Hello All - Great website but are all you guys yankees?
I am way down here in Coahuila, Mexico. I am thinking of improving genetics here via the following method. I would appreciate any 'devil's advocates' out there. First our ranch is 16,000 acres, 6,000 of which is high fenced and has a good number of 150 & 160 class bucks. I sure would like to see some 190 class deer. We harvest 2 or 3 160 class deer each year. The low fence has a very low population 1 deer/25 acre mainly due to predation. A situation I think I have corrected by harvesting many pumas that called the ranch home. Anyway, I want to put a 'breeder' buck or 2 in pens (the size of which I have no idea) and extract does from high fence just to breed wih bucks in pen and then release them back to high fence. Any excess does would be released into low fence.
1. How many does can a buck breed?
2. How to capture does (dart, trap)?
3. How big should pen be to hold buck year long and does during breeding season?
4. Biggest fear is puma getting in pens.
5. Would AI be better route?
Thanks for any ideas or warnings.
I am way down here in Coahuila, Mexico. I am thinking of improving genetics here via the following method. I would appreciate any 'devil's advocates' out there. First our ranch is 16,000 acres, 6,000 of which is high fenced and has a good number of 150 & 160 class bucks. I sure would like to see some 190 class deer. We harvest 2 or 3 160 class deer each year. The low fence has a very low population 1 deer/25 acre mainly due to predation. A situation I think I have corrected by harvesting many pumas that called the ranch home. Anyway, I want to put a 'breeder' buck or 2 in pens (the size of which I have no idea) and extract does from high fence just to breed wih bucks in pen and then release them back to high fence. Any excess does would be released into low fence. 1. How many does can a buck breed?
2. How to capture does (dart, trap)?
3. How big should pen be to hold buck year long and does during breeding season?
4. Biggest fear is puma getting in pens.
5. Would AI be better route?
Thanks for any ideas or warnings.
