So he and Sue began to look for land which would be suitable for deer farming. They had travelled through Wairarapa and liked what they saw. At that time, Castlepoint Station owned some land at Mount Bruce which they decided to sell. This was the time that Sue and James were looking for land to buy. After building a house they bought deer for breeding and now have 500 deer.
All deer is used.
Teeth are exported to Switzerland where they make jewellery with it, deer velvet is exported to Asia, South Korea takes 80 percent of New Zealand deer velvet. The venison is exported, an important export desitnation for New Zealand venison is Germany. The blood and tail are exported to China. In addition to this, deer are a hardy animal and not subject to many illnesses. James breeds deer to sell, the last season he bred 130 young deer and sold 100.