My deer are covered with ticks around their eyes and ears and look miserable. Last weekend during a hunter education class that I was teaching, one of my does came to the feeder with blood all over one side of her face. She had,apparently, been picking at the ticks with her hoof. I needed to do something about it. I consulted with my veterinarian buddy from Comanche,Okla about using Ivamec for the ticks. This is used on cattle for flies, ticks etc. The medicine is also used to treat colon cancer in humans. The label said to use 1 ml/22 pounds of animal. I calculated that I needed 36 ml for approx 800 pounds of deer. 36 mls equals a little over 1 ounce. I am spraying some of this on their daily ration in their feed trough and stirring it in.My doe that has the worst problem ate some and said "screw this" and left yesterday afternoon. This morning the ration was gone. Hmmmm, ok, I can improve on this as I need to up the dosage to be certain they are getting wormed. I remembered an old trick that has worked before....maple syrup. I added more feed to the trough this morning, sprayed the feed with a spray bottle and drizzled " Log Cabin" syrup on everything and stirred with a stick. I whistled for them and went into the house. 5 minutes later my 3 does were at the trough eating the VitlMax feed by Big Bucks Plus. Aaaah success. Tonight I will up my dosage of Ivamec and ration to dilute the bitter taste of the medication and add more syrup to be certain that they will eat the medicated feed. Stay tuned. IF a person had a similar setup with their deer this might work. These are free ranging deer. I am not advocating anyone do this, nor am I dispensing recommended feed rates. The enclosed instruction sheet in the box provided me with the application rate and I am working with a vet. There is a window of time that the medicine can be used and be out of the animals body before hunting season.