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Deer Urine Business Pays Off
When Kevin Cox ships deer urine, it receives special treatment ù packed in a foam box with dry ice through UPS by two-day delivery. Deer urine is an important tool for whitetail hunters, and the Dongola, Ill., deer raiser has been pleased how well his sideline business has been doing.
Cox and his wife, Tricia, a
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Deer Urine Business Pays Off 34-4-7 When Kevin Cox ships deer urine, it receives special treatment ù packed in a foam box with dry ice through UPS by two-day delivery. Deer urine is an important tool for whitetail hunters, and the Dongola, Ill., deer raiser has been pleased how well his sideline business has been doing.
Cox and his wife, Tricia, are licensed in Illinois to raise deer. They have 10 does and four bucks. They sell fawns.
To cover the cost of feed, Cox started to collect and sell the deer's urine. Beginning in late August, he pens deer up in a 20 by 20-ft. grain bin overnight. He poured a slightly sloped floor (1/4-in. over 10-ft) so that urine flows to a drain that empties into a 5-gal. bucket. In the morning, the urine is poured through a filter and refrigerated.
"We can collect up to 5 to 8 gal. a week, but I don't put them in there too much because it stresses them," Cox says. He also takes turns with does only and bucks only.
Hunters use urine as cover scent and to attract deer to their hunting stands. The most prized urine by many hunters is doe-in-heat.
"You can only get doe-in-heat urine when the does are in estrus between Oct. and mid-Nov.," Cox says. He is careful to keep it separate, and it has a distinct odor.
Word-of-mouth advertising has helped Cox's small business do quite well, and he set up a website for direct sales. He sells 1 and 2-oz. bottles ranging from $6.99 to $14.99, plus shipping. He also offers discounts for higher volume purchases.
Cox has a few dealers and is interested in adding more.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Kevin Cox, Drop Tine Creek Whitetail Deer, 2025 Kimber Rd., Dongola, Ill. 62926 (ph 618 827-4119; www.droptinecreek.com).
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