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We are overrun by the imported Axis deer, which breed all 
year round. Fortunately our place is high fenced to keep 
them out of the garden. They have spots and look like 
adult fawns. They are crowding out the white tails who 
must compete with them for food, and are in season all the 
time along with feral hogs. So locals can hunt pretty much 
year round.

My part of Texas is known for the large number of exotics 
raised, mostly for 'hunters' (i.e. doctors, lawyers, 
football players who pay 10K to bag something accustomed 
to eating corn out of a feeder daily and then mount the 
heads on their walls). Some of them have escaped and are 
breeding on their own. There are also ranchers involved in 
breeding endangered hoofstock like the Scimitar Oryx. It 
is not unusual to see zebra, camels, elk, black buck 
antelope, wildebeast, auodad and other African or Aisian 
stuff around here.

--Sage
Way Out in Texas

On Thu, 9 Oct 2008 15:37:00 -0400
 toni eddleman <tonitime AT juno.com> wrote:
> We are also having a deep explosion around here!  First 
> year my garden
> was truly ended early by them - and the  severe drought 
> helping it along.
> On my way home from the next county the other nite, - 
> 1/2 hour drive, i
> saw 6 groups of 4-6 deer in that small drive.  There 
> have been a pair of 
> twin boys, 2-pointers hanging around our gate in! 
> Plenty of corn growing
> nearby in large amounts, and all my corn wiped out by 
> the deer and my 
> Husky pup!
>
> I do not hunt, but it is everyone's way of life in this 
> part of KY
> Appalachia.  All i have to do is wait for a nice cool 
> butchering week,
> and give a girlfriend a call.  A couple hours later, she 
> will tell me
> which good ol' boy has my deer waiting for pickup! 
> Soon, i hope.  I also
> have two people who want to come back here and help 
> lower our  numbers of
> deer!  I will offer my log cabin for sleep, feed them, 
> and get a deer,
> too!
>
> La Dolce Vita :)
> Toni
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