This will be my finest quality year in mule deer. We will be making 87.5% desert mule deer fawns this spring in 2017. Most semen bucks we used were from 240 to 280 in antler and most were 34 inches and up to 39 inches wide. All solid typical frame and wide just what breeders and our shooter market should want.
We have sold most female fawns from these mating's plus I will be keeping many for my own herd advancement.
We still have a few male fawns from these mating's available. I expect my does will produce many breeder quality bucks in 2017. Price on breeder quality buck fawns is 9500.
I've always liked mule deer better than whitetail mostly for the mule deer's calm disposition and friendly way.
Just a update today Nov 27th is my LAP AI day for mule deer. Weather is fine here 50 degrees so Mother Nature will not hurt me this year like it did last year. I'm so excited to be making fawns that will be 87.5% desert mule deer because I know these fawns will be the best I have ever made. I personally feel these fawns will be the best made anywhere in the States.
I want to thank Darren Decker, Michael Heiter, John Manta, John Ward, Tad Puckett, and Randy Valentine for live animal sales and all the people who bought over 100 straws of mule deer semen this year. Thanks to all of you I really appreciate your confidence in my mule deer.
Just a update (Nov 29 )on our LAP AI and clone program. Weather was very good for us this year and reversing the animals went very well. Semen bought for the deer was good this year. I can say doing LAP AI from Nov 21 to Nov 29 was a lot of work. But I like it that way.
On my sheep LAP AI I pulled semen from our stone sheep and put it in all hybrid bighorns. I believe this will make some very nice lambs that look wild.
DECEMBER 9, 2016 Just a update we have sold all the 2017 mule deer fawns and have sold all the adult mule deer does I want to sell in 2017 so we are out of mule deer for 2017. Thanks to all the buyers I appreciate your business and support. We have also sold out of all the 2017 Stone/bighorn crosses. We still have 2016 hybrid bighorn lambs and adults to sell.