At Heritage 10 Ranch, we feel extremely blessed to be able to raise and enjoy one of God's most beautiful, interesting and diverse animals, the whitetail deer.  There is never a dull moment when raising deer.  From the daily Easter egg hunt to find the new born fawns in the spring, to watching the amazing growth of antlers on the bucks throughout the summer, to planning the breeding in the fall, to picking up shed antlers after winter there is always something exciting to do. 

I have always had an interest in breeding and raising animals of one kind or another.  My grandmother suggested becoming a veterinarian so that I could make the most of that interest.  Years later, in 1975, I graduated from the TAMU College of Veterinary Medicine.  Over the next 33 years I have raised hounds, cattle and horses.  In 2000 a series of events would happen that would change our lives. Kim, my wife, and I bought a herd of deer from the widow of a friend.  Somewhere over the next seven years it became more than a hobby to us also.  Three years of my veterinary career were spent in a reproduction only practice, so as artificial insemination with frozen semen became more popular in the deer business my interest soared.  Today we are using semen from 300+inch  bucks with 200+inch  bucks as backups.  We have a goal of producing heavy, wide, long tined deer mostly typical but with some extras. We think this is the type that most deer hunters prefer, and after all that is who we have to please.