whitetail deer?

Question

How can I catch a whitetail deer without killing or tranquilizing it?

I would rather shoot and eat a deer. My cousin wants to start a deer farm so I posted his question.

Answer 1

Try getting a fawn, this could be difficult. Get a permit and buy a pair. You could also become one of those people who take on orphaned animals when their mother is killed on the road.

You could also try to pen them up. That would take a large field and a long process of the animals going in and out of the field. Then you wait until they go in through their usual route, and close that off. They won't know you closed up the up sides where they used to go out of. Better make it a high fence. Better have permits first too, which I don't think will cover taking wild animals live.

Answer 2

To start raising deer on your property you work off the existing herds. The best thing to do is set a feeder up. The deer will get used to the feeder and visit that area often. You then build a fence when the herd is on your property. You want to build "dropouts" on the fence so the herd can run it's range.Don't try to catch the deer. let them become used to the free food and free water. With the security of food water and posted ground the herd over time will stop ranging as much and the younger animals will get used to human activities. They will claim your property as theirs and the herd will grow. After about ten years you'll have a massive healthy herd(or two) on your real estate
I've used this tactic on my place. I have a big herd of mule deer and two herds of pronghorn that live safely on my 330 acre barrens (land that cant be farmed). I actually built a creek to secure water for the herds and feed them excess silage. The terrain they live on is way to rocky to farm and with the addition of the creek and snow crib, the trees are healthier grasslands have started and other wildlife have moved in. I get a kiss from the federal government once a year too.There are over six hundred species of wildlife that live on that ground ( including bugs and plants, the feds count them all). I have a plan to add ponds and fish over the next ten years. I need to figure out a more permanent source of water first.

Answer 3

More than likely you will have to get some exotic deer to start a farm. Native species cannot be "farmed". You can farm axis, fallow, sika and red deer. The exception is native species that are not legal game in your area. Like here in central Texas, people raise elk. The people who tried raising exotic species have had some escape and now we have axis deer roaming all over the place. Not a bad thing if you ask me, axis deer are the best tasting I ever had.

Answer 4

To start a deer farm you cannot capture wild deer. Your cousin will have to start the farm from scratch with domesticated Whitetail deer from another farmer. Catching wild deer is illegal and in Manitoba and Saskatchewan people who have done that have been procecuted and convicted. So in short do not do it get domesticated ones

Hope that helps

Answer 5

I agree with parts of others answers here. First off, you need to check game and wildlife laws in your area. In most states it is illegal - mostly due to the fact that enclosed wild animals develop diseases (CWD - like mad cow) and spread them to the wild population. I do not recommend buying a deer from another state or ranch. Your best bet is to find an orphaned fawn in your local area. Never approach a live wild deer! Their hooves are like razors when they start thrashing them around. I've heard of hunters approaching deer they have shot that were not quite dead and get kicked and/ or bucked breaking legs and ribs. The best thing to do is just leave them be and let them remain wild - deer need a 3 square mile area to live in and a small pen would just be cruel.

Answer 6

In college i had to trap a few live whitetailed deer so i could place a collor on them for radio telemetry. We would do this to study the animals and get some valuable information on their habitat/lifestyle etc. - we used two different methods of trapping - we used a box trap and also we rocketnetted them over a bait pile. now please note you need to check with your local fish and wildlife dept to see what you are allowed to do. and your also going to want to take extreme caution in doing so b/c the animals are wild and will be quite dangerous and unhappy to be caught.

Answer 7

It is illegal to take a deer from the wild. You are required to have special permits to own deer and start said farm.

Answer 8

If you want to start a deer farm, buy some deer from a ranch in Texas. They have ranches down there that specifically raise deer. They aren't cheap, though.

Answer 9

best way to start a deer farm is to buy your brood stock fro a proven breeder check with your state s extinsion agent he will have a list of liscened breeders

Answer 10

i don't know why you would want to do that, deer are an extremely powerful animal, they can do a great deal of damage to you,if you were even lucky to catch one, the only way maybe is to get a baby one & raise it, i have heard of people on the river fishing, & catch a baby one swiming, but you may want to also check with the fish & wildlife services in your area, because it might be illeagal to even to disturb them.