Has anybody tried or know of someone who has tried cross breeding different species of deer. I know of a Ranch here in Lee County where they are breeding Red Deer with Elk. Like Whitetails with Axis, or something like that.
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The only cross we have in Montana that occures in nature is the cross between whitetail and mule deer. I believe that I have read that the mule deer was created by the overlapping areas of whitetail and black tail deer and the breeding between the two types, much like the stone sheep was created by the overlapping areas of the Alaskan Dall and the Rocky Mountain bighorn.
If it Dont Happen Naturally, then Best left up to mother alone. Critic,s really love that creating ,and in a pen!!
Ps Good Luck Jack,in your Breeding, Dc
Ps Good Luck Jack,in your Breeding, Dc
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Thanks DC and the same wishes with your AI program. I'm very interested in how you make out with the intercept method. We ourselves are very late this year in our AI program as we have been helping one of the family members build his new house. Family and friends still comes first in my life. I would have AI'd our whitetail Nov. 23 but will be doing them Dec 2 and 3rd. We will not use a back up buck this year as the fawns would be late.
dcwhitetails said:If it Dont Happen Naturally, then Best left up to mother Nature. Critic,s really love that creating ,and in a pen!!
I was wondering if it was even possible, on our last deer lease several years back there were Whitetail and Axis on it and the owner claimed there was a few crossed animals on the place, but on the Ranch I live on now, I don't think there is. I wonder what they would look like???????
We seen Lama and Buck trying,both wanting bad as other. Like Jack said Overlapping. i guess when you restricted to once a yr lookout! Anything possiblegotta be line somewhere,DC, Ps Jack, intercept was Fun,I had not a clue, how or this was gonna unfold, it just did! i found real quick i couldnt run like used to. had to figure easier way. and trick was, Dont open gate to Check Doe.Rut goes on even behind 8ft fence.I got Ai exp all i after.i will always do standind heat Dc No intercept to it,dont mingle till standing! DC fun all gone
Like Jack said Overlapping. i guess when you restricted to once a yr lookout! Anything possiblegotta be line somewhere,DC, Ps Jack, intercept was Fun,I had not a clue, how or this was gonna unfold, it just did! i found real quick i couldnt run like used to. had to figure easier way. and trick was, Dont open gate to Check Doe.Rut goes on even behind 8ft fence.I got Ai exp all i after.i will always do standind heat Dc No intercept to it,dont mingle till standing! DC fun all gonedcwhitetails said:We seen Lama and Buck trying,both wanting bad as other.
Um, I have no clue what you were trying to say there!
Droptine said:
Did you ever find out why she would abort? I wonder if you bred a whitetail doe to an Axis buck if the results would be different.
I was looking for something a little more scientific about why she would abort than just "God's will be done."
Robert Bittinger said:
what is the gestation period of whitetails? Fallow? Sike? etc?
Robert Bittinger said:
With Fallow and Whitetail being close I wonder if it would work crossing those two.
I just have a hard time believing that it is the gestation period that throws the whole thing outta whack, but I'm not a vet either.
even whitetail / mule deer cross gives a significant number of sterile animals both bucks and does
I just had an Idea..... DC this might be just what you need
I just had an Idea..... DC this might be just what you need
Curtis, I do Hope it wasnt to much strain on your Brain, Having Them Ideas Does it happen often?? Probably just untwawed little. Or ate to much TURKEY!!
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