Has anyone ever found a map of Texas showing the concentrations of free ranging Axis? When I get serious about buying property it will be a big consideration to me.
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The Hill Country.
The axis deer was first introduced into Texas in the 1930s and now occurs in at least forty-five counties. Largest numbers occur on the Edwards Plateau, where the semiopen, dry scrub forest vegetation resembles that of its native habitat in India.
Link from where I took info.
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Kendall,Kerr,Real,Eastern Edwards, northern Uvalde County, Northern Kinney County, Kimble county, Gillespie County, Mason County, McCullough County Sutton County, Menard County,etc....lots of counties have them, with western Kerr, Kendall, Real and Eastern Edwards probably having the highest concentrations.
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Originally posted by Gunnyart View PostSome bright young A&M Student could get their PHD by charting their spread in Texas.
buddy of mine did a lot of land clearing work up by possum kingdom and he saw a bunch while he was up there.
I know several ranchers in Gillespie that have never seen one on their ranch, same goes for guys in bandera, but you drive 10 miles down the road and they are infested with them.
few things to keep in mind....axis like water. If your in a river bottom or a drainage and in one of the counties mentioned, odds are you will see them every once in awhile, they may even be the predominant animal there. that's not to say you won't see them miles away from water but they do concentrate along river bottoms and drainages.
I went to high school in spring branch (comal county), we never had them out there 10 years ago, then we started seeing a few here and there, now they are everywhere in the Guad river bottom, we see them dead on the side of 281 all the time now.Last edited by txtrophy85; 05-29-2014, 07:19 AM.
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Originally posted by txtrophy85 View Postfar werstern and south western blanco counties. not in huge numbers but they are there.
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