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1LOUISIANA 2022 Board of Directors: BJ CLARK 38334 Shelby Drive Denham Springs, LA 70706 bjclark.ds20@gmail.com225-445-4459 KRISTINA ROTHSCHILD 3220 Tisdale Road Eros, LA krisrothschild@yahoo.com318-355-419771238 GRAHAM NORRIS 405 Dollar Lane West Monroe, LA 71291 grahamnorris@bellsouth.net318.366.7361 LLOYD GOUGH 1655 Beechcreek Road Olla, LA lloydg277@icloud.com318-277-624571480 BRANDON BOLLINGER 56099PresidentDohm Road Loranger, LA bbollinger@gulfcraneservices.com985-264-343770446 JOSH KAPLAN Secretary / Treasurer 146 Coteau Dugypre Lane Gheens, LA josh@goldenranch.com985-227-366470355 CHAD JEANE 404 Atkins Place Benton, LA chad.jeane@strikeusa.com318-470-666671006 BRAY BOLLINGER 56099 Dohm Road Loranger, LA bray@gulfcraneservices.com985-400-166770446 DANIEL THOMAS 242 Daniel Thomas Road Springhill, LA dbthomas40@gmail.com318-469-940471075 MYRA BOLLINGER WhitetailsAdministrator:Of Louisiana P.O. Box 436, Folsom, LA 70437 985-892-0056 whitetailsoflouisiana@gmail.com WOL recently held a BOD election. Bray Bollinger & Josh Kaplan were re-elected. Daniel Thomas & Lloyd Gough were elected to the board on April 26, 2022. We would like to thank Bill Holdman and Herb Jeane for their time served on the board for the last 6 years. WOL Board of Directors: Brandon Bollinger -President, Josh Kaplan -Treasurer/Secretary, Bray Bollinger, BJ Clark, Lloyd Gough, Chad Jeane, Graham Norris, Kristina Rothschild, Daniel Thomas
3LOUISIANA 2022 Issue:ThisIn Controlling Parasites in Humid Climates - Helpful Tips and Advice 21 How to Correctly Line Breed and Why ....................................................................................................... 14, 17 Letter from the Editor: Membership winners .....................................................................................................6 Memebership Application 38 NADeFA Thanks Senators for Introduction ............................................................................................41 Solving CWD Video released by The High Road Group ......................................................................27 The Benefits of Using Deer Tunnels 47 AntlerWOL: Competition Winners .......................................................................................................... 29, 31, 34, 37, 39 Event Photos 4, 42 Sponsors .................................................................................................................................................................................. 9 Feature Farm Story: Daniel Thomas Whitetails – Steadfast in Producing Two-Year-Olds with a “Wow!” Factor........ 22-23 Advertisers: Table of Contents: 2 Brothers Whitettails In. F. Cover / Back Cover 5 Star Genetics 44 Andrews Whitetails 30 Anglin Road LLC 32-33 AR&R .......................................................................................... 7 Awesome Whitetails ................................................................ 39 Blessed Bayou Wildlife & Fisheries Consulting .................. 12 Boom Outdoors Whitetail Farms.......................................... 11 Buddy’s Whitetails Clear Dart ............................................... 18 C&E Wildlife Products ............................................................. 8 Cargill Feed & Nutrition In. B. Cover Cervid Solutions, LLC 46 Cuddlies 16 Daniel Thomas Whitetails Center Spread 24-25 Dan-Inject North America ..................................................... 15 Elam Woods Whitetails ....................................................43, 45 Ezid LLC 16 Fox Valley Animal Nutrition, Inc 13 Head Gear LLC 28 Hilty Whitetails 40 Illini Whitetails ........................................................................ 10 Microchip ID ........................................................................... 18 NexGen Compounding .......................................................... 19 Pine Creek Deer Farm .............................................................. 2 Pneu-Dart, Inc ......................................................................... 35 Prime Acres Whitetails ........................................................... 20 Purina 48 Rocky Ridge Whitetails 5 Sunrise Supply, LLC 8 Trophy Whitetails 36 Woodard Whitetails ................................................................ 26 Next Deadline for Ads: Sept. 16, 2022 ~ Fall Issue (in hand estimated Oct. 7, 2022) MAGAZINE GRAPHIC DESIGN AND PUBLISHING: D & K Design 305 E. 350 N., Ivins, UT (Editorialdeerassociations@gmail.com84738www.deersites.comP)435-817-0150F)435-359-5333ProvidedbyContributingWriters)
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Viola, Kansas won the drawning with his participation renewing memberships with three state associations. The prize this year was a Holy Stone GPS Drone. Many conference attendees checked back with me afterwards in the hope that they had won. But don’t dismay. We may have another drone in the near future to offer. Right now, Brad is really enjoying his new and well-deserved gift.
