Hi everyone,
I am posting a question that I have touched on just a little in the past, but was only somewhat interested in the idea due to a lack of money and land.
Myself and a buddy of mine are interested in trying to start a small deer breeding facility. We are not looking to have a large herd, nor do we have the land to have hunts on. My buddy is a hay farmer and most of his land is in alfalfa.
He is interested in putting aside a small amount of acreage to have facility where we can have a few bucks to freeze semen on and ship to doe owners for AI, and just a few does to breed for replacement bucks. We are looking at the potential of either white tailed or mule deer most likely, due to state regulation on what we can have here (sadly I think exotics are not allowed).
I want to do some research and see just how feasible this is to do. Would anyone be interested in buying the semen from well pedigreed bucks? I have heard that the market is down right now for deer farms, just as it is for every industry currently. However I think and HOPE that the US economy will soon bounce back.
Also, we are located in southern New Mexico near the boarder of El Paso Texas. There have been cases of CWD here in NM, however less cases than in many other parts of the US. Where my buddy's land is, there has not been any deer traffic for 30 plus years due to housing growth. All the deer that were in this area have long since moved into the surrounding mountains. That said there would be no contact with outside/wild deer, and any deer we bought would be from CWD free herds and would be tested regularly per state requirements. All this in mind would doe owners be afraid to buy semen from us do to the cases of CWD found in NM?
If I had the money and land I would start a small deer operation rather I thought it would bring profit or not simply because it is something I have always wanted to do, but I want to have some input on how realistic this is since I would be going into this with someone that would like to see a profit, and at the very least not loos money on.
Any ideas and input is greatly appreciated.
Dustin
(915)539-3283
[email protected]
I am posting a question that I have touched on just a little in the past, but was only somewhat interested in the idea due to a lack of money and land.
Myself and a buddy of mine are interested in trying to start a small deer breeding facility. We are not looking to have a large herd, nor do we have the land to have hunts on. My buddy is a hay farmer and most of his land is in alfalfa.
He is interested in putting aside a small amount of acreage to have facility where we can have a few bucks to freeze semen on and ship to doe owners for AI, and just a few does to breed for replacement bucks. We are looking at the potential of either white tailed or mule deer most likely, due to state regulation on what we can have here (sadly I think exotics are not allowed).
I want to do some research and see just how feasible this is to do. Would anyone be interested in buying the semen from well pedigreed bucks? I have heard that the market is down right now for deer farms, just as it is for every industry currently. However I think and HOPE that the US economy will soon bounce back.
Also, we are located in southern New Mexico near the boarder of El Paso Texas. There have been cases of CWD here in NM, however less cases than in many other parts of the US. Where my buddy's land is, there has not been any deer traffic for 30 plus years due to housing growth. All the deer that were in this area have long since moved into the surrounding mountains. That said there would be no contact with outside/wild deer, and any deer we bought would be from CWD free herds and would be tested regularly per state requirements. All this in mind would doe owners be afraid to buy semen from us do to the cases of CWD found in NM?
If I had the money and land I would start a small deer operation rather I thought it would bring profit or not simply because it is something I have always wanted to do, but I want to have some input on how realistic this is since I would be going into this with someone that would like to see a profit, and at the very least not loos money on.
Any ideas and input is greatly appreciated.
Dustin
(915)539-3283
[email protected]
