New Breeder Bucks

We are almost done bottle feeding for the year. We have 1 late bloomer left and she is down to 1 bottle a day and we are about to start weaning her off of that. Bottle feeding has been a curse and so much fun all in one. It has been fun getting close to a wild animal and getting to know their personalities and they have helped with the other fawns that weren't bottle fed to be more calm. It was a curse because we went from no kids to having 5 little fawns all looking at us for care :) You know they say to get a dog before you have kids to break you in, I say get a deer! A deer is more realistic to a baby! We have 2 dogs and they were a breeze compared to the 5 little fawns we bottle fed this year, but I can't wait to do it again next year!

Our new breeder bucks arrived bright and early Monday morning. I mean bright and early! The guy that delivered them left Minnesota Sunday afternoon and drove straight through the night. The last shipment of doe's he brought down, he got here around 12 driving straight through. He also stopped somewhere along the way and took a nap with the doe's. Since this time he was delivering big bucks, he didn't want to take the chance and stop with them, so he drove straight through and got here at 6:00 a.m! That was a suprise to all of us. Since it was still so dark outside, Cody wanted to wait till it was light out, so he could make sure he was putting the right buck in the right pen. Which was good for the driver! He got to come in and take a nap, he was sooo tired! After he left here, he was driving straight to Louisiana! I don't know how he did that on 2 hours of sleep.

This is Buddy's Son

This is Big Boy

And this is Avalanche's son