Exotic species you've killed....

I thought it would be interesting to hear what species of exotic game some of you guys have taken over the years here in Texas. What was your favorite/most memorable? etc...

I'll go first:

-Axis (2)
-Blackbuck
-Eland
-American Bison (5)
-Scimitar Horned Oryx (2)
-Addax
-Water Buffalo

The Eland was by far my most memorable and fun hunt. I'm hoping to add Nilgai and Aoudad to the list next year.

Axis-15 plus mostly culls 3 trophys
Elk-2
Redsheep-1
Blackbuck-9
Fallow-1
Scimitar-1
Arabian Oryx-1
Mouflon-1
Aoudad-6
Corsican-3
TX Dall-1
Bison-1
Jap Sika-2
Piere David-2
Think that's all.

I killed numerous of exotic doe. Kill those all the time for ranch meat.

Mine is much shorter!

Aoudad
Blackbuck
Corsican
Black Hawaiian
Texas Dall
Catalina

My List:

Axis buck at Kerr WMA was the most memorable.
Aoudad ram free range Llano
Exotic does, goats, and sheep all over Texas. What can I say I was shopping. Even tried eBay
Sika buck free range Llano

Axis
Red deer-3
Fallow-2

That buffalo is allot of good eating!

Axis- 10 or so 2 trophys soon to be 3 in 2 months
Elk-4 one cow and one trophy 2 culls
blackbuck-4 total 2 trophys
red stag- 3 one cull 2 hindes
audad-2
fallow-1
Oryx-1 ( trying to find another good deal )
Rams-3 ( tex dall corsican and muflon )
Nilgia-2 decent bull and cow
Sika-1
Pier David's deer- 4

Axis doe
Oryx
Texas dall

None yet, lol, but hoping to get an axis and blackbuck this year, but gota see how taxes treat me first!!

Aoudad (3) 2 trophys most memorable at Devils River SNA (a 34 inch bruiser)
Axis (3)
Sika
Fallow
Blackbuck (3)

Axis 3... 1 great buck from this year, 2 does
Blackbuck... 1 average buck
Elk 19... 9 bulls with 2 very good ones, 10 cows
Desert Muleys... 3 bucks all average.
Rocky Mountain Muley... quite a few with 2 really good ones.
Shiras Moose... 1 bull
Lots of WT's but none over 140.
That's it but I'm hoping to add Addax and Oryx to my list this spring.
Good Topic......

Corsican
Black Hawaii
Catalina goat
Aoudad
Gemsbok
Kudu
Springbuck
Blesbok
Hartebeest
Zebra
Eland
Black and blue wildebeest

none yet........on the list to go out and try to get an aoudad this oct., and i might try to add a ram in with the hunt with mulie_mike.

maybe a red sheep next year, i hope!

SH Oryx
Fallow
Red Deer (Stag)
Four Horn Ram

Sika doe
Axis buck
Fallow buck
Oryx
not much but lots to look forward to in future!

Do they have to be trophies? Here are mine:(does only)
Axis-2
Fallow
Red DEER
Blackbuck
My most memorable was the fallow doe....my first deer...experianced all types of hunting
Wanna go to 3FB when the freezer is vacant..

3 free range axis does
2 free range blackbuck bucks
1 red deer hind high fence
1 axis spike high fence

had an free range auodad run right past me in the blind the first time i went hunting when i moved to leakey. didn't react quick enough.

Nilgia
Aoudad
Axis
Black Buck
Corcican
Dall Ram
Mouflon

Fallow buck 3
Fallow doe 2
Texas dall 2
Spanish goat huge 1
Blackwilderbest 1
Springbuck buck 1
Springbuck doe 4
Impala 1
Blesbuck 1
Axis doe 4
Mouflon 1
Red deer cow 1

Aoudads-20+
Axis-10+
Red Deer-3
Addax-1
Corisican-1

well theres........... and........ummmmmmmmmmmmmm..........the................I...........along with..................ok nevermind

so do you eat the meat or just love hunting them? just curious

OK...Here goes..remember this is 30 years of exotics.

