In 1954, Spring Dale Eileenmere 16K was purchased from Teece Brothers, Lemberg, SK, Spring Dale June - foundation of the Tibbie family at Crescent Creek, and Spring Dale Maiden - foundation of the present Heroine cow family. In the early years genetics were acquired from well known Angus herds in close proximity to the farm
1959 - Black Prince of Homepark was obtained from the famed Home Park herd of Cliff Horseman at Indian Head, SK. The original Favorite and Vonda cow families were also purchased from Home Park. Luck would have it - these families were purchased just before the famous Ankony Farms acquired a large part of the Home Park herd. These cow families shaped the early years of Crescent Creek. Dad often said he wished he could have the Black Prince bull back in future years.
1963, herd bulls used for long periods. Early trips found Mike and Irene heading to Alberta visiting Angus herds. As Mike saw herds he liked he would try to acquire females from them.
1964 saw the foundation females of the "Elba" cow family which originated in the Alkali Lake cow herd of Adam Schierman of Bashaw, AB, the "Eula" cow family originating in the MW Gibb herd of Killam, AB, and the "Blackbird" cow family from the Woodlawn cow herd of Roy Balhorn come to Crescent Creek.
1965 saw the purchase of probably one of the thickest Angus bulls ever used at Crescent Creek, even as I young boy I can still picture in my mind this bull in his mature form. The bull was Mount Pisgah Bandolier from the Dyck's at Abernethy, SK. This proved to be an important year for Crescent Creek as "ROP", Record of Performance, a government program, was introduced as a selection tool.
In 1971, Euripides of Grenfell "Commander" was introduced as a herd bull from the Cliff Argue herd at Grenfell, SK. This bull was one of many cornerstone herd bulls for Crescent Creek. At this time we started to sell bulls at the Regina Bull Sale. Imagine two uses for grain trucks...grain hauling and bull hauling.
1974 - Mike had been following the ROP Test Station Sale for a while. In 1971 he purchased Bardolier Q Ben 66'73 from Ben Blacklock of Grandora, SK. This bull was also a cornerstone sire. He was used in our program for 10 years. I believe the large numbers of half sisters resulting from this bull moulded our program into what was to come. The "Lady Bate" cow family was acquired at this time from the infamous Sandy Matheson (Colin and Marge Matheson), Heatherbrae Angus, Ituna, SK. Many hours were spent visiting the Matheson's talking about Angus cattle.
A trip to Alberta and a sale at Bud McBride's resulted in the "Tilda" cow, and the first purebred cattle for the WOS prefix of Wes Olynyk at Crescent Creek. A resulting bull calf Revolution 15G would be used for two years before being injured...wish we could have this bull back! More Angus bulls were now being sold through spring bull sales. At this time, females were starting to be sold at the Masterpiece calf sales.
In 1980, Black Anchor Lad 3L was purchased from Anchor Farms, Jim Clarke of Sedgewick, AB.
In 1982, Doctor Baros 2742 was purchased from Leroy Erdman, Wetonka, South Dakota, the first Dr Spock son to be used in Canada. He was also a paternal brother to the bull called "Extender". Spock was used for a couple of years and lost to an injury.
In 1983, SAR Jetstream Extreme was purchased from Schaff's Angus. He was used for five years and was lost to injury. He is the sire of Crescent Creek Queen Ruth 32U. Double Four LBX 69K was also purchased from Jim Brown, Erskine, AB - he left many good females.
1984 remains as one of the turning points in our program. In the fall of 1984 Mom and Dad travelled to Wetonka, South Dakota to the dispersal sale of the famous Leroy Erdman herd. The two day sale resulted in the purchase of seven females which would head north to Crescent Creek...foundation females of the "Queen Ruth", "Lassie" and "Queen" cow families. Dad often marvelled at the Erdman herd and the people who owned them. He summed it up "like winning the lottery".
1986 saw another cornerstone sire "Freeway " JRS 276T purchased from Stevenson Basin Ranch, Hobson, Montana. Imagine picking your next herd bull out of a calf crop of 300 bull calves...job well done. This sire would lay down the next direction our cow herd would take. Moderate framed females with flawless udders and longevity to burn. Numerous females still carry this breed legend's lineage. 276T was used for nine years, as well as two sons.
1986 also saw a home raised son of Mr Stetson out of a Eula cow used for four years - Crescent Creek Creator 20T.