even more important is the enthusiasm felt from renewing members and the anticipation of learning more about other state associations felt by newly registered members.
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My Multi-State Association Booth has become a mainstay at many state association events, created to entice industry participants to not only support their own state association, but to join others as well. Making this a one-step and easy process has always been my goal as individuals can fill out one simple form and make one payment, and yet join as many associations as they wish. And each year at NADeFA conventions, anyone who joins multiple state deer associations is entered into a drawing for a special high-end gift.
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Success with your line breeding efforts is realized when, after a few years, your herd begins to display and sustains a consistent look and striking resemblance, Bontrager explained.
Line breeding can present opportunities to produce desired, marketable and consistent traits within your whitetail herd, if you breed carefully and patiently. The bottom leg of a doe’s pedigree is the foundation for line breeding, explains Cletus Bontrager of Twin Maple Deer Farm, a 12-acre breeding farm in Shipshewana, Indiana which focuses on producing typical bucks. A doe with a strong bottom pedigree could ultimately produce a “supercharged” doe by following these most recommended steps. First, breed her to a desirable outcrossed sire. Next, select her most desirable 1st generation daughter and breed her to an outcrossed sire. Next, take this daughter’s most desirable 1st generation buck fawn and when he has matured, breed him back to his grandmother. Should this match create a doe, that doe will more than likely be the supercharged doe more “powerful” than her mother that you will use steadfast for breeding, in an effort pass on strong genetics and favorable, marketable traits. Then, your thoughtfully bred supercharged doe can be outcrossed to a buck with your preferred traits, to perpetuate the type of whitetail herd you are desiring to raise, said Bontrager, 37, who’s been producing deer with his father Ezra since 2000. When your supercharged doe has her own doe offspring, you would then breed those does back to your established select in-herd sires, rather than outcrossing, as this would take you farther away from the genetics and look you are after. Although this takes time and several breeding cycles, this process creates your line bred foundation stock. In most cases, only 10 to 15 percent of bucks produced from your supercharged doe will become breeder bucks and the rest, stocker bucks, said O’Lamar Borkholder of O’La Jo’s Whitetails, a seven-acre breeding farm in Bremen, Indiana. While the intent behind line breeding is to perpetuate desirable traits, inside every well-bred doe are hidden undesirable traits that only show up in her offspring, said Borkholder, who raises mainly typical deer. “The hardest thing is to keep that typical look – long, nice round beams,” he said. Therefore, if not done carefully, line breeding can expose undesirable traits and be a bigger downfall than an advantage.
Twin Maple has heavily line bred the Patrick line into their herd, as a result of Ezra visiting Pine Creek Deer Farm and being impressed by long-tined typicals.
