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<blockquote data-quote="Herefords.US" data-source="post: 967552" data-attributes="member: 3972"><p>A proven +5 BW doesn't worry me, on cows or as long as the heifers are well grown out. </p><p></p><p>The two foundation sires of my herd are +5.7 and +5.3 BW - granted those numbers are with very little proof behind them other than my own personal experience. I would suspect had they been used along with other proven bulls in the same herd, those numbers would have dropped a little. </p><p></p><p>Regarding Star Lake, in some conversations that I had with Montie Soules right before the sale, I asked him why they stopped using a particular bull. He said that he had kept a lot of BW in those cattle "on purpose", but when a bull got to a +6 BW or higher he generally stopped using him. So, I guess we know what Shock and Awe's fate was, had they stayed in business. And I remember someone saying the same thing about Thunder years ago - that he was running in a trap at Star Lake, but hadn't seen any of their cows for a couple of years.</p><p></p><p>George</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Herefords.US, post: 967552, member: 3972"] A proven +5 BW doesn't worry me, on cows or as long as the heifers are well grown out. The two foundation sires of my herd are +5.7 and +5.3 BW - granted those numbers are with very little proof behind them other than my own personal experience. I would suspect had they been used along with other proven bulls in the same herd, those numbers would have dropped a little. Regarding Star Lake, in some conversations that I had with Montie Soules right before the sale, I asked him why they stopped using a particular bull. He said that he had kept a lot of BW in those cattle "on purpose", but when a bull got to a +6 BW or higher he generally stopped using him. So, I guess we know what Shock and Awe's fate was, had they stayed in business. And I remember someone saying the same thing about Thunder years ago - that he was running in a trap at Star Lake, but hadn't seen any of their cows for a couple of years. George [/QUOTE]
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