Axis numbers in Texas

[AZ&F'sDaddy]

Anyone know what the estimate of total axis numbers in Texas is?

[blackforest]

a whole lot and growing. we breed them on our game ranch. cool deer.

[DrenalinJunkie]

As many I see on the road dead out around Junction and the likes......... I would say pretty dang good and growing.

[Draco]

There's a few thousand right around my place just north of Liberty Hill. DJunky is right, they aren't good with cars.

[Speedgoat]

1 million and counting!!! Saw more Axis in Uvalde than Whitetail when I was there three weeks ago.

[Txnrog]

Last survey specific to axis that I can find was from 1988, and that was 40,000 animals fenced and free range. You can easily assume a 10% growth rate year over year, you're looking at about 300K animals today. May be a bit generous, but I wouldn't think that's all that far off. Estimates from the EWA are that there are about 400,000 total exotics behind fences, and another 50,000 free range - all species combined - the bulk of those are definately axis, and I suspect those numbers are low.

[Txnrog]

The estimates are all a crap shoot though - I have never met a state wildlife biologist who was even willing to count them in surveys. We have to conduct our own counts for the exotic species.

[AZ&F'sDaddy]

Last survey specific to axis that I can find was from 1988, and that was 40,000 animals fenced and free range.

That's in the ballpark of what I had last heard - but that was several years ago.