Muskoka
Whitetails began
with a dream in 2002 with the purchase of 50 acres in
2002 was a
busy year as we started the construction of our new home, and excavated the
property for fence lines, access trails, food plots, and dug ponds. Our first
deer purchase was a yearling buck from Timberlost Whitetails in
In 2003 we
finished the construction of the fawn pen, and first breeding pen. We also
purchased and picked up a brother/sister pair of day old fawns for bottle
feeding. In the fall our previously purchased buck was also picked up and
brought home.
2004 was a
big jump start to the farm with the doe pen being built and the purchasing of 5
more does, and 3 bucks from Majestic Whitetails in
2005 was
another big year when my personal and business partner Dr. Kelli Drost D.V.M.
moved to Gravenhurst. She started a Large Animal Mobile Veterinary Practice
with the clinic located right on farm. Our first fawns were born on farm that
year and the buck pen was completed.
In 2006 we
completed the building of the raceway and handling facilities. The new building
incorporates a catch box/feed room, urine rooms (3), feed storage room, holding
room, and squeeze/treatment room complete with weigh scale.
In the
spring of 2007 we had our first whole herd testing for TB and brucellosis which
went very smoothly but definitely tested the farm layout and handling facility
design. We received a clean negative status first time round without any false
positives. All our deer are carefully observed
and records maintained so each fawn’s sire and dam is known, exact date of
birth, weight at birth, and any details
of interest. Fawns are tagged at one day old with a farm tag. We are presently using two breeding bucks
from different lines for natural breeding and looking forward to starting our
A.I. program in the near future. This is an exciting year with our first deer
sales and seeing our past years efforts starting to pay off, watching the
results of our breeding program being expressed in antler quality. We can offer
a full range of breeding stock including day old fawns for bottle-feeding,
bottle fed does for calming your herd, open does, bred does, breeder bucks, and
hunt bucks. We produce urine for sale, and sell pelleted feed. Farm tours are
available along with farm layout and design advice for new farmers starting up.
The farm
is literally built on Muskoka granite with stands of mature red and white oak
mixed with numerous ponds in the pens for a natural picturesque setting. Along
with the whitetails and elk, we also raise peacocks,