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Today, 100% of Twin Maple’s 180 deer all anchor down to one doe. However, Borkholder, whose cousin Eddie Ray produced the famous line-bred Patrick deer, finds very few deer farmers today have the patience to wait and develop a herd of line bred foundation stock. Of the four types of breeding choices one can practice (inbreeding, line breeding, match breeding and random breeding) he finds most deer farmers choose random breeding whereby a farmer breeds a quality doe to the biggest or most popular buck on the scene at the moment. Many deer farmers also practice match breeding, a close cousin to line breeding, which involves perpetually choosing genetic lines that “click” or are known to produce well. And while history may point to successful cases of inbreeding (breeding father to daughter or son to mom or full brother and sisters) chances of this can be slim. Fifteen years ago, a buck fawn bred his womb sister. A doe from that breeding was then outcrossed and subsequently produced one of the biggest 10-point mainframe breeding bucks of all time, Maxbo Arty. However, in some cases, inbred deer are born blind, weak, get ugly racks or too runt-like to be worth feeding, Bontrager said. Line breeding (breeding uncles to nieces or nephews to aunts) absolutely requires having the right doe from the very bottom leg of her pedigree, Borkholder emphasized.
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“One of the most obvious preventative measures is to not have standing water or mud in your pens, and to keep them clean,” said Daniel Bontrager of Bontrager Whitetails in Marianna, Florida. “Rake up old hay and keep manure to a minimum and cultivate the dirt three times a year.” At his farm, Bontrager cultivates the dirt in the spring before fawning season, in late summer to replant new grass and again in the fall to plant crops such as soybeans or peas, in an effort to keep the land viable and less inviting to parasites.
By: Gail Veley • Sponsored by SETDA Maintainingnon-conduciveenvironmentan for attracting parasites while knowing how to spot and effectively treat whitetail deer presenting symptoms of parasite infestation, is the key to having the healthiest herd possible. In humid climates such as those found in Florida, Louisiana and other parts of more humid deer-raising country, parasites such as worms, flies and mosquitoes can live for longer periods of time, creating an ever-present need to be vigilant.
According to internet research, there are close to 80 species of mosquitoes and 18 species of flies that are native to Florida. “That is probably right with the actual real numbers,” said University of Florida Veterinarian Dr. Juan Campos, who works in the Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences as well as the Department of Wildlife and Ecology. “There are 47 subspecies of the culicoides midge fly but only three that transmit EHD. Quite often we see more parasites like these year-round and farther down south in central and southern Florida where the weather is warmer.” Treating deer for parasite infestation is not always a clear-cut endeavor and Dr. Campos, 48, fears that some parasites may become resistant to traditional methods of treatment. “One of our biggest parasites, Haemonchus contortus, is getting resistant to treatment,” Dr. Campos explained. Found in their infective stage known as Larva Three on the tips of leaves or grass after defecation from an infected animal, once ingested, the worm migrates directly to the fourth stomach or abomasum of a deer, where it attaches itself to and resides in. There, it is able to produce thousands of eggs a day. These worms feed off the blood of deer, causing anemia, weight loss, scours and an overall unhealthy appearance.
And while administering medication can prove effective in controlling or treating parasitic infections, spraying insecticides such as broad-based Permethrin inside deer pens (but not on shade cloth) is also a common preventative practice. However, “remember when you are killing bad insects you might also be killing good ones,” Dr. mindfulsaid.Campos“Andbeof where you are Anythingspraying. on ofoutertheedgewhere you sprayed could resistance.”develop
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successfulhowwilltreatmentreveal the treatment was, Dr. Heemphasized.Camposalsoadvises to not automatically treat your whole herd, but rather only those presenting symptoms such as droopy ears or reluctance to eat, as treating healthy animals may cause them to ultimately develop resistance. “More is not always better,” he said. “We have found that most of the time only 10% of a herd might be affected by a heavy load. The others may have a few parasites, but they don’t cause them problems.”
Two classes of drugs are commonly used to combat parasites, one to kill internal parasites such as fenbendazole and one to first paralyze and then kill parasites such as ivermectin. Fecal samples taken and evaluated by a veterinarian before and one week after
These proactive measures, combined with dry pens and “always keeping eyes on your deer” can help deer farmers stay ahead of problems, offer Susan and Ian Hall, owners of Oak Island Whitetails in Okeechobee, Florida. They also believe that using natural water sources can help deer build up immunities to parasites.
