One of my favorite bucks passed away today at the tender age of 3. For some reason he just never thrived here at the beginning of winter he lost a lot of weight, even after separating him and feeding him extra plus all the meds I could possibly think of. He still had a hard time maintaining body weight. Finally I thought we made a break through after another series of meds he seemed to gain a bit of weight and started to act bucky again. I was once again hopeful of his making it though this awful winter of 09..  March 11, 09 on my way to do morning chores, I noticed he had given up during the night.... I am soo saddened by this, I feel so defeated.

Thank God he did pass on his wonderful geneitc into my herd through his sons and daughters most of them retained in my herd.