Axis doe vs axis buck?

[Walker]

Wanna expand your herd just don't shoot any axis.

[AntlerCollector]

I shoot the does that are nursing !
That way you know they’re not pregnant.

Sucks for the nursing fawn.

[Texas Grown]

Sucks for the nursing fawn.

No, it "unsucks" the nursing fawn.

[AntlerCollector]

No, it "unsucks" the nursing fawn.

True.

[GWPickle]

Now I feel better that the decision is hard and no perfect answer. Had young buck come out with one doe together. Felt like she was going to get bred but they left before I could flip a coin. Thinking fast is getting harder as I get older.

[Mossback]

We try and shoot the pregnant ones. That’s at least a two-fer sometimes a triple. Our numbers are crazy out of whack and we can’t catch up

[PYBUCK]

Axis does breed 10 days after giving birth and breed twice a year, so they are always going to be pregnant. If you want to increase your numbers, pass the does and shoot a spike. They are larger than does and taste equally well.

[txtimetravler]

When we were over run in Bandera with them….we would shoot the doe, her yearling and the year old buck with them. Then come back that night with a spotlight.

We would shoot them all! Whatever it took.


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[JakeM]

Id shoot does for meat if you have a good heard. Like others have said if it wasnt pregnant id be surprised, its just part of it.

[Tony Pic]

I have a spot where I hunt Axis free range and the land owner, as myself and others agree that. Shoot the young bucks and leave the baby makers alone. Every Axis buck we have ever gutted spit out a unborn fawn or two. Now some folks are heavily trapping Axis and their numbers have gotten lower. Maybe we need to rethink the management plan and just shoot whatever comes along since axis have been scarce.

[Bmgfish32]

doe

[AntlerCollector]

Every Axis buck we have ever gutted spit out an unborn fawn or two.

Please video this next time you’re gutting an Axis buck.

[Big pig]

I have a spot where I hunt Axis free range and the land owner, as myself and others agree that. Shoot the young bucks and leave the baby makers alone. Every Axis buck we have ever gutted spit out a unborn fawn or two. Now some folks are heavily trapping Axis and their numbers have gotten lower. Maybe we need to rethink the management plan and just shoot whatever comes along since axis have been scarce.

Sounds like shooting whatever comes along might make them more scarce

Not a fan of axis trapping. Axis have become a great year around opportunity for lots of Texas hunters.

[bowhntrmatt]

Please video this next time you’re gutting an Axis buck.

and why does he have a mouthful of babies to spit out? That ain't right! Stop putting Bud Light in the water!

[Tony Pic]

Please video this next time you’re gutting an Axis buck.

YUP...a little fast typing there. Let me re phrase.
Every Axis DOE we have gutted spit out a fawn or two.
Thats better.