I absolutely agree. My favorite bulls are the ones from the central & southern portions of their range,(Kansas,Oklahoma,Texas.) I'm less interested in the northern forms,although I do like them. I'm also strongly in favor of outcrossing when it comes to genetic mutations,so I think your intentions are right on the mark,and along the same track I'd like to take with my animals. I just wanted to weigh in on the whole "Stillwater's are locality morphs" thing. I've been corrected several times when referring to them. The truth is I've collected dozens of bulls from northern,and central Texas that don't look that much different from Oklahoma bulls? If you can get Oklahoma stock..."perfect",I just don't think they're in any way diminished if outcrossed to similar looking bulls from anywhere else.

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