X-Factor and Friends Watch 'Em Grow Week 9

X-Factor will break the 600" mark soon if he stays healthy.  E-mail Me to buy semen before it goes up!!

X-Factor and Friends Watch 'Em Grow Week 8

Week 8 and he's still growing strong.  Semen still just $4000/straw but will go up soon.

X-Factor Semen now $5000/straw and set to go up again

X-Factor semen has gone up to $5000/straw and will go up again soon.  He is expected to break 600" this year if he stays healthy.  Don't wait too long.  You've already missed it for $4000.  He has some awesome yearlings and 2-yr olds on the ground already.  This picture was taken July 3, 2011. He's already bigger than last year.  Wait till you see this week's pictures!!!
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Anter Infection Cure for Whitetailed Deer

I have an older buck, 7 yrs old, that we used to breed with. He's double bred Redoy Bill. Redoy Joe, AKA Joey, had a best score of a little over 200" at 4. At 5 he was still getting over the stress of moving from Minnesota to Louisiana and didn't grow as good. At 6 he lost one antler in January and the other in April. The late one started growing around the old base. He so tame I'd pull on it every day. When it finally came off it had infection under it. I dosed him with antibiotics and it got better.....I thought. All that year and through last winter he stayed skinny. I tried everything. We don't breed with him because we have better bucks but Joey is part of the family. He had no stress, no does to chase, no bucks to fight. This year he lost both antlers close together in February. Both were infected underneath. I think now that he had the infection all year long. After casting his antler I hit him with antibiotics but within a couple of days I noticed a swelling under one eye. That really concerned me because I figured the infection wasn't isolated in the antlers. It was probably in his bloodstream and who knows what might be infected. The battle of the antler infection started. Over the next 3 or 4 months we tried antibiotics 8 times. I used Draxxin, Baytril, Nuflor, Oxytetracycline and long lasting penicillin. I also used hydrogen peroxide daily when infected was apparent followed by diluted iodine. I was also giving Shock Effect Conditioner to put high amounts of probiotics in him to boost his immune system. It kept coming back. I hit him with heavier doses for longer periods of time determined to kill it or him!! My veterinarian is great to work with and we kept trying. I asked Faye Thayer of Shock Effect and she said a vet in Texas had helped someone she knew. I contacted him and he said he was going to give me a list of Do's and Don’ts.
DON'T
Don't use hydrogen peroxide; he said it doesn't kill bacteria and just created new pockets and channels for bacteria with all the boiling up that it does. News to me because I thought, since childhood, that it was great and used it on myself all the time. If it's doing all that boiling up stuff it has to be good right?
Don't use any of those antibiotics for antler infection, they won't work.
Don't use iodine on the antler infection.
DO
Now this is his advice for my particular buck but he said he had done a couple of hundred and it will work. You should always consult your own veterinarian and will have to buy some of the products through him anyhow.
Use Convenia antibiotics, 1 shot, 1 time at 4.5cc/100lbs body wt. It's used for small animals but gives 14 day coverage and will work on the bacteria in antler infections. It comes in a vial of powder that has to be reconstituted and is only good for 28 days afterwards. You only get 10cc and it's expensive for 1 shot.
Use Novalsan-S to clean and disinfect the area of infection. I'll post pictures later. Dry after using Novalsan-S.
Use Dry-Clox, a mastitis drug containing cloxacillin. The tube has a tip similar to Super Glue, slender and pointed to go in a cow's teat. Put it down into the infection and inject the creamy med. He said to get 6 but I got a whole box because my vet said he uses it in wounds like dog bites. Use the Dry-Clox for 3 days, but the Novalsan-S only the first time.
Give 1cc/100 lbs body wt of injectable Multimin-90, a zinc, manganese, selenium, and copper supplement. Give it 1 time only and do not use other supplements with selenium or copper to prevent toxicity.

