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Mellanistic Semen

South Alabama Whitetails

South Alabama Whitetails

Joined Jul 2009
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Deer Park, Alabama
I bought a straw of a mellanistic deer today. I have always wanted a mellanistic. The semen was collected by Dr Shipley and I can't wait to breed with it. If I can breed two does successfully with the straw, what are the chances of getting a mellanistic fawn? Also do the odds go up if you breed the offspring to each other?
 
I was contacted by email from someone a while back saying they had melanistic semen however I didn't know them and wasn't sure I would be getting that kind of semen so I opted not to buy it. If I knew for sure I could buy true melanistic semen I would buy a couple of straws also.
 
IndependenceRanch said:
I was contacted by email from someone a while back saying they had melanistic semen however I didn't know them and wasn't sure I would be getting that kind of semen so I opted not to buy it. If I knew for sure I could buy true melanistic semen I would buy a couple of straws also.
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Roger, Check out the semen under the Vendors Page they have a few straws.
 
I was the one that sold the semen today I wish the guys luck with it I gave a few guys chances a few months ago no nobody was interested. I guess they thought I was a bullshitter:confused:, I hope to get another deer before winter and have a live deer to collect from. I will have a feature story in Texas Trophy Hunters in a few months showing the deer I harvested. There are thousands of straws for sale but none have the mellanistic trait attached to them so the two guys that bought from me today where pretty lucky!!!!!!!!! :)
 
I was one of the guys that was contacted about the straws of melanistic semen. The reason I chose to pass was the semen was collected post mortem. And actually, I didn't pass I just chose not to pay the asking price. Apparently I wasn't the only one that felt the same way. Anyways, I also was the one who suggested contacting Dr Shipley to do the post mortem collection. By the way, whats the selling price on the semen?



I hope things work out for everyone.
 
The question is still "What are the odds of the offspring being mellanistic when breeding a regular doe to a mellanistic and do the odds get better if you line breed the offspring to each other?
 
You folks should have watched Wild Rivers Whitetails TV, we did a whole segment on color phases of deer and the odds of different characteristics appearing. You have to understand genetics and dominant vs recessive traits.
 
I saw that show and I drew that box several times with different colors of deer. I know someone had a brown buck breed a white doe and she had 2 white fawns. Now when I used the genetic box that wasnt supposed to happen. It should have been 1 white and 1 brown. Eldon
 
I did watch the show also but do not remember anything on the mellanistic. Are you saying the odds are the sam as pie bald?
 
It's all about the dominant gene........it not as easy as one would think.......I wouldn't know where to begin.......but the one who figures it out first will be sitting on a gold mine.......lol
 
Brett,

To answer your question melanistic is a recessive gene. So you will get no black deer the first cross. The brown doe fawns produced will have to be bred back to a brother or you will have to get another straw from a melanistic and breed back to these first cross does. At that time you will get some black fawns. It would up your chances to get a pure melanistic to breed back to the first generation cross.
 
I did not buy it to put on the whitetail exchange! It will be used to breed with and I also have a chance to get another straw of mellanistic from a different deer to breed the offspring to. We shall see!

As far as what it is worth, I know exactly what is was worth to me and that is all that matters to me.
 
Deerchaser said:
I did not buy it to put on the whitetail exchange! It will be used to breed with and I also have a chance to get another straw of mellanistic from a different deer to breed the offspring to. We shall see!

As far as what it is worth, I know exactly what is was worth to me and that is all that matters to me.
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I fully agree Brett !!!! If YOU have a plan and a purpose and know what direction YOU ARE headed............YOU are farther along than most!!! have a PLAN and stick to it!



Keep us updated I think it would be AWESOME to produce deer like that!:)
 
Brett,

If you get some black deer trust me at straw you bought will be priceless! Good luck hope it works for you!
 

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