Bottle feeding bucks

[LJwhitetails]

I've read a few posts about bottle feeding bucks in the hope of getting a jump on antler growth and was wondering this can only be a one year thing and then genetics take over. If you bottle feed and have a monster buck I don't think he will have the pass down genetics which we all want. :confused:

[kydeer]

I have heard different,I heard that it take's a couple of year's for the bottle feed buck's to catch up.Pass down gentic's,weather bottle feed or not it is still the same gentic's.

[ZZ Whitetails]

I used to think it took another year for bottle bucks to catch up with mamma raised but I'm not seeing that as I raised more buck fawns in the last 2 years. Can't tell bottle raised from mamma raised. ZZ

[TRIPLE R WHITETAILS]

NEED ADVICE !! I commited to bottle feed an AI'd buck fawn for someone. The first fawn
born was a single buck fawn, thinking that i had several more to come in I didn't pull him.
Well i am still waiting on antoher buck fawn to be born from AI and i am now on day 205.
my question is : (considering I can catch him) Is it too late to pull him now he is 10 days old..??

[IndependenceRanch]

Can it be done? Yes. Could it fail for you? Yes. Not much help I know, but that is pretty old to be trying it unless something bad has happened to the mother. I would not try it myself.

[TRIPLE R WHITETAILS]

Thanks roger and david for the advice..

[ddwhitetails]

Wow 10 days........I'm thinking that fight might kill me....these little two and three day old fawns are kicking my butt......but i'm lovin IT!!!! Had two more litlle girls today....they on the list to come into the fawn hotel tomorrow that be number 10 and 11 occupancy.....love it....love it .....love it!!!! This hotel always has room for more!

[brianjames]

I've started 94 Fawns this year. You can tell a BIG difference between 24 and 48 hour fawns. I can't imagine 10 days! Let us know how it goes if you do try it...

[B_Whitetails]

Brian, How long are you leaving your fawns on the mother?

[brianjames]

12-48 Hours. I try to get as close to 24 as possible.

[virgil]

My thinking exactly i try close to 24 as possible. Much easier to get started and bond with you faster.

[ddwhitetails]

virgil......we are talking about fawns here not those alpacas you raise!!

[gcw matt]

I just brought my first of the year in. 50 hours or so. Tried to pull her last night. Looked for two hours in knee high clover. Found all the boys but never found her. Tonight she was chasing momma around the pen. This should be fun!!

[ikoff]

2 years ago when we first were starting we got 5 fawns that were right around 3 weeks old. Of course they wouldn't take a bottle so luckily they drank milk replacer out of a bowl. To calm them down, my wife slept in the shed with them hoping that they would quit bouncing off the walls. They did, and by morning they were chewing on her hair and walking on her. Two of them were sold to someone else and we still have the other three. The buck is the tamest and comes running to the fence to get his treats. My wife got chiggers from laying on the ground...she's a real tropper! It wouldn't be impossible but it wouldn't be easy.

[B_Whitetails]

Brian, thanks that is what i was aiming for also. I appreciate your time! Good Luck to ya!

Matt, good luck with that fawn. I pulled one that was 4 days old and she is on the bottle pertty good. I was looking for here in knee high grass, about the same problem as you had, but she was laying down and i grabed her. Hope all goes well!!

[Whitetail Sanctuary]

we pull fawns around 12 hours pulled 3 girls born sat night @ 7:00 am sunday wife had em drinking about 3 oz @ noon on sun. hadmy first girls 3 yrs ago could not get one to eat for three days sarted getting dehydrated so thought i put her back out with mom she would not let her suck vet said probly sore udder from nobody nursing had to go catch her and took her up to joe schmucker he had her drink 4oz bottle in first try said i needed to be just as hard headed as her. if u try let us know and good luck every doe alittle differnt that for sure W/S "JUST LIVIN THE DREAM"

[Whitetail Sanctuary]

L J back to your ? we bottle fed 2 gangster buck fawns both real nice yearling post some pix soon as figure out how but ido know that all my bucks are tamer because of it used too every body would run off when we we would go in pen then fillter back in now bottle boys cum up and other boys dont run off because these guy dont now everybody just hangs around and lets u look even when strangrs go up with me W/S " JUST LIVIN THE DREAM"