1987 saw one of the most popular cow families take residence at Crescent Creek. The initial "Rosebuds" were acquired from the Canning's at Souris, MB. Prairieland 501Z Dusty "7034" would be purchased as a yearling and upon further searching found that she was a "Rosebud". She would be the paternal great grandam of "115F". 7034 would later become the future foundation female of the Double D herd of Danny Hollinger at Neudorf, SK. The early 1990's saw Crescent Creek selling 35 to 40 bulls to Idaho every spring. Consistency was very important.
In 1991 herd bull selection became very critical as the cow herd increased in numbers, one poor calf crop could prove very costly. Once again, with performance in mind Botany Angus Max 5A was purchased. This bull was in the top 1% of the breed for yearling weight. He sired high gaining, high indexing bulls two years in a row at the Saskatchewan Test Centre. He was used for seven years and became the foundation sire for the newly formed Black Angus section of my brother Ivan's Pretty View Stock Farm cow herd. 1991 would also mark the start of a new era of Crescent Creek Angus. The formation of the "WOS" Red Angus herd. Two foundation females would be purchased - a trip to the beautiful Waterton Park and the infamous Mackenzie Bros. Female Sale would become great memories. It was at this sale we were very fortunate to be able to acquire Red MEM Icecap Annie 22Z. She has been nothing but phenomenal. We truly feel fortunate to have been able to own a female of this stature. Hats off to the Mackenzies and their dedication to the Angus breed. Also at this time we took a trip to the Superstar Sale and made the purchase of Red Terrlene Duchess 82Z. Still being partial to blacks, this female caught my eye because she was out of two black parents. She too became a foundation for the Red herd "Duchess 3F".
1993 saw another trip to Prairielane and the purchase of one of the most prolific female making bulls in recent times - Rito 8094 Prairielane "2060". This bull was used for four years and sold to our good friend Rick Keay at Inglis, MB. At the time we didn't know the future influence this bull would have on our program. In retrospect a big mistake on our part. Rick lost the bull next breeding season. Prairieland "Rosebud" 2011 was also purchased at this time. 1993 would mark the beginning of the "Fall Finale" Sale in Moose Jaw where a number of Crescent Creek females would be merchandised.
In 1995, Dwajo Chief 92E would become the next cornerstone sire at Crescent Creek. His influence will be felt for many years as we have many half sibs in the herd. He was used for seven years.
In 1998 Crescent Creek Chief 80G, a home raised son of Chief out of Queen Ruth 64D was introduced and is still being used presently. He is owned with Geis Angus and Dwajo Angus.
1989 marked the inception of an on farm bull and female sale at Crescent Creek. To date the sale has been widely accepted with a strong repeat customer base.
In 2000 a trip to Gartner-Denowh at Sydney, Montana saw the acquisition of GDAR Quantum 963, an outcross bull that is proving to become a cornerstone sire...phenomenal females and highly accepted bull calves. 2000 also marked the use of ultrasound measurements for carcass data.
2002 marks the loss of a dear husband, father, grandfather, friend and founder of Crescent Creek Angus. Dad never regretted one moment of the Angus world. He enjoyed the trips, the sales, the friends he made and the cattle he cherished. He often talked of the people who helped him in his early years as a breeder. He attributed some of his success to them and we thank them and their families.
At this time, we are using home raised bulls from our top producing females - Revival 06J (Revival X Queen Ruth 14Z), Sarge "Chief 72L (Dwajo Chief X Bardella 3D) and Thunder 51L (Dwajo Chief X Queen Ruth 64D). 2002 also saw two new and exciting bulls that are making things happen at Crescent Creek - RR Image Maker 2999 and GDAR Traveler 235. Both bulls excel in carcass and ultrasound data along with calving ease and growth. We anticipate great things from these two bulls.
In 2003 we purchased Dwajo Super X 104N, a paternal brother to Dwajo Chief 92E. He offers some line breeding and calving ease for sale offering. Crescent Creek Alliance 29N, an Alliance Son with outcross genetics was also used and was extremely easy fleshing.
Sire selection for the Red Angus herd has been mostly AI for the first while with Red YY Red Knight 640F being of most influence. HR Cherokee 53C was also used very successfully for four years. He was in the top 1% of the breed for calving ease and more recently a New Trend grandson form Darryl Logeot has been used. Presently we are using an Approval son from Bar E-L and a Red Mac Leader 95L son from Dale and Cathy Piller.
Wes & Kim Olynyk
Orie, Danny, Katie and Wade
Box 192
Goodeve,Saskatchewan, Canada
S0A
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Telephone: (306) 876-4420
email:
info@crescentcreekangus.com
Irene Olynyk
Goodeve, Saskatchewan, Canada
Telephone: (306) 876-4400