Straws – Red Stag

Animal/Tag #

Straws

Sire

Dam

Aragorn 440 RED 1 Hotspur 95/155
Phantasos 0 Morpheus DG
2010 3yr Red HA Champion 2010 Nat. Rising Stars Supreme Award
YO5124
Tennessee 19-534 0 Cognac 98
Zafarai

0

Phantasos YY1380
Antonio

57

Archer 161623
Dutton

12

Bruins 192153
Lochie

1

Zinny 71P/Y

Zafarai

Zafarai DG has a very attractive sought after trophy style head and ranks right up there with the best we have bred. Photos don’t really do him justice. In the paddock he is the one that your eye is drawn to.

5 yr comments:
763 at 5 year with 45.2 inch main beams, 20 inch T1s, Quad furcated 23 inch T3s left and right. 33 inch span rounds off a pretty good picture.
Antiochus the Great is from the first crop of Zafarai DG sons out of a Leonides DG daughter.

4yr comments:
Zafarai DG won 3rd place in the 4yr hard antler class in the rising stars competition 2019 for his 4yr head scoring 686.
747 at 4yrs, 42 inch main beams. Bi T1’s left & right totalling 30 inches on T1 left & 27inch T1 on right. 20 inch T2’s , 25 inch T3 on left. Big numbers. Watch this space, we’re expecting Zafarai’s 5yr head to be up another level again.

Zafarai DG scored 747 @ 4yrs, 25 x 27 points, 20kg HA
Zafarai DG scored 647 @ 3yrs, 22 x 28 points, 16.8kg HA
 
 

Tennessee

1227 SCI World Record

Phantasos

A Morpheus DG son who is possibly the best stag we have ever bred.
General comments on Phantasos DG:
The pedigree of Phantasos is stacked with consistent sire producing hinds.
Dam 5124 has produced 3 stags all of which have made the top 2% of their age groups. 2009 son Caberra sired by Hannibal DG and exported by us to Argentina as a 2 year old. 2010 son 0209, D’Archiac, sold through our stag sale and 2011 son Phantasos. Unfortunately Phantasos is the end of the line as Dam 5124 passed away last winter, we have no daughters from 5124 but have one more son to come this year by Huneric DG.
Gran Dam 3013 has produced 4 sons, some by ET and they have all made our stag sale, quite astonishing really considering that we only sell 25 2 year stags each year. Gran dam 3013’s daughters are also producing consistently good sons as is evident by Hilderic in this catalogue. One of our current breeding objectives in our herd in New Zealand is to get Dam 3013 into as many of our hinds as we can, either by sons as in Phantasos, D’Archiac and Hilderic, or through ET programmes on her daughters. A stunning son of Morpheus DG coupled with Odysseus DG on his dam’s side gives huge potential as a top trophy sire for the future. Scored well at 273 with 4.60kg HA cut as a spiker and improved to a score of 418 and 8.32kg HA at 2yrs. A great opportunity here to radically improve your trophy herd in the future.
– Deer Genetics NZ

Aragorn

This is one of the great sires in the making. Only 0.25kg behind his record antler sire Hotspur weight for age, but very superior tops and hard antler score.
His first sons at the 2007 sale recorded the most points and the heaviest antler other than Lot 1 again by his sire. He reflects his sire in mass, his grandsire in class and his great grandsire in the tops. The top 2008 industry 2yr old of the year Sir Edmund was produced by Aragorn, purchased by Donald and Kathy Hudson for $80,000.

 

Antonio

Antonio scored 777 inches as a 4yr old, which is exceptional for his age. Well-spaced tynes, clean style, and a serious cluster of crowning points up top.

His pedigree backs it up. 403, The Duke, and Archer all sit behind him, and you can see their influence in the mass he’s carrying. Antonio brings style, mass, and scoring potential in one package, and he’ll lift those traits in any herd he’s used over.

 

Dutton

Dutton, photographed here at 4 years old, truly stands out with his striking antlers. He features beautiful lower tines and bifurcating 3’s that lead up to an impressive cluster of tops. One of his most remarkable traits, as seen in the photos, is his exceptional width. Scoring an impressive 723 inches of antler at 4yrs old, Dutton has a promising future.

His pedigree is top-tier, with superstars Brusnis, Prometheus, and Davidson contributing their outstanding traits to produce Dutton. His lineage includes 14072MC, one of our finest hinds who is a full sister to Hunter, and the dam 192153 is a full sister to Crypto. On paper, it doesn’t get much better than this.

Lochie

At just three years of age, Lochie is already carrying exceptional antler scale, with genuine mass, width and length well beyond his age group.
He brings an outcross pedigree that adds fresh genetic depth to established bloodlines. Lochie is a true type improver, offering the ability to inject frame, structure and scoring potential without compromising balance.
He is expected to cross particularly well over hinds, lifting antler weight, overall scoring ability but retaining a classical style in the next generation.
A young sire with serious upside and the genetic scope to leave a lasting mark.

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