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03:38I don't know how that's going to go.
03:39I'm trying to have a little bit more control over the breeding process.
03:43And we're about a couple of weeks, maybe even a month away from where it really gets serious
03:49with the breeding.
03:51And there's only one buck that's supposed to breed all these does.
03:54All of the other bucks are related and I don't want any of that going on if I can help
03:59it.
03:59And the other bucks are now big enough and there's frankly enough of them.
04:02That's kind of what it comes down to is there's too many other bucks to where that one buck can't
04:08keep all of the other bucks off of the does that are going to be in estrus anytime now.
04:13And so by moving just the does and the fawns down here to this lower pen, what I will be
04:20able to do is basically control who breeds them.
04:22And then at some point I'm going to bring my big breeder buck down here to this pen and then
04:27I don't have to worry about anything after that.
04:28I'm going to keep the bucks up here as long as I can until I know for sure that all
04:32of the does are pregnant.
04:34So I don't know how this is going to go because normally when I move them down into the winter
04:39pen down here, normally it's kind of a free for all.
04:42And they all just, I get a scoop of grain and they all just kind of come running.
04:47And I'm not going to let the bucks in if I can help it, which might push some of the
04:51does away.
04:52And I don't know what's going to happen when the does get separated.
04:56And so I'm trying to play this out in my head here a little bit.
05:00And the number one thing that I'm trying to prevent is just panic.
05:04And sometimes when these does get separated, they just do what deer do and that is kind of run.
05:10And I don't want any injuries, nothing like that.
05:13And so I don't know how this is going to go.
05:16The first thing I'm going to do is get my weed eater and knock all these weeds down just so
05:19there's no obstructions, so they can see clearly.
05:23You know, with prey animals, it's all about sight.
05:26And I'm going to do everything I possibly can to try and make this go smooth.
05:29But here we go.
05:46You know, getting into fallow deer, I think, was one of the best decisions I've made here at Red Poppy
05:51Ranch.
05:51But it comes with challenges, to say the least.
06:10The whole process of getting into raising fallow deer happened almost by accident.
06:15But again, because of the land that we have to work with, they're actually perfect for our property.
06:21As long as I can keep up with the demands that they require.
06:52The long-term outlook around water is a little bit better.
06:54The reason for raising fallow deer here at Red Poppy Ranch is good, as long as we can maintain a
06:58high-quality product.
07:00I've got to get the deer used to this process of being separated from the bucks and being moved from
07:06time to time down to the lower pins.
07:08Again, so I can control what's happening.
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08:09what would eventually happen is I had to let all of the bucks get down into the lower pin in
08:14order
08:14to get all of the deer in one place and then I decided to try and one by one move
08:19the bucks
08:20back up into the big deer pin over the next few days
08:43so I've got everybody down here in the lower pin except for the fawns and what I should have
08:50probably done is I probably should have just gotten out of the way and let everybody come down
08:55here and then one by one let the bucks back up into the to the big pin because the bucks
09:02are
09:02almost always the first to to do stuff and the problem with the fawns is they're not familiar
09:09with this alley they were born up in the big deer pin and they're all grouped up up there on
09:13the hill
09:15and they're all grouped up up there and they don't seem to like the alley so what I'm going to
09:20do is
09:20just kind of set the camera up and take a seat and see if we can get the fawns to
09:25come down the alley
09:25somehow but the more as soon as I put any pressure on them they take off up the hill they're
09:29not even
09:30trying to come down this way so we'll see how it goes
09:51well after leaving the gates open for a few hours and just letting the deer get comfortable
09:56going back and forth eventually the fawns came down and the next morning I came outside and closed the
10:01gate and caught all of the deer in the lower deer pin
10:13but now I have to figure out how to separate the bucks from the does and get the bucks back
10:18up in
10:18the big deer pin
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11:37the weather's still amazing at the moment and so I need to get the root cellar finished up and backfilled
11:43before things change
11:45and I only have a few more logs that I need to get in place and get secured
11:49before I can start figuring out the process of covering it with six mil plastic and then again backfilling and
11:55sealing it up
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12:50because I'm going to cover the inside of the roots
12:54cellar with plywood and then likely paint it
12:56it really doesn't matter what the logs look like on the outside
12:59as long as they're even and flat for the most part
13:03but I've tried to pick through the logs that I have left up on the hill and use the lower
13:07quality logs first
13:09because again these are the logs I'm supposed to use on the eight-sided cabin
13:37as I get these logs in place and as I run my chainsaw in between the logs to get them
13:42to fit together as tight as I possibly can I can tell that the roof is going to be incredibly
13:47strong and that the only thing that's going to cause this to break down long term is going to be
13:53moisture getting into the roof.
13:54the wood which shouldn't happen if I do my job right with the six mil plastic
14:23Because these logs pole pine logs were used in a barn previously and that barn
14:28barn stood for over a hundred years. The logs are incredibly hard and dry and even very heavy at
14:34times, so they make perfect candidates for roof structure for this root cellar. I'm going to end
14:40up putting three layers of six mil plastic over the top of it before I even start thinking about
14:45backfilling. And I need to give the plastic a little bit of room to move around as I'm backfilling
14:50to prevent tears.
