The president of the Minnesota Deer Farmers Association said herd owners across the state are reeling from a sweeping change in regulations adopted last month by the state Legislature.
"It's just a matter of time before our businesses and our industry is dead," Scott Fier said. "People are just sick over this."
A herd owner himself near Minneota in southwestern Minnesota, Fier started working with captive whitetails 23 years ago, with his parents. He stayed in the business, along with a larger cattle operation, and now specializes in selling trophy bucks to private hunting preserves. On average, 150 deer make up the core of his whitetail herd.
