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 Mason County exotics
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06/18/23 09:34 PM
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ralph
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Just wondering what, if any, free range exotics are in Mason county?
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Re: Mason County exotics
[Re: ralph]
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06/18/23 11:30 PM
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Creekrunner
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I'm no aficionado, but I'd guess "you name it." I'd assume the ego farmers have tried everything.
...and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. Gen. 1:28
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Re: Mason County exotics
[Re: ralph]
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06/19/23 03:53 AM
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Simple Searcher
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A friend hit an axis as he was leaving town a few weeks back, by the golf course. We have seen a few black buck on the west side of the county and a few axis. They are shot on site.
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Re: Mason County exotics
[Re: ralph]
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06/19/23 05:39 PM
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txwildcat
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Off the top of mind, we've had axis, fallow, red stag, blackbuck that I am aware of. The blackbuck group had grown to over 10 over a couple years of not hunting them. Unfortunately, the big freeze got most of them a couple years back. LO found them in a barn/shed they had taken shelter in. I know know the dominant buck and a doe made it as I saw them the following weekend. Haven't seen them since so I assume he went in search of a new harem.
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Re: Mason County exotics
[Re: ralph]
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06/20/23 01:33 PM
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Eland Slayer
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We had a lease on the Llano River south of town that had Blackbuck and Axis. I also know of at least one area with free-range Aoudad as well.
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Re: Mason County exotics
[Re: ralph]
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06/20/23 08:27 PM
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Kraken
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Woodsman
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Axis and blackbuck are the most common, with some aoudad and fallow, and then the occasional very random animal.
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Re: Mason County exotics
[Re: ralph]
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06/23/23 10:51 PM
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bigfootwolff
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I hunt in southeast Mason County, and the the longtime lease members have said they have never seen any exotics on the lease. Then 2 years ago a member saw 2 young bull Red Stag and he was able to harvest one of them, but none since. I had observed some free range blackbuck a few miles from the lease, but that was before the big freeze, so I am u sure if any survived.
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