Man am I glad to see your buck. I have a buck that is doing the same thing. I bought him in February so he was a year old this spring. He barely has anything on his head and is still losing his winter hair.He has good genetics, I bought him to use as a cover buck for this breeding season but I don't want to pass this gene on
Thanks Scott, Jason I was in your boat last year and I talked to several deer farmers that never heard of a buck not growing at least spikes as a yearling. I will say even though we had never seen anything physically wrong with this buck I have reason to believe it wasn't genetics that caused him not to grow as a yearling. My buck ped is Pure Impact/Redoy Jordan which PI was a 140inch yearling and 240inch 2 yo I believe and Redoy Jordan seem to throw nice heavy frame sons. In my situation I believe this year my buck grew his yearling rack even though he is 2 yo. When you look at the rack it has a lot of characteristics of the racks our yearlings grow especially that it has very little mass. We have a yearling that has a similar looking typical frame and same mass as my 2 yo from the same sire. My opinion is that like my buck something set your buck back a year but as long as medically he is fine, I believe he will surprise you next year. I am going to breed a couple does to my buck this year so with any luck I can get a couple buck fawns and 2 years from now have some data to back up (or destroy) my opinions! Keep us informed how your buck does going forward Jason.
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Kevin I agree with you. I would be wiling to bet your buck is only showing a yearling rack even though he's two. You know how in high school most of your fellow male classmates will have grown taller and be shaving their face by 9th or 10th grade? Well if your class is big enough there will be a few guys that don't ever need to shave until after high school. It's all about when we go through that physical maturity stage, most guys and gals go around the same age, but some take an extra amount of time. I think your buck " hit puberty" later in life than his counterparts. I would definitely not breed him to your does, but I would give him the extra year to prove himself.
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Kevin I agree with you. I would be wiling to bet your buck is only showing a yearling rack even though he's two. You know how in high school most of your fellow male classmates will have grown taller and be shaving their face by 9th or 10th grade? Well if your class is big enough there will be a few guys that don't ever need to shave until after high school. It's all about when we go through that physical maturity stage, most guys and gals go around the same age, but some take an extra amount of time. I think your buck " hit puberty" later in life than his counterparts. I would definitely not breed him to your does, but I would give him the extra year to prove himself.
If he blew up at 3 would you still not use him as a breeder soley on the fact he didnt grow as a yearling and worry that he would pass down a genetic trait to cause his offspring the same?
Kevin I agree with you. I would be wiling to bet your buck is only showing a yearling rack even though he's two. You know how in high school most of your fellow male classmates will have grown taller and be shaving their face by 9th or 10th grade? Well if your class is big enough there will be a few guys that don't ever need to shave until after high school. It's all about when we go through that physical maturity stage, most guys and gals go around the same age, but some take an extra amount of time. I think your buck " hit puberty" later in life than his counterparts. I would definitely not breed him to your does, but I would give him the extra year to prove himself.
If he blew up at 3 would you still not use him as a breeder soley on the fact he didnt grow as a yearling and worry that he would pass down a genetic trait to cause his offspring the same?
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I am sorry, I didn't clarify. I meant it as, I would not breed him as a two year old if he was still a bit small. I wouldn't hesitate to breed with him as 3 year old if he met my criteria for a breeder. I highly doubt he would pass on the slow development to his offspring, I think that is more of an individual trait that affected him only.
Gotcha, Didn't mean to question you but I felt it was good conversation and it's hard to set aside emotional attachment to certain bucks sometimes when it comes to breeding.
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