Scimitar Oryx
Axis
Blackbuck
Sika...Jap/Manchurian/Dybowski
Fallow...White/Brown/Spotted
Sheep...Corsican/Mouflon/Painted/Dall/Black Hawaiian
Catalina Goat
Pere David
Himalayan Tahr
Ibex...Persian/Spanish/Siberian/YO
4 Horn Sheep
Red Sheep
Red Stag
Waterbuck
Aoudad
Gemsbok
Markhor
Sable
Addax
Himalayan Tahr

Hard to say which hunt I enjoyed the most. I enjoyed all of them.

these over last 10 yrs

axi 2 trophies, 4culls,10does
sika doe
trophy blackbuck 1
trophy catalina goat 2
trophy white dall 1
trophy mouflon 1
aoudad ram 1
trophy mule deer(texas)1
trophy nilgai 1
trophy buffalo 1
red stagg 1
corsican rams 3
trophy fallow 1
wild hogs 15
hoping to have many more in the years to come

Cool critters....but you killed all that stuff in Africa. I was talking about here in Texas.

My Gemsbok was killed on the ranch next to my deer lease in the hill country! And most of those can be hunted in Texas.
(You know that)

Aoudad - Caprock Canyons State Park
Ibex - Mason Mountain WMA

That's pretty much it unless you want to include Spanish Goats.

Yes I have eaten some of the younger ones...made some into jerky, dried sausage, smoked the tenders/backstraps and given the rest away. None were wasted on any of them.

Yes, I know most of those can be hunted in Texas....but I've also seen where he said he shot those in Africa. I was interested in hearing what people have killed HERE IN TEXAS (as I stated in my original post)....not in Africa.

One Aoudad......soon to be something else (headed to Texas in a week and a half). Not very many exotics in Iowa.

show PICS!

That was another thread!!!

i've lost count of the amount of axis, its not that many, prolly around 10 or 12. only 1 trophy.

i've killed mouflon, sika, blackbuck. I think i've taken something else, but it isn't comming to mind.

been aoudad hunting several times, but never had the chance at one.

gonna put aoudad and nilgai on the short list.

Wasnt much of an aoudad

Axis, blackbuck, fallow and freerange Texas Elk

1 - Eastern Cougar
1 - Lesser Puerto Rican Ground Sloth
1 - Puerto Rican Paca
1 - Arizona Wapiti
1 - Banks Island Wolf
1 - Cascade Mountains Wolf
1 - Eastern Elk
1 - Merriam's Elk
1 - Arizona Jaguar

Aoudad, sika, Red deer, axis and hoping( like everyone else) for an Oryx soon. Rookie I know.

Axis (about 15)
Blackbuck 1
Fallow ( White, chocolate, and spotted)
Corsican 1
Mouflon 1

Me-Blacbuck, Axis, Fallow

Sons- have killed Oryx, Axis, Fallow and Red Deer

I've killed all the basic TX stuff....Axis (187" ROE #1 ranked several years ago), Fallow, Blackbuck (#1 in ROE again several years ago). then took a Merio Ram(#3 ranked ROE about 10 years ago & recently a 43" Oryx. All of these with the exception of ram have been taken off of Porter's Exotic's in Flynn.

www.portersexotics.com

My list of exotics I have taken looks like the manifest for Noah's Ark. It is easier and shorter to list what I have not shot of the 64 SCI listed Introduced Trophies:
Gaur
Beisa Oryx
Arabian Oryx
Nile Lechwe
White Bearded Wildebeest
Dorcas Gazelle
Goitered Gazelle
West Caucasian Tur
Brow-Antlered Deer

That's 55 off of the SCI list, but there are species that are commonly shot in Texas that are not included on the list, some of which I've shot and others I have not. These include watusi, longhorn, banteng, capybara, zebra, kangaroo, etc.

Wherever possible I have shot these free range, such as Gemsbok in NM, Feral Goat in Puerto Rico, etc. The others I have shot on the largest properties I could access that offered the species in spite of the high fence. I have made it a point not to shoot any animals I have specifically handled (darted, transported, netted, etc.) or on my own ranch.

