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Just wondering how many stocker bucks does everyone feel they need to raise in a single year to make thier farm profitable ?
How many do you need ?
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The last couple of years I have been doing pretty good on 4-5 stockers a year. Bucks score between 170-240@3. I usually try to move everything by 3 and the only times I will keep a 3 year old is for breeding or if they severely damaged their rack.
I don't have the top of the line facility but I have what works. I try to keep my inputs as low as I can and run as efficiently as possible. I stretch my dollars by researching bloodlines that will improve and compliment my existing stock and will help me achieve my goals that I have set for my farm to be efficient.
I don't have the top of the line facility but I have what works. I try to keep my inputs as low as I can and run as efficiently as possible. I stretch my dollars by researching bloodlines that will improve and compliment my existing stock and will help me achieve my goals that I have set for my farm to be efficient.
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5 stockers in the 230in range will make this little farm expand a bit and still be able to afford to get some of that denna blood in this herd for some of that 18in tine length!!!
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I'm shootin for 15+ PROVEN does to breed per year. I think if 15 does can give me 13 male offspring with a 2-3 buck mortality rate till age 3 should give me.......with any luck at all 9+ bucks to sell off each year. With a $5,000 per buck average. I'm confident that my stocker check will by far off set my operating cost and any other sales will be gravy.
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I dont know how many it would take. My plan is to keep 12-15 head of good quality doe's that produce 200"+ at 3 and remove every doe that can not do that and keep breeding for doe's that produce 200"+ at 2. I want to have enough female's to use a few differant good buck's each year. My goal is to have at least 10 -12 good framed buck's to sell each year.
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That is a smart move. The industry is shifting away from breeding stock to hunting stock. Trying to breed for the breeding market alone is a losing proposition. There are too many good deer out there for any one person to really make a profit that way. The real market for deer is the hunting market and you are wise to focus on that.