meat to a boil, reduce heat to low, and then simmer for 5 minutes or until the taco meat reaches your desired consistency.

When the taco meat is done, remove the pan from the heat and serve in about 4 to 8 of your favorite taco shells/tortillas. Top with desired condiments and serve!

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ROCKY RIDGE WHITETAILS FOCUSED ON CWD RESISTANCE AND QUALITY BREEDING

By: Gail Veley When asking John Ervin Stoltzfus at Rocky Ridge Whitetails what he breeds for, his answer always begins the same way. “I don’t take short cuts. I breed for super large mainframes, such as beam length, tine length, width, and solid mass,” he said. He feels confident in his decisions and validated by the fact he is consistently winning antler competition awards at NADeFA. “I really like the “wow factor” when you get those antlers in your hands,” he added.

John Ervin likes to breed a variety of deer for his customers to choose from, such as large clean typicals, large typical mainframes with extras to help increase score and give more character. Close to 15% of his herd he breeds for 500”+ and 600”+ giant nontypical’s with a focus on large balanced mainframes. In addition to breeding for a variety of antler types, he also breeds for health, body size and proven “pass down” genetics. “All of these factors have been a high priority for many years at Rocky Ridge Whitetails and continues to be,” John Ervin

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emphasized. However, his focus has also shifted to another unavoidable trait in the quest to produce quality deer, breeding for CWD resistance.

Scientific research by experts such as Dr. Haley, Dr. Seabury and numerous research facilities like the one found in Aimes, Iowa has paved the way for a future potentially void of CWD. “I’ve always had a passion and fascination to study, breed, watch and follow genetics and pedigrees in whitetail deer,” John Ervin said. “About 6 years ago when I heard about Dr. Haley’s research in whitetails on CWD resistant genes, it got my attention. I always had a feeling that nature has a way of taking its course and the weak will die off. But the strong genes will survive and reproduce. If they could breed out sheep scrapies, then why couldn’t deer farmers breed deer CWD resistant deer, since both are a prion disease.”

John Ervin also feels optimistic about a genetic test first introduced three years ago by Dr. Seabury, a 50K Genomic Estimated Breeding Value (GEBV) test for CWD

resistance. Continued research will include updating this genomic test through CWD positive herd research. “I believe CWD research needs to be continued especially since it’s a regulated disease,” John Ervin explained. “I am grateful to Dr. Seabury and to NADR for updating GEBV research annually.

NADR is now doing the GEBV and codon marker test.” As a result of this test, recommendations now include breeding away from codon 96 GG and instead breeding the combination codon 96 SS and lower negative number GEBV’s, which is proving successful in making deer less susceptible to contracting CWD. John Ervin feels determining breeding markers is easy and while that itself may not take long, breeding lower and lower GEBV numbers will take a lot more time if your goal is to have your whole herd at the lowest GEBV numbers possible in spite of variables such as prion contamination exposure. “I find it very interesting on GEBV pass down,” John Ervin said, and explains it just like breeding for antler size.

“You would expect that in breeding a 200” class doe to a 400” buck, that the sons should be close to the middle at 300”. But anyone that has been breeding deer long enough knows that isn’t nearly the case, with some being under 200” and some being somewhere between 200” to 400”. And sometimes you get that one that is even bigger and better then both parents. And, naturally the desire is to breed the bigger and better deer, if you are striving to improve and take your herd to the next level.”

In the 27 years that John Ervin has spent raising whitetails, he has seen and appreciated the efforts of deer farmers striving to produce their next level of deer. He is hopeful the industry will see the same thing happen with GEBV’s and that CWD will cease to exist on deer farms. He understands the numbers have continued to rise for CWD positives and CWD trace-out quarantines in his home state of Pennsylvania and for many other states. “There has been a lot of CWD found in the wild in the recent years and it seems to have an effect on many deer farms going CWD positive,” John Ervin shared. “Our Pennsylvania Game Commission does a good job at supplying the records on tracking CWD in the wild herds, but they don’t have a good solution to eradicate CWD. The following are reports on the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s website for Bedford and Lancaster Counties.

