Breeding and Artificial Insemination

Each year, Orchard View uses individual pens for single sire breeding. We keep breeder bucks in their respective breeding pens until they shed their antlers in early to late winter. Sires of all fawns are DNA guaranteed. During the fawning season, we check the pens twice daily to also ensure damside identification.

At Orchard View, we constantly set goals. We began our Artificial Insemination program in 2001 when we inseminated a half dozen does. Since then, each year we purchase some of the country's finest semen. We choose this semen carefully in order to maximize our herd's genetic potential. Our current goal is modest: to get the majority of our two year-olds over the 160" mark. After we achieve this, we will continue to "raise the bar" to strive for even higher standards.