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And another one, he's good.

He had matching drops but has already broken one off. It was much more impressive when symmetrical. That said, we're going for a clean look and I wish he didn't have them at all. But whos complaining?

Yes, he's taking a leak in the first pic. Lighting caught it just right.

Ok how many thousand did it cost to get the seed bucks?

Not nearly as much as you would think. Less than it would cost to go "hunt" one. Just got to have the right hook up.

There are many places that have large high fence deer pens, they put 15-20 Does in the pen and then put a big high scoring Buck in the pen, usually in the late fall before the rut, Buck will breed all the Does, then they will open the gates in April or early May, and let everything leave at will, before they drop their Fawns.

In the wild a White Tail Buck will average breeding 1.4 Does per year, the pen will greatly increase the production of big Bucks, hopefully increasing the size of the bucks on the place, and producing better over all quality Does. Some places bring in Bucks and Does, some capture nice Bucks and Does on their places.

They are not pen raising Deer, but are pen Breeding Deer under controlled conditions, with good supplemental food, and good habitat and water. the last thing they want is tame Deer.

I'm not saying ya or nay, just explaining what's happening in our area and other places from coast to coast. Rio7

This deer needs to be shot! Pissing on your private property is simply unacceptable lol

The caveat to this is that one must have a breeder's license to do as described. A breeder's license is extremely cumbersome and we have no interest in it. Totally would take the fun out of it and make it too much like work. We handle the deer in no manner. We simply constructed a fence, bought a few deer (legally, properly), and turned them loose in the fence.

ctsmith, I understand, their are many people doing pen breeding for profit,AKA selling hunts on their property, their are many people doing pen breeding for the pleasure and fun of it. licensing is a State to State thing not all are the same. Rio7

Rio, true, and I bet texas is much more liberal with it than other states. In Bama, its a real PITA. Thats how we got into this. A local breeder said to heck with it. Too much harassment from Game and Fish. They don't bother high fences in general, but strongly discourage breeders.

Awesome specimens. But no one can deny it's a different way to hunt than true free range hunting..
And there is different classifications for such now in Pope and young and Boone and Crockett correct?

I'm happy for you, not my cup of tea.

Not knocking what you're doing but I guess my hesitation would be with controlling diseases over time.

That's the only way to produce a 3 year old Buck that looks like that. Under those conditions they will blow after 4 1/2 years old and really be impressive.

No interest Sorry

ldholton, concur, 100%. I thought I made it clear that this is NOT a hunting preserve, and we don't "hunt" it.

EHD is the killer down here. Our strategy was a hardy herd over freaky, non native 300" bucks. The more native, the more hardy. So far the herd has been extremely hardy. Knock on wood, because your concern is real.

Case in point will be the fifth and final buck. When you see him its obvious he is the farthest from native. He almost died this year, EHD most likely. Nothing but bones. Every rib, hip bone, and spine shown. It was a sad sight. I said he had no chance of living. To our surprise, he appears to be making a recovery, acting normal again and putting weight back on. He's still puny, but 30 lbs minimum heavier than he was 45 days ago. Our objective is clean, typical bucks, but dang it, this fellow now has me pulling for him.

A point of note.

The fence is to keep other deer and critters out, not the fenced deer in. If you were to force these deer out they would walk the fence until you let them back in. Guarantee it.

Some of those bucks are stunningly beautiful....

Greg, come on, these deer are like my kids, they are ALL stunningly beautiful. FWIW, my daughters said I never took such nice pictures of them. LOL

Very nice Clint. Just amazing the bone growth your bucks you have. Miss the cigar smokin pics.👊🏻

Your photography skeelz have escalated too. Fishin invite is still open.

That’s fine, he’s not promoting killin/huntin them, but rather sharing a beautiful amazing animal most of us love. I appreciate em👊🏻