Bedford County wild deer...............................#CWD tested........ #CWD positive 2012/2013 season 5% positive.............20..................... 1 2013/2014 season 0.34% positive........581................... 2 2014/2015 season 0.43% positive........462................... 2 2015/2016 season 0.94% positive........636................... 6 2016/2017 season 2.56% positive........678................... 18 2017/2018 season 3.99% positive........1103................. 44 2018/2019 season 5.23% positive........1223................. 64 2019/2020 season 7.76% positive........1263................. 98 2020/2021 season 14% positive...........886................... 124 2021/2022 season 22.15% positive......614................... 136 2022/2023 season 32.54% positive......676................... 220 2023/2024 season results still coming in and to this date percentage of CWD positive has increased again

While you can track each county on the PA Game Commission website for wild deer, John Ervin picked the first county (Bedford) where CWD was found in 2012 and his own county (Lancaster) where his farm is. While he is thankful no CWD was ever found in his county in wild deer to this date, he does understand that could change in the future with wild deer CWD positive appearing on the other side of his farm fence, and he wants to be prepared with a resistant herd if that would ever happen.

And while his farm is double fenced, he understands as do all deer farmers, that there are also other ways to spread CWD. John Ervin also already seen a tremendous shift in those desiring CWD resistance genetics in the amount of

Lancaster county wild deer...................#CWD tested........ #CWD positive 2012/2013 season 0% positive.............2....................... 0 2013/2014 season 0% positive.............116................... 0 2014/2015 season 0% positive.............52..................... 0 2015/2016 season 0% positive.............49..................... 0 2016/2017 season 0% positive.............52..................... 0 2017/2018 season 0% positive.............67..................... 0 2018/2019 season 0% positive.............296................... 0 2019/2020 season 0% positive.............290................... 0 2020/2021 season 0% positive.............245................... 0 2021/2022 season 0% positive.............199................... 0 2022/2023 season 0% positive.............202................... 0 2023/2024 season results still coming in with no CWD positives to this date

semen he sells, as well as his embryo and breeding stock sales. He has also heard first-hand from hunting ranches that while CWD resistance genes will not make a difference to hunters, it will make a difference for stocking preserves if CWD resistant deer lower the risk of bringing the disease onto their property. “Because

of this, I believe we have the potential for a very bright future and great opportunities for our next generation,” he said. “I’m so happy to be sharing my passion with my wife Mary Ann and our five precious children, and to be meeting the genetic demands of my customers and their clients.”

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THE NORTH AMERICAN DEER REGISTRY (NADR) OFFERING MORE SERVICES AND INNOVATION FOR BREEDING AND MANAGING DEER By: Gail Veley • Sponsored by IWDA Deer farmers, through the unwavering innovations of NADR, can now know exactly which GEBV markers and codons their deer possess, along with standard DNA parentage markers. “Our recently upgraded technology is allowing us to include GEBV markers and codon information with our standard parentage testing,” said NADR Executive Director Gary Cook. “This information allows breeders to maximize the reduction risk regarding CWD. The science allows them to genetically reconstruct their herds, making them less likely for CWD to occur, by virtually layering genetics from animals that are less susceptible to CWD. This will greatly influence breeding decisions as well as the future of the deer industry.”

Established in 2007 as an independent agency to help validate the deer industry, NADR has also recently purchased Game Management Solutions (GMS) software from NADeFA. “Our goal is to reinvent it so it can be opened from a phone and utilized in web-based applications,” Cook said. “We’ve been spending considerable time and effort revamping it to make it a much more powerful tool.” GMS, a tracking system designed to help manage every aspect of deer farming, will be available on a subscription basis in late winter or early spring, depending on when NADR is ready to introduce it. Currently, NADR maintains a DNA registry for whitetail, fallow and mule deer and as such, has tested almost 400,000 tissue samples. In addition, NADR is working on adding SNP markers for axis deer that will be available in 2024.

Deer farmers looking to sell, breed or participate in consignment sales are strongly encouraged to register their deer with NADR, through the submission of tissue samples. Sample submission options include an excel spreadsheet,

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GMS software or manually. Samples could include pulled (not shaved) hair between 30-50 millimeters long from the underside of the tail, an antler core from the base of a shed antler, semen straws or used semen straws with the cotton plug still intact. However, AllFlex tissue tubes can be handled much quicker through an automated process versus hair or blood, explained Lindsey Kogut, NADR Senior Lead Scientist. “We need to constantly remind people that we’ve grown, and samples can take weeks to process,” she said. “The earlier you get them to us the better. We will keep you informed and let you know when it’s in process.”

