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Rarest Exotic you've ever seen or heard of in Texas
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09/20/14 08:18 PM
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Probably Red Brocket, Lesser Kudu, Somerrings Gazelle, and Takin.
Through the grapevine though I've heard of hartebeests, reedbuck, and orbi.
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Re: Rarest Exotic you've ever seen or heard of in Texas
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09/20/14 09:54 PM
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I've seen Grévy's zebra, an amelanosis color phase zebra, and puku. I've heard tales of lions and tigers available for hunt if your pockets are deep enough and your scruples are shallow.
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Re: Rarest Exotic you've ever seen or heard of in Texas
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09/20/14 10:16 PM
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I've seen pics of Grevys in texas. I also saw a Hartman's Mountain Zebra up at Greystone Castle.
Where did you see the Puku?
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Re: Rarest Exotic you've ever seen or heard of in Texas
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09/20/14 10:23 PM
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There is an axis on our place (HF) that has never been seen by a human in five years. Thanks to game cams we know he is still out there.
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Re: Rarest Exotic you've ever seen or heard of in Texas
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09/20/14 11:58 PM
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My guide a few years ago said some ranch had a breeding pair of giraffes. ...said they were over 100k!
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Re: Rarest Exotic you've ever seen or heard of in Texas
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09/21/14 12:07 AM
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I thought someone recently had a white lipped deer, that's gotta be right up there. Don't know if it was available to hunt though
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Re: Rarest Exotic you've ever seen or heard of in Texas
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09/21/14 12:24 AM
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White lipped deer and Cape buffalo.
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Re: Rarest Exotic you've ever seen or heard of in Texas
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09/21/14 01:00 AM
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I've hunted a private ranch that had a whole breeding herd of white lipped deer. Big suckers...did some research and he wanted nearly 60% off the price I've seen them at. The lovely goodies you'll find when you pierce way into the grapevine.
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Re: Rarest Exotic you've ever seen or heard of in Texas
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09/21/14 05:08 AM
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Kobus,
Just curious what type of prices were you talking? I know it is more then I can afford but curious
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Re: Rarest Exotic you've ever seen or heard of in Texas
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09/21/14 05:39 AM
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Re: Rarest Exotic you've ever seen or heard of in Texas
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09/22/14 07:46 PM
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Re: Rarest Exotic you've ever seen or heard of in Texas
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09/22/14 08:02 PM
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What is a white lipped deer?
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: Rarest Exotic you've ever seen or heard of in Texas
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09/22/14 08:32 PM
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What is a white lipped deer? Crazy expensive for the most part....Morani wants 17k for theirs. One ranch I know wants 50k..
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Re: Rarest Exotic you've ever seen or heard of in Texas
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09/22/14 08:33 PM
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What is a white lipped deer? exactly lol
Sombody smells like fried borritos...
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Re: Rarest Exotic you've ever seen or heard of in Texas
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09/23/14 01:09 AM
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How about a white Democrat?
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Re: Rarest Exotic you've ever seen or heard of in Texas
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09/23/14 01:27 AM
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Where did you see the Puku? There were 8 animals in a trailer. Saw them in Eastland, TX August of 2012. They were being moved to avoid the fires in the area. Owner (or at least the guy driving the trailer) said they were coming from "over by the lake". Knowing the area being evacuated was west of town I assumed Cisco Lake but could have just as easily been PK.
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Re: Rarest Exotic you've ever seen or heard of in Texas
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09/23/14 01:37 AM
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Re: Rarest Exotic you've ever seen or heard of in Texas
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09/23/14 03:29 AM
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Where did you see the Puku? There were 8 animals in a trailer. Saw them in Eastland, TX August of 2012. They were being moved to avoid the fires in the area. Owner (or at least the guy driving the trailer) said they were coming from "over by the lake". Knowing the area being evacuated was west of town I assumed Cisco Lake but could have just as easily been PK. I wonder how he found them?
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Re: Rarest Exotic you've ever seen or heard of in Texas
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09/23/14 03:36 AM
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So far the five year axis has my vote for most rare.
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Re: Rarest Exotic you've ever seen or heard of in Texas
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09/23/14 03:41 AM
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We have a grevys we got from the yo. My buddy and I went to load it and the guy loading it forgot to shut the side door (yes we should have checked it and not taken his word, but drinks are free and we took advantage of that all day) when we were driving to dinner a guy came sprinting after us and slammed the door, said the zebra had one leg out. It's pretty rare that we still have it.
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Re: Rarest Exotic you've ever seen or heard of in Texas
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09/23/14 12:12 PM
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How about a white Democrat? Quite common in Austin
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Re: Rarest Exotic you've ever seen or heard of in Texas
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09/23/14 12:20 PM
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Are idiots multiplying faster than normal people?
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Re: Rarest Exotic you've ever seen or heard of in Texas
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09/23/14 01:11 PM
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Was that the one in Bandera Co. quite a few years back?
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Re: Rarest Exotic you've ever seen or heard of in Texas
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09/23/14 01:17 PM
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Was that the one in Bandera Co. quite a few years back? Yep, that was Henrietta. She made the national news when she escaped and was out on HWY 16.
Are idiots multiplying faster than normal people?
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Re: Rarest Exotic you've ever seen or heard of in Texas
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09/23/14 01:55 PM
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Bontebok. I haven't seen to many of those in Texas. I know of one place that has some, Fossil Rim.
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