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WIN A STRAW OF X-FACTOR SEMEN

A lot of people have been asking what we think X-Factor will score this year. As you can see in the pictures, he is off to a great start. Win a free straw of X-Factor semen by coming the closest to guessing his... SCI score for 2011.
Rules for the contest are:
It doesn't matter if you are over or under. It is the closest score. Email your guess of his 2011 SCI score to my email address facebookmail@daddyoadventures.net. Give your name and phone number with your email. When he is measured in the fall, we will give the winner one free straw of X-Factor semen. One guess per person per email address. In the event of a tie, the person who submitted the winning score first, will be the winner. We will try to show you new photos weekly. Check for pictures on our Facebook page Whitetail Rack Ranch Good luck !!!!!!!

X-Factor and Friends Watch 'Em Grow Week 7

I TOLD YOU SO!!  X-FACTOR ALREADY AT 500" BEFORE JULY!!!!
X-Factor exploded this week.  He is at 500" already and this is just June!  He just needs another 100" with over 2 months to grow it.  Look at all of these incredible bucks.  Contact me before the semen skyrockets.  IT IS GOING UP!!!!  Click to Contact

X-Factor

X-Factor

X-Factor

Xtreme (X-Factor's son)

Geyser

Geyser

Gold Dust

Level King

Level King

Rocky

True Blue



X-Factor and Friends Watch 'Em Grow Week 6

Another week made a huge difference.  X-Factor will hit 600" if nothing happens to him.  All of these bucks are doing fantastic.  Buy your semen early or you'll be getting it at a higher price!!  Click to Contact

X-Factor

X-Factor

Xtreme (X-Factor's son)

Geyser

Geyser

Gold Dust

Level King

Rocky

True Blue



X-Factor Watch 'Em Grow Week 5

Here are pictures from week 5.  They are all getting bigger.  X-Factor is really packing it on.  So is Rocky.  They are all doing great.  X-Factor is growing toward that 600" mark.  Contact me for semen sales while it's still cheap!!!  Click to contact

Geyser

 Geyser

Gold Dust

 Level King

 True Blue

 X-Factor

 X-Factor

 Xtreme (X-Factor son)



Rocky



X-Factor Watch 'Em Grow Week 4

X-Factor is growing so fast you can see the change within 4 hours!!!  Packing on a lot more than last year.  Let me know if you want semen.  We still have some left.  Get it now in case something happens.  Pray that he continues to stay healthy.  Can't wait to see what he ends up as this year.  Still maintaining the same look, only bigger and better.
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X-Factor Watch 'Em Grow

X-Factor is already 2 1/2 to 3 weeks ahead of his growth at this time last year.  He's looking great and he's bigger.  Will he be the first 600"?  Get his semen at $4000/straw now.  NO guarantees about future pricing or availability. 

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MC Ranger semen $1000/straw

MC Ranger is a great looking Maxbo Ranger son and his mother is from the Charlie line.  Maxbo Ranger is half brother to Dream Ranger.  Read more about him below.  Semen is $1000/straw.
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BamBam 1 straw/$3000

BamBam 1 straw/$3000

AGN BamBam is huge with his score of 448" at 5 with 11 6/8" base measurements!  He was 341" at 2 years old.  This Avalanche son has  a lot of bone on his head.
We only have one straw of his semen left.  Price is just $3000.  A steal for a buck like this!!  Look at his picture and tell me size doesn't matter.

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Shock Effect Bacteria, Probiotic, Enzymes and the Deer Stomach

Shock Effects has numerous benefits designed specifically for whitetails.  Read about the stomach of the deer and how Shock Effect can help improve your deer's performance.  E-mail Me for more information or to order some.

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Shock Effect Fawn Gel

Shock Effect Fawn Gel gets your fawns started with a boost.  It is also great if you have a fawn that just isn't performing like you think it should.  With the probiotics, vitamins and charcoal you can increase survivability of your fawns.  Charcoal is important to keep on hand for combating poisoning and some bacterial infections such as E. coli.  If your fawns get diarrhea give them a dose of Fawn Gel immediately!  E-mail Me for more information or for ordering some.

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Shock Effect Conditioner for improving deer performance

Shock Effect Conditioner is great for keeping weight on your does during the summer as they experience stress from nursing fawns.  The fawns will also benefit in health and weight gain as they begin to eat feed with the Conditioner added.  During the rut Conditioner will help keep weight on your bucks so they will be in top shape when they start new growth in the spring.  Read about it and E-mail Me for more information or to order some.