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One look at the two-year-olds in his pens, that all average between 220” and 235,” will tell you that his strategy is working. Each one is out of a doe whose pedigree is stacked for the favorable result Thomas achieves every single year. “Two-year-old buck pens don’t lie,” he said. While antlers may be both typical and non-typical, all racks have huge frames that do not disappoint. Through his careful selection of pedigrees, Thomas has leaned on the genetics from bucks such as Monarch One, Gladiator XL, Gladiator III, Monarch Superstar, Dream Rolex, Sun Dragon, DTW Bodacious, Rolex, Solid Gold and Highroller (to name a few) to create his strong and viable herd. To this end, acquiring and breeding top quality bucks to high quality pedigreed does has been Thomas’ best management strategy. Some bucks such as G IV that were 388” ‘at two years old and Goldie, 355” at two, really helped pull the average up in reference to inches and frame. “Putting out those kinds of numbers is exceptional,” he said. And while he reveres his prized bucks, Thomas covets his does just the same by practicing good animal husbandry and doing things such as bottle feeding them and regularly handling them from Asbirth.these bottle-fed does mature, their chances of successfully dealing with stress such as the handling chute, CIDR insertion and A.I. procedures are greater as they are used to regular human interaction. This marketable attribute combined with superior genetics and package-deal pricing makes them an undeniable compliment to any breeding program, Thomas emphasized. Each year Thomas sells between 20 and 30 does of varying ages with proven abilities.
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Through the years Daniel Thomas Whitetails has been well-known for raising bucks such as DTW Knockout, DTW Yellowstone, DTW Hickok and DTW Bodacious. Yet Thomas also feels his does deserve the spotlight as they are much more than unsung heroes in his herd. “They are the foundation of my success” he said. “I encourage every deer farmer to consider what one of these does could do for them. With breeding season approaching. this would be a very wise business decision since, in my opinion, Louisiana is the very best state for whitetail deer farming.” Give Thomas a call at 318-469-9404 if you are interested in your two-year-old buck pen looking like the one in the picture.
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“This new video will help people understand there is hope when it comes to dealing Chronic Wasting Disease. CWD is clearly something that we must learn to deal with because the disease is being discovered in new locations all the time. While many theories are thrown out and fingers pointed at who is to blame, science will be what ultimately helps solve the mystery of CWD. This new video sheds light on what deer get CWD and why. It also suggests why and how susceptibility to CWD can be bred out of a deer herd” says Keith Warren who is responsible for production of this online video.
“This is a must see video for anyone concerned with the future of whitetail deer. I’m certain that every Wildlife Agency in the country will be keenly interested in what this video reveals. I’m grateful to the North American Deer Registry for allowing us to bring this video to the market”, said Keith Warren.
This 52 minute online video features Dr. Christopher Seabury who is the leading scientist for the North American Deer Registry, a global genetic registry for whitetail deer. Dr. Seabury’s research on thousands of whitetails that were depopulated from CWD positive facilities has revealed very important information on how genetics play a role with CWD. Seabury has identified specific genetic traits in whitetails that can make them more susceptible to the always fatal deer disease. Seabury’s research is eye opening and reveals a strategic way to breed the susceptibility to CWD out of whitetail deer by focusing on Genetic Estimated Breeding Values.
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“On behalf of deer farmers and their families, I want to thank Senators Hoeven and Heinrich, as well as the other cosponsors for introducing this important legislation. As an industry, we have been fighting CWD each and every day and self-funding CWD research for years. Working together with our partner organizations we now have legislation in both chambers of Congress that reflects the nationwide need for research to slow and halt this disease and is a true investment in developing the scientific tools necessary to combat CWD in farmed and wild deer populations. CWD is a continuing threat to our producers and this legislation will put in motion mechanisms to change that. We look forward to working with the entire Senate to quickly move this legislation which will benefit all deer across North America. We owe it to our current and future generations of hunters, family farms, and children, to collectively pass this important legislation,”
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On Thursday, April 28, 2022, Senators John Hoeven (R-ND) and Martin Heinrich (D-NM) introduced “The Chronic Wasting Disease Research and Management Act of 2022”. This legislation is a companion to HR 5608 sponsored by Representative Ron Kind (D-WI) and G.T. Thompson (R-PA) which overwhelmingly passed the House of Representatives on December 8, 2021. At the time of introduction, the legislation was also cosponsored by Senators Corey Booker (D-NJ), Steve Daines (R-MT), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Amy Smith (D-MN) and Jon Tester (D-MT).
