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Like feral hogs, Texas' exotic axis deer can be destructive

Impact of winter storm on Texas exotic game ranches still being weighed

Impact of winter storm on Texas exotic game ranches still being weighed Executive Director of Wildlife Exotic Association anticipating at least $250 million in losses for industry Garrett Hottle and last updated 2021-03-06 18:01:49-05 WACO, TX — The Exotic Game Ranching is still calculating the losses suffered from February s unprecedented string of storms, according to Charly Seale of the Exotic Wildlife Association. We sent out a mortality survey, and lots of them are still coming back in, Seale said. We don t have a perfect handle yet, but in what we re talking about, it s going to be at least $250 million to $350 million in losses.

Axis Deer Had Overrun the Hill Country. The Winter Storm Devastated Them.

Axis deer, native to the Indian subcontinent, were introduced to the Hill Country of Texas in 1932 as a game meat. Wolfgang Kaehler/Alamy The spotted fawn was leaning against the screen door of Daniel Oppenheimer’s back porch near Luckenbach. Oppenheimer found it when he ventured outside on the first morning of last week’s record freeze. The fawn had died in the night. Oppenheimer’s power, water, and Internet would not be restored for several days. With little else to do, he wandered the land with his dog. He counted thirteen more deer that week. They died under Ashe juniper trees, in a barn, under a carport, in wide-open fields. All were axis, a white-spotted deer species native to the Indian subcontinent. “It was awful watching these animals fall apart over several days,” said Oppenheimer, who works for the Hill Country Alliance, a conservation group.

The Texas freeze's silent victims: wildebeest, gemsbok antelope and other 'exotic' animals

The Texas freeze's silent victims: wildebeest, gemsbok antelope and other 'exotic' animals