Adrenaline to the MAX

We had a vet come out this afternoon to prep the deer for AI. We had 27 doe we had to run through the shoots and it went by crazy fast and super smooth! We had 2 pens to run through and we tried to get everything situated before the vet got here. Well deer are crazy little suckers! They are skittish, don't do what you want them to and sometimes just straight CRAZY! We are working with an animal that are not supposed to be worked! It took about 2 hours but we finally got one pen loaded in the holding area, ready for the vet and the other pen in the alley way and ready for the holding area. After this 2 hours, I was shaking, my heart was pounding, I have bruises all over my arms from trying to hold a gate open while the wind was blowing 50 mph and it was the best adrenaline rush ever, seeing a herd of 12 deer running full throttle at you! The vet got here about 4 and we started. It went super smooth! The deer cooperated in the shoots, did exactly what we needed them to do and it couldn't have gone any better. We were done by 6:30.

I have never seen a deer being ran through a shoot and it was an eye full! Cody and Louis were very impressive to watch, they acted like they do this everyday. Even the vet acted impressed on how smooth everything went. I didn't realize how involved I would be with the deer, but I have enjoyed it so far. We noticed on one doe, she had a growth under her kneck that the vet had to slice open and clean out, it was GROSS, and it slung all over the vet. I think she was even grossed out a bit that it slung all over her. All the deer did great, except one got too stressed and we had to shoot it with some banimine but she will be ok. It was a little warmer today than it has been, which put a little more stress on them. We have to run them through 1 more time in 2 weeks, for a shot and then we AI a few days after that. We are AIing laparoscopicly, so we will have to knock them out and the vet will pretty much have to do surgery on them right there!