Wayne that is a very good question? I have a set of quad 2wide yearling does out of a great doe out of a old line {Marlin}. I have kept them all just to see if they will produce like thier mother. I know of a lot of farmers that would have sold some of the does because they have four. But there are cases where all four daughters produce better than the mother and then the rest of the siblings wind up on somebody elses farm and then they want 3 times what you sold them for to buy them back.. I hope I made the right decision for keeping all four of them. I used a lot of old line in my AI breeding this year.
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Is the Daughter better that the Dam ?
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Chris what or some of the old line's you used besides Old Marlin ? Is Avalanche,Redoy Bill,Matrix,Patrick,GB PA Geronimo,Redoy Mustang and Marty Graw, some of the old lines to? I have AI with some of these lines and I hope me yearling does or Better then the old ones.
I used Marlin, Doc, Reno, Pa Geronimoe, 2wide, Abilene. I used some of the Texas line for EHD and heat resistance for La. I don't think anybody has every gone wrong with the Redoy Bill, PA Geronimo, or the Patrick line. They have always been a great producer in my opinion, I just dont have any semen out of Redoy Bill. I did use XWL TOMBSTONE for 20 live breeding this year because he is the best yearling I have ever had to date. I hope he produces, cause I bred all 4 of them quad 2wide girls to him. Sounds like you are on the right track with your AI program to me. I wish you the best of luck! I dont think you will be dissapointed.
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What I always do is sell the doe so I can have monster bucks out of her. Works every time. I would get rid of super doe and blue 37 as soon as I got a daughter. I would give them to me if I was Billy. If you want good production use some Mr. Awesome. Thats old and it works. If you want a deer that scores 500" buck use some of the stuff out there that can do that 1 out of every thousand. Want to make money in the deer business use those old no names and grow a bunch of wide 3 yr olds that score 210 to 260 with huge typical frames. Thats what my hunters want anyway.
Is the daughter better than the dam?
Is the son better than the sire?
It depends on your objectives.
Are you crossing types?
Are you banking on Hybrid vigour?
How many generations before they breed true?
It was explained to me like this when I was a child,"One times a one gives you a one,one times a half ,will give you a half.If either parent is not a complete "one" the offspring will only be a fraction."
Cheers Sharkey
Is the son better than the sire?
It depends on your objectives.
Are you crossing types?
Are you banking on Hybrid vigour?
How many generations before they breed true?
It was explained to me like this when I was a child,"One times a one gives you a one,one times a half ,will give you a half.If either parent is not a complete "one" the offspring will only be a fraction."
Cheers Sharkey