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Griffith Brothers
Rick & Dave Griffith
10066 Griffith Street
Huntingdon, PA 16652
(814) 643-7181
CWD 02/02 TB Accred Bruc Cert
Lot 25
Lot 89
Lot 146
60
Friday
Hydro Ax
Friday
GB Buckster Jr.
Saturday
GB Jeckyl GX
2011 Mid-America Invitational Whitetail Deer Auction
Bred Doe, 1 1/2 Years Old
Bred Doe, 2 Years Old
In the mid 1980s Dave & Rick Griffith purchased their grandfather’s farm from his estate. With a burning desire to
bring the old farm to life their idea to raise whitetail deer began. They formed Griffith Brothers Whitetail Ridge Trophy Deer Ranch.
Although the whitetail deer industry was in its infancy Rick and Dave st ill made genetics their main focus. After traveling the
country for a year looking at deer herds they purchased their first breeding stock. The breeder bucks came from northern
Pennsylvania out of a herd started by Bill Dyroff. Bill, a computer science teacher, impressed the Griffith Brothers with great herd
records and a reputation for raising championship sled dogs. Bill’s herd was almost 10 years developed; thus the three original
breed sires were purchased from the Dyroff farm.
The first buck was StudIy, PA Geronimo’s father, a main frame 6x6 purchased for his tine length and typical frame. The
second buck was Chief purchased for his great width and frame. The third buck was Goliath 1 purchased for his tremendous mass.
At the same time Penn State University had produced a huge typical buck known as J-44. J-44 was ahead of his time with an
impressive set of typical antlers scoring just over 200”. That was a very big deer for the 1980s. The herdsman at the time was Bob
Mothersbaugh. Bob has since retired from Penn State and is now a master breeder in the whitetail industry. Dave & Rick were very
impressed with Bob’s record keeping and knowledge of his herd at Penn State; thus several does were purchased from the J-44
line. Some of those does included ROM Goliath’s mother, Marlin’s mother, along with two full J-44 sisters K-l and 150 to name a
few. After a few years of breeding a special buck hit the ground by the name of “Geronimo”. Dave and Rick had no idea how special
this buck they had named Geronimo was going to be. Today Griffith Brothers are one of the proven leaders in the whitetail deer
industry and PA Geronimo is one of the most inheritable and popular breed sires in the country.
GB Jeckyl GX
White 15
Doe Fawn
GB Buckster Jr.
Max
Marty Graw
Yellow 26
Hydro Ax
PA Geronimo
PA Geronimo doe
N/A
White 29
PA Geronimo
GB Impact
Red 24
B-44
PSU/J44
YY-21
PSU/J44
Comments: White 29 is a 2 year old bottle raised daughter of Hydro Ax. The mother of White 29 is
B-44 a GB Impact daughter crossed with RDM Goliath’s mother (YY-21). She was lap AI’d to GB Jeckyl GX
which is a 2 year old son of Waldvogel’s Jeckyl, scoring 247” this year. The clean up buck for White 29 is GB
True Magic scoring 317”. This doe has a strong pedigree and is DNA profiled back 5 generations and NADR
registered. DNA #30581.
PA Geronimo
GB Buckster
G-0098 Miss Bucky
GB Buckster Jr.
GB Comanche
White 20
Yellow 50
White 103
PA Geronimo
GB Savage
Yellow 4
M-7
PSU/J44
YY-21
PSU/J44
Comments: White 103 is a 2 year old daughter of GB Buckster Jr. scoring
360”+ @3. The mother of White 103 is M-7 going back to strong bloodlines of
PA Geronimo and YY-21, RDM Golitath’s mother. She is naturally bred to White
15 a 2 year old Maxbo Extreme son. White 103 is DNA profiled and NADR
registered.
Rolex
Jeckyl
Orange 7
GB Jeckyl GX (W-39)
GB Geronimax
Green 42
M-93
B-32
GB Buckster
GB Buckster Jr.
White 20
White 75
Redoy Ruger
Orange 18
M-93
Comments: B-32 is a 2010 doe fawn. She is a daughter of GB Jeckyl GX scoring 247” this year at 2
years old. The mother is White 75 a Buckster Jr. daughter. This girl has a very strong pedigree with several
proven mothers like: O-18 mother of GB Casino, W-20 GB Buckster Jr. mother, G-098 MJ GB Magic’s
mother, M-125 GB Geronimax’s mother, GB Buckster’s mother is G-098 (Miss Bucky) and the list goes on
and on!!!! DNA #80059
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