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Shock Effect Genetic Enhancer for Bucks

Shock Effect Genetic Enhancer gives your bucks a boost to grow bigger antlers.  Read about it's benefits and E-mail Me  for more information or to order some.

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Shock Effect Deer Products

We are a distributor for Shock Effect deer products.  To learn more about the products or buy some E-mail Me.

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X-Factor Starting off 2011 in Great Shape

X-Factor is starting off 2011 in great shape.  He is ready to start packing on new antler growth.  Maybe he'll be the first 600" deer in the world!  He is the only whitetail to be officially scored by SCI at more than 500".  With over 60 scorable points, adding only 1" on each point would put him in the high 500s without any additional mass, main beam, or new tines added.  We'll be posting Watch Him Grow pictures later this year.

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Louisiana Bred Does for Sale

We have some more Louisiana bred does and fawns for sale from our 200"+ pen.  We need to make more room for our new additions from our 2-year old breeders and X-Factor.  Great deals on group sales.

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Buck Saver Deer Handler

Watch this video to see the new Buck Saver Deer Handler that is already revolutionizing the way we handle deer.

The Buck Saver Deer Handler is a revolutionary new method for handling deer.  It was developed by Russ Bellar, owner of X-Factor.  Russ has had the unfortunate experience, like many of us, of losing valuable deer because of complications from traditional tranquilization methods.  A study on red deer in South America revealed that traditional tranquilizers compromise immune system response for 30 days following tranquilizing.  If our expensive whitetails don't die during the process, we worry about complications that follow.  The longer the deer is down, the greater the risk of aspiration of rumenal fluids.  Even leaving deer off feed overnight doesn't eliminate the risk.  Some vets have required as much as 36 hours off feed.

Russ decided to take a proactive approach to prevent the risk while collecting semen.  He worked with two of my Amish friends, Raymond and David Graber, to design and build a handler that a buck can be collected in by converting to a table.  A simple idea that makes me slap my head and say, "Why didn't I think of that".  It's not that unusual for Russ though because he's a person that thinks outside the box. 

Russ worked with Harry Latshaw who has many years of animal anesthesia experience at Purdue University. He developed an apparatus to administer gas to deer.  Russ incorporated this into his handler system.  As the video shows, the buck is sedated quickly, the work is done safely to collect him and the buck wakes up quickly when the mask is removed.  Russ timed the process after removing the mask.  He said from the time the gas is removed the animals are in their pens in 3 minutes with no signs of having been sedated.  Russ considers this new method safe and proves it by several trials using the world record X-Factor.

I have to complement the entire team on their work.  In my opinion, this will revolutionize the way deer are handled. Presently, if I have a deer with foot rot, I try shooting a Draxxin dart to clear it up.  I hesitate tranquilizing animals, especially if the immune system is suppressed with tranquilizer drugs.  I don't want to create a poor immune system response for a sick deer that needs to be functioning at peak efficiency.  I won't delay active treatment in the handler with this new system.  It will be so simple to run a deer in, give it the gas and perform anything that needs to be done even something as simple as hoof trimming.  Imagine how easy it will be to take better care of our animals without the fears we presently have. 

Come see us at the NADeFA Convention in March in Nashville.  See how this new handler can benefit you.  Russ will be in the booth with me to discuss its operation.  We'll have mounts of X-Factor too!!  Come see us up front in Booth 201.

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Whitetail Rack Ranch fawn edema

We have had problems with this little guy and his brother off and on since they were born.  We found both of them in the pen and didn't appear that they had nursed.  Both were premature and weak.  Their front legs bent backwards at the joint and they couldn't stand without assistance.  We immediately took them in and gave them colostrum.  This one is Heat Stroke.  My wife, Annette, gave him the name because when he could finally walk he would wobble around the yard until he got tired and collapse.  He would often be hot in in full sun.  Once when she found him he had convulsions.  She said he must have had a heat stroke, thus his name.  She would often pick him up, limp, with his head drooping and drooling. 

