A closed herd built for confidence.
In today’s Texas deer industry, Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in a deer herd is a serious concern for deer breeders and ranch owners. SMR takes herd health seriously and operates with a closed-herd approach, which means we do not bring outside deer onto the ranch. This ensures we do not expose our current herd to CWD from an outside deer.
Instead, SMR breeds its own herd. We focus on building our deer pedigrees and herd genetic diversity through an extensive artificial insemination (AI) program. We often AI more than 60% of our does each fall. We spend time and money every summer finding the best breeder bucks in Texas and obtaining straws of semen from these bucks to use in our AI program.
Our focus on herd health, genetics and our AI program gives our ranch customers added confidence when purchasing deer from SMR.
For ranch owners, buying deer from SMR is like jumping in and getting the advantage of years of carefully curated decisions and investments brought right into your ranch and your deer herd. After all, SMR is not simply selling deer but we offer a long-running, carefully managed breeding program with decades of hard work, investment and careful analysis behind it. Bring these results to your ranch by buying SMR deer.