This legislation authorizes $70 million annually to be split evenly between research and management practices to address CWD. NADeFA has been working closely with Members of Congress, committee staff, and a coalition of sportsman’s organizations to draft and move this legislation. This bill addresses NADeFA’s highest priority of ending this disruptive disease by authorizing funding to university and public research facilities to conduct research into ways to combat and eradicate CWD. While the legislation authorizes this funding, if passed, it would still need to be funded each year through the appropriations process.
Shawn Schafer, Executive Director of NADeFA issued to the following statement on the passage of this legislation:
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Ezell and his wife Jodie shared the same vision as Hochstetler when they first entered into the deer business 13 years ago and bought a farm with an existing facility. Through the years of using it, Ezell has realized the safety, comfort and ease of accomplishing whatever job that needs to be done. Although he was grateful to have bought a farm with a handling facility already in place “I would have done it anyway,” Ezell said.
Yearlings, mature bucks with or without antlers and does can all be run through a handling facility. Two minutes is the maximum amount of time any deer should spend in the final phase, the squeeze chute, as additional time would be too stressful on them, Ezell emphasized. After leaving the facility, alley ways allow deer to find their way back to their pens at both farms.
When Hochstetler built his barn in 2009 with the support of his wife Ruby, he had visions of running a substantial deer empire. Even though at the time they only had two deer, the first thing Hochstetler did was put in a handling facility and tunnel system complete with solid wooden walls for added safety. Back then, the total cost was close to $10,000.
While numerous farms depend on these efficient and carefully designed darts to accomplish a variety of goals including antler cutting, CIDR insertion and medication administering, for larger deer farms darts might prove
“When you think of all the benefits, how could you afford not to?” Consulting services for constructing handling facilities are offered by Ezell by calling him at 918-697-5389. Deer Tunnel System and Handling Facility costly to buy. In addition, darting is thought by some to be best accomplished during cooler parts of the morning or evening, whereby with a tunnel system, the weather isn’t usually a huge factor, said Ivan Hochstetler of Double H Whitetails in Dundee, Ohio.
At his 23-acre farm with close to 200 typical deer, Hochstetler, like Ezell, maintains a CWD-Monitored herd. In addition to using their tunnel systems for procedures such as vaccinations, A.I. and (at Ezell’s farm) antler cutting, both men are required to test every three years for TB and brucellosis. Running them through their facilities for these purposes may take an entire day. However, in lieu of having a facility “it would take several days,” Hochstetler said. “For us, it would be a nightmare.”
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THE BENEFITS OF USING DEER TUNNELS
Although a smaller deer farm might get by without a handling facility and tunnel system, larger deer farms can operate much more efficiently with one, explains Chris Ezell, owner of Dangerous Whitetails of Oklahoma, in Adair, Oklahoma. Deer tunnels, along with a handling facility, can allow a deer farmer to run several head of deer through in a matter of hours, greatly reducing stress on the deer while potentially negating the need to dart them.
“In my opinion, darting may hurt their immune system,” Ezell said. “If not done correctly, it could be detrimental to put them to sleep.”
Yet many deer farmers depend on darts, developed by several companies through thoughtful technology intended to safely deliver antibiotics and sedatives to whitetails.
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Although it would cost more today to construct the same facility, over time it would not only pay for itself, it could you save substantial time and money in the long run. “We put CIDRs in 60 does last year and then later, pulled them,” Hochstetler explained. “If our farm, as a larger operation, had to dart those does instead for the same procedure, it would have been a substantial cost.
When you think about all the times you would use your facility, in two or three years that handler might be paid for.”
