Richard, I knew someone would ask, what's his pedigree and I knew I would ask myself, what would my answer be??? Russ and I have some outstanding bucks on the farm with X-Factor. Here is a run down on them.
First up is Rocky: He may well hit 500 inches this year. When the Walks came by the farm and saw him they were amazed. As Heath Walk said you can not appreciate him until you see him in person. Just think we could have two deer on the same farm go over 500 inches. What's his pedigree?
Second up is Gold Dust: He scored 328 inches as a 2 year old. He is 3 years old now and WILL go deep into 400 inches this year. What's his pedigree?
Third up is Level King (dead now) He scored 287 as a 2 year old with a 222 inch main frame. How big is that for a 2 year old? He died a week ago and was roughed scored at 436 1/2 as a 3 year old. What's his pedigree?
Fourth up is Geyser: He is a big fairly clean typical buck that will score in the low 300 inches. What's his pedigree?
Now we have HUGO the huge typical buck in the photos. He may well have one of the largest main frames of any deer alive today. Won't know that until he is measured and scored. What's his pedigree? Dane/Domino Line
The point I want to make is they don't have the big name high powered pedigrees behind them. They just have good pedigrees, not great, just good. But they do have GREAT antlers. We have become so inebriated with pedigrees that I think we have forgotten where we started. These bucks mostly carry old school foundation bloodlines. Thunder, ThunderStorm,Sundance,Savage,PA Geronimo,Redoy,SilverHawk,Patrick 110 & 111,Level, Magnum & Boomer. I don't think a better set of papers could make these deer any more impressive than they already are. I have said before they knocked X-Factor's pedigree until he hit 500 inches then that silenced his critics. Just think what he might have scored if he would have had a super pedigree? LOL