We've had conversations with Dr. Chris Sullivan, at Sullivan Veterinary Clinic as we were recently treating Heat Stroke for diarrhea.  He would look great and then have health issues like pneumonia or diarrhea.  We'd turn him around and then have problems again.  Dr. Chris and I think it's because they never got colostrum before we gave it to them.  We check the pens daily for new fawns but the first 12 hours is critical.

The swelling in this picture is edema, a swelling cause by fluid trapped under the skin.  This picture is typical of a large parasite load.  We had a fecal sample run but it didn't show parasites were exceptionally heavy.  We had wormed him with Ivomec and Safeguard within the last month.  Since he did show 2 strongyles, Dr. Chris suggested we worm him again with Cydectin.  We always worm for more than one day.  You should ask your vet but I usually worm at twice the cattle dose for 3 days.  Deer have a higher metabolism rate than cattle and I want to make sure they keep the drug in their system long enough to work.

Heat Stroke's edema could have been from parasites but since the load was not severe I think it may have been because of his lack of nutrient uptake from the diarrhea.  He may have poor immune system response because of his lack of colostrum at birth. 

We finally got the diarrhea under control using Arrest.  We used Banamine for inflammation in the gut on a limited basis.  He had 104.1 fever one day and the Banamine had it down to normal the next.  Talk to your vet before using Banamine about the complications from stomach irritation.  He finally got to the point he would not eat.  We lost his brother a couple of days earlier with the same symptoms.  Dr. Chris had me give Heat Stroke one dose of Dexamethasone and some B-12.  He said it would stimulate his appetite.  Dexamethasone can cause immune system compromise from multiple doses so weigh the options with your vet.  It took about 48 hours but Heat Stroke started eating voraciously!  I gave him Karo syrup and some molasses.  His edema was gone the next day.  His stool had started firming up but the Karo and molasses loosened him up again for about a day.  He's going pellets now and has gained weight.  We may always have trouble with him but he's turned the corner from death again.  Being bottle fed makes him easier to handle.  He'll come out of the handler and stand there for you to pet him. 

Hope this gives you some ideas if you have similar problems.

NADeFA National Convention, March 2011

X-Factor displayed at the NADeFA convention  March 17-19, 2011.  The convention will be held at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel and Convention Center in Nashville, TN.  Well on his way to becoming the most famous deer in history, we will have a replica mount of the 2010 world record whitetail, X-Factor on display.  We've been working with Russ Bellar selling X-Factor's semen nationwide.  We will also be unveiling a revolutionary concept in deer handling with the Buck Saver Deer Handler.  Come by our Whitetail Rack Ranch booth #201 up front directly across from the antler competition.  You won't want to miss X-Factor.  It's the next best thing to seeing him in person.  I've been 15 feet from him in his pen and he will give you buck fever!!!  We'll be looking forward to your visit.  Bring your camera and get a picture with him.

Sullivan Veterinary Clinic in Winnsboro, Louisiana

I've worked with several veterinarians in Louisiana when the need arises for managing the health of my whitetails.  I recently had my first experience with Dr. Chris Sullivan, DVM at Sullivan Veterinary Clinic in Winnsboro, Louisiana.  I was pleasantly surprised with the attention I received in assisting me with two sick fawns.  I've had veterinarians that have been willing to help but they just didn't have experience with whitetails.  Dr. Chris not only has some deer familiarity but he has a great contact to assist him.  His brother, Brad Sullivan, owns Sullivan Whitetail Ranch near Dallas, TX.  Brad has a large breeding operation raising some great whitetails, but more importantly for me, he has a wealth of knowledge and experience.  Dr. Chris consults with Brad on cases that may be complicated.  Having a veterinarian close by is important but expertise with deer health issues is another qualification you should look for.  With so few veterinarians in Louisiana having knowledge of white-tailed deer, I highly recommend seeking your health care needs from Dr. Sullivan.  Contact information is:

 

Sullivan Veterinary Clinic

6355 Hwy. 4
Winnsboro, Louisiana 71295

Mailing Address: P.O. Box 789

Phone: 318-435-4585
Fax: 318-435-7965
Email: info@sullivanvet.com
website: www.sullivanvet.com