15:17It's a big deal.
15:21I'm going to end up putting my face on the top of it.
15:23I'm going to end up putting these two layers in the body.
15:24What do you think?
15:25I'm going to end up putting these two layers in the body.
15:52So
15:54So this is what it looks like the morning after I spray the box elder bugs.
15:58I have to come outside with a Milwaukee blower and try and clean up all the dead and dying
16:03box elder bugs that are on the concrete.
16:05And after a few days of doing this, the numbers are finally starting to go down.
16:51So this is what it looks like.
17:07so now begins the process of me trying to get the bucks back up in the upper pen and it
17:13always
17:13starts with a bucket of grain and usually if I'm patient I can get one of them to convince
17:18the others that it's worth doing
18:12I have to be really careful through this
18:15process to not let the bucks feel like they're confined and they don't have
18:19options because that's when they turn on each other and they get really dangerous
18:43easy
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18:56go hey
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19:57well as I patiently worked with the bucks I managed to push seven of the nine bucks up through the
20:02alleyway
20:03and into the big deer pen but I have two spikes that are still left
20:07in the middle of the night
20:19I have to go
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20:48And at some point in the next week or two I'm gonna bring him back down here
20:52that way I know for certain that he's the only buck that has covered all of the does that are
20:57gonna be viable this year and
21:00Once I get these last two little spike bucks out of here. What'll happen?
21:04Here's the little doe herd collectively. We'll just calm down
21:07Even though they are going into estrus, but they'll calm down because they're not gonna be competing for food
21:12You know normally they have to just kind of be on there. Well, there's willow coming to say hi
21:18Normally the does have to like be on high alert when they're trying to get feed out of the little
21:23troughs because the
21:25the bucks are constantly using their antlers to just control the food and so
21:31It should be better for everybody to do it this way. Most big fallow deer farms most big deer farms
21:37They keep the bucks and the does separate and so i've got to think
21:41Long term if this is something that I can do
21:44In the summertime, I still plan on putting the does up in the big pin because it's just fun for
21:49them
21:49It's good for them to run and exercise and wear their feet down and
21:53And in browse probably more than anything else. It's really healthy for them to be able to browse and
21:58And do what deer do but separating the does from the bucks like I just did
22:03Is a huge
22:05Huge step. I thought it was going to take way more work
22:08Matter of fact, I didn't sleep very good last night because I was kind of stressed over it
22:10But i'll get these two other bucks moved this afternoon and hopefully we'll be good
22:28You just want some love willow you just want some scratches
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22:33You just want someazar
22:33Just up dip three framepads
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23:03So this should be the final load of logs for
23:06the root cellar here. This is enough logs to finish the top and to also build the front
23:10support that I want to build before I start backfilling with dirt.
23:45So here we go.
23:50So here we go.
24:16Because one end of the logs is always bigger than the other end of the logs, I'm always
24:21trying to figure out how to make them evenly spread out across the top of the root cellar,
24:25but by the time I get to the end of it, it'll work out perfectly.
24:35So
24:59I managed to get rid of a bunch of oddball logs that I wasn't sure if I was going to
25:03use
25:03in the eight sided cabin, but I also unfortunately used a bunch of logs that I know would have
25:09been perfect for that eight sided cabin.
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25:46So at some point in the not too distant future, I'm going to have to find more logs
25:50logs to use on that eight sided cabin.
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27:39the plan is to use some of the leftover logs to build a little bit of a false front that
27:44will
27:44ultimately hold the dirt back and allow me to pile up even more dirt on top of the root cellar
27:50but it's late in the day and I'm getting tired and I always get nervous when I'm running the
27:54chainsaw on days like today and I'm starting to second guess what I'm doing just a little bit so
27:59I may need to hold this back until I can get a good night's sleep well because I spent the
28:16morning
28:17chasing those deer around I'm a bit tired and when I get tired like this I'm I don't like running
28:23the
28:23chainsaw especially when I have to hold it over my head like that so I'm going to wait till the
28:28morning and plus I'm kind of second guessing what I'm about to do so basically all I have left to
28:32do is cut it to a point that's what I want to do is I want this front to come
28:36to a point and then I'm
28:37going to I'm going to brace it in the back and then I'm going to put probably three layers of
28:44six mil
28:45plastic and I need to put two vents I've got to put a couple of four inch vents through the
28:50roof and
28:50I've been putting a lot of thought into how I'm going to seal those vents with the six mil plastic
28:55uh and then I can start backfilling and that's kind of that's kind of where I'm at but because
29:00I'm tired and I I I always second guess myself when it comes to late in the day projects like
29:07this and
29:07if I have to run the chainsaw I don't want to get hurt I don't want to do something wrong
29:10so I think
29:11I'm going to sleep on it and get out here in the morning and cut it in and maybe start
29:16to cover this
29:17thing and maybe start moving some dirt around so we will see you guys in a few days with an
29:21update
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