Biggest Yearling Contest

UDFoM is hosting two biggest yearling buck contests, the biggest typical yearling and the biggest non-typical yearling. Eligible entries will be from any semen and or bred does won in either the games or purchased at the live/silent auction from our 2023 convention.

To enter the contest, semen will have to be used in the 2023 breeding season. A maximum of 3 does can be bred per straw of semen. At the 2024 convention all does will have to be registered with UDFoM along with their DNA number and which semen they were AI’d with, DNA must be provided at time of registration.

To qualify for the contest, you must provide DNA and picture of the yearling showing the tag # and a tape of the width of the antlers. All scoring will be done by an official SCI scoring panel. The winning antlers must have antler core DNA’d before prize money can be awarded. The antler core will be taken by the official scorer & contest chairperson, it will then be sent into NADR for DNA verification at UDFoM cost. No limit for entries by any one farm or person. Buyers of semen without A-I capabilities can go into a partnership or buy open does and have them bred by farms that A-I. The contest is not limited to Michigan buyers & we encourage everyone to join in.

The prize will be $2,000 from UDFoM for each category to be paid at our 2026 convention when these bucks will be 1 ½ years old. Along with the prize money the winner will also get a free full-page ad & a farm article in the Quest Magazine. The semen donor for the biggest contest winner will also get a free full-page ad in the Quest Magazine.