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Would hunt ranches benefit from partnering with a breeding farm?

Joined Apr 2009
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Columbus, IN
I'm wondering if there are any hunt ranches out there that may benefit from partnering with a breeding farm to raise their bucks? For example...I have a new facility that I just built and will only have a couple animals of my own because I will buy the best I could afford. I have room for over 100 animals! I'm guessing some of these hunt ranches spend a lot of time searching for bucks and negotiating prices, and I know some that don't have time to have their own breeding faciltiy on top of the hunt ranch. Wouldn't it be nice to have a breeding facility that would raise the animals that you want and have them all in one place? Basically like having your own breeding facility and ranch manager...but not having to build a facility. You would also know how many bucks you had coming and what size they are.



I know it's something that would work because I was working out a contract to do this with a hunt ranch out east. It fell apart when he said he didn't want me to have my own animals...he just wanted me to raise his. I didn't build my own farm on my own land to not have my own animals! So we just decided to go our separate ways.



Anyways...what do you think? And obviously I'd still like to do this since I have room and was planning on it anyways! So if anyone would like to talk about it...let me know! I'd like to hear everyones ideas about it too!
 
It will work to a certain extent.......but you are not always going to be able to meet his demands........the preserves are at the mercy of what the hunters want.......so if he has ten 200 inch hunts sold and you only have three 200 inch bucks he is going to have to search elsewhere that year.........usually hunting preserves do end up buying from two or three of the same farmers every year once they develop a relationship. Just my opinion.