One of the advantages of the revamped GMS software will be the ability to notify breeders when samples are in process and when results are available.

the latest CWD research and how GEBV’s and codons influence resistance.

“Genetic improvement for reduced CWD susceptibility is not a single step process.

It is a work in progress and is a standard practice in commercial/production livestock species as well,” Kogut said. “This information takes the guess work out of it and can provide an immense level of comfort to deer farmers. I cannot imagine where the deer breeding industry would be without the efforts of NADR.”

As a more recent staff edition, Kogut, is responsible for ensuring parentage and GEBV results are reviewed and released to the breeders in an accurate and timely manner. Drawing from the extensive research conducted by Dr. Christopher Seabury, Kogut spends a considerable amount of time talking with deer farmers in an effort to explain

You may reach NADR staff by calling 405-513-7228, faxing them at 405-513-7238, sending an email to nadr@deerregistry.com or visiting their website at www:deerregistry.com. NADR is located at 1601 Medical Center Drive, Suite 1, Edmond, OK, 73034.

“We continue to work hard to provide the very best tools and the most valuable information in a genetic registry,” Cook said. “NADR is ever continuing to seek ways to use technology to provide knowledge and state of the art services to our customers.”

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2024 NADEFA IN SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS - PROMISES LASTING MEMORIES AND GOOD TIMES ®

By: Gail Veley • Sponsored by ILDFA Attending The North American Deer Farmer’s Association (NADeFA) national convention could prove to be a game changer for your deer business.

“Developing long-lasting business relationships through face-to-face meetings and camaraderie is one of the most important reasons for deer farmers and those who sell products and services to attend NADeFA,” offers Kathy Giesen, Editor and Publisher of multiple state deer association magazines, and steadfast convention attendee. “At NADeFA you get a very good mix of state association people. I feel this convention in particular will draw from every state deer association and be very well attended. There will also be a lot of educational and fun activities.”

anticipated event. Springfield, a city known for being home to President Abraham Lincoln, the invention of the corn dog and horseshoe sandwich as well as Springfield Lake, a beautiful and popular reservoir, is also rich in culture. In 1812, Explorer John Kelly built the first cabin in Springfield, noting the area’s vast abundance of wild deer and game. Today, among the city’s grid structured streets is The Abraham Lincoln President Library and Museum, a mere 12 minutes from the convention.

NADeFA attendees will receive a special admission rate of only $10 if they visit the museum during the convention, which is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Scheduled for March 20th-23rd 2024 at the Crown Plaza Hotel in Springfield Illinois, NADeFA will also feature several guest speakers. “We typically cover a wide variety of topics such as information on starting a deer farm to the latest CWD findings to herd health and management,” said NADeFA Executive Director Shawn Schafer. “A sampling of this year’s speakers includes Justin Greenlee and Dr. Chris Seabury.”

ILDFA Vice President Chase Baker and Board Member Dr. Clifford Shipley believe that Illinois, a state with a very good reputation for raising deer, is a perfect choice and central location for hosting NADeFA. “Springfield is a good city with easy access from the interstate and airport to the hotel,” Dr. Shipley said. In addition, ILDFA members hope Illinois “gains the exposure it deserves in being a great state to be a deer farmer,” Baker added. “We see it continuing to be that way in the future.”

Board members for The Illinois Deer Farming Association (ILDFA) are pleased that Springfield, the capital of Illinois, will serve as the host city for this always much-

As bright as the future is for Illinois deer farmers, is the prospect for new NADeFA attendees to make life-long friends and business partners, and for more

seasoned attendees to strengthen and deepen existing relationships. In addition to events such as the anticipated Antler Competition, Silent Auction, Benefit Auction, Consignment Auction, Dart Gun Competition, Coloring and Photo contest is the convention hall itself, featuring booths from deer farms as well as those promoting various products and services geared toward helping a deer farmer succeed.

“There are approximately 2,500 members reached through our publications with the various state deer associations,” Giesen emphasized. “Therefore, I feel there should be at least 2,500 people that attend NADeFA. Many deer farmers have never been to a national convention. Everyone owes it to themselves to go. Sponsorships, and the recognition that comes with that, are also available for anyone who wishes to sponsor a meal or an event.”

To register for NADeFA or to have a booth, visit the NADeFA website under NADeFA 2024. “We are expecting a good size crowd,” Schafer said. “This is an event the whole family will enjoy. Plan on attending.

You will really have a great time.”

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