Deer Urine Collection Pays Off For Farmers

Deer Urine Collection Pays Off For Farmers 27-6-7 A group of Alberta farmers have banded together to start a company to harvest deer urine. The Alberta Best Whitetail Deer Group owns upwards of 600 deer and has built a 1,900 sq. ft. urine collection barn in Athabasca, Alberta. The company offers four deer scents to hunters: buck-in-rut, pre-rut buck, doe-in-heat, and pre-heat doe. They also offer an elk scent and have plans for moose as well. The urine collecting facility has four separate rooms, which gives them the ability to gather four different scents at one time. The floors of the rooms are slotted, and the urine falls down where it is filtered and collected in the basement. All bottling and marketing are done in-house. There is the possibility for CWD to be spread through the use of scents if the urine comes from infected animals. For this reason every animal is tested rigorously. In addition, Outfitter's Edge is harvested from a closed herd that has been under surveillance for CWD for the last two years. In addition to the hunting scents, Alberta Best also sells venison, moose meat, leather, and antlers. The various scents come in 2-oz. and 8-oz. bottles and sell for $10.95 to $29.95. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Alberta's Best, Box 1050, Athabasca, Alberta, Canada T9S 2A8 (ph 780 675-5648 or 866 700-3337; fax 780 675-3999; email: info@ outfittersedge.com).

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