Sam and Logan are recording live from Doc's Bar and Grill in Corpus Christi, Texas, during the 2026 Texas Ag Teachers Conference — squeezing in a little fishing and golf between talking through where they're both at heading into AI and flush season.
This episode is less about troubleshooting and more about strategy: how two operations with different genetics and different goals are making breeding decisions right now. Sam and Logan walk through what they've already bred this year, what's coming up on the flush calendar, and the nutrition and low-stress handling protocols they lean on to keep donor ewes settled — including a story about one dominant ewe wrecking an entire flush pen's results.
From there they get into the buck conversation everyone wants to hear: which sires they're using, which ones they're watching, and why. They run through names like Warpaint, Never a Doubt, Quinella, Bad Man, Frontline, Chief, Unicorn, War Wagon, Prep, and more of this year's most talked-about show sheep sires — plus a candid take on the industry's current hottest buck, Behind Enemy Lines.
The bigger theme running through the whole conversation: the difference between breeding for the next hot buck and breeding for consistency. Sam and Logan talk openly about resisting the urge to chase trends, the value of actually seeing a sire in person before committing semen dollars, and why building a program around the $750–$2,000 customer matters just as much as chasing the elite ones.
No guest this week, but stick around — Episode 9 is shaping up to be a listener Q&A episode, so if you've submitted a question, it's coming.
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Episode 8