Most of this was research and collecting. I have a small exotic wildlife "museum". Also, it is a responsible thing to do when you have clients hunting with you for these species. How can you really assess the difficulty of the hunt, recommendation of weapons, quality of meat, etc if you have not yourself hunted and used the animals?

After I completed the list to the extent I can or want to, I wrote the book on it - literally. The only book specifically dedicated to Hunting the Introduced Species in the United States - the books title. www.huntingtheintroducedspecies.com

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Very Impressive. Are Gaurs availible in Texas? I know there aren't many in the US.

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Very Impressive. Are Gaurs availible in Texas? I know there aren't many in the US. [/quote]

Somebody a while back was asking about gaur. The only person that responded was somebody who knew of a ranch in Kansas that ran hunts for them. I am sure there are a few throughout the state though.

Texas Hunt Lodge is the only one that advertises hunts for them that I know of. Whether or not they actually have any on premise I do not know.

Here is my list I have accumulated over a short period of time.

Bronze Corsican Ram- bow
Silver Black Hawaiian- bow

Bronze Fallow buck (spotted),1, fallow doe (white),1-Both with bow
Gold blackbuck- bow

Blackbuck Doe- rifle
Silver axis- rifle
Axis doe- muzzleloader

Soon to add an oryx and red deer or elk.

Hopefully many more after that!

Somebody a while back was asking about gaur. The only person that responded was somebody who knew of a ranch in Kansas that ran hunts for them. I am sure there are a few throughout the state though. [/quote]

I think I remember that. Thanks for the input. They are a really cool Buff. I saw some mounted ones when I was a Kid at Peterson Taxidermy in Wyoming. I think those came from India.?....

I have never seen one in person, but they are some very impressive looking animals. Yes, I believe they come from India and SE Asia.

The local zoo has a few, and I have seen them in a zoo in Bangkok Thailand.

I have heard several quotes, that list them as the largest wild bovine. I have also heard Wisent, and Woods Bison so listed. I have seen all the worlds wild cattle in person and I personally feel that the Woods Bison is the tallest, and the water buffalo is the biggest. But there are lots of types of water buffalo, and I don't know if the feral water buffalo in Northern Australia should be included or not. As they were originally livestock.

Then again I have seen a lot of data claiming that Lord Derby Eland are heavier than Livingstone Eland. I have seen 4 different herds of LDE in zoos, and every single one of them was smaller than a the Livingstone Eland that I have seen in size. Though I do beleive them to be taller.

I have hunted aoudad in New Mexico but never killed one.

In Namibia I have shot:
Gemsbok x3
Springbok x3
Red Hartebeast x2
Mountain Zebra
Baboon
Steinbok x2
greater kudu
blesbok

And I have taken a pure European wild boar in Maine.

The gaur is the biggest I believe

Chital,

I have heard that too, but I don't believe it.

I am convinced it is either water buffalo or Woods bison. I have seen a few zoo gaur and they were smaller in size and weight that the bigger bison I have seen. Often by a lot. But I have not looked at as many Gaur as I have bison.

I have a friend who raised Gaur in the early 90's here in Texas and he told me his ranged from 2000+ upward on the males and smaller on females. I think there are 3 different sub-species of them with one being smaller than the other 2 by quite a bit.

It is either Gaur or PLAINS bison. The reason why I say the PLAINS bison is because I did a whole research report on it. The reason why i say Gaur is because my uncle has met them FTF in the wilds of India. IMO. Everyone has their own opinions and this was mine.

I always thought plains bison were 10% smaller than woods bison.

That I'm not sure about that but I know for a fact that they are the largest animal in North America

I am a Tennessean but hunt in your great state every year.
I am an avid bow hunter and so far have taken with stick and string the following Texas game:
Trophy Black Buck
Aoudad
Sitka Deer
Red deer

Lets see:

Red Stag
Axis Buck
Sika Buck
Blackbuck
Black Hawaiian

Next I want a fallow buck.

Earl

Axis
Sika
Oryx

2 Aoudad 31", 32"
a few Aoudad brother in-laws(don't really count lol)
2 Scimitar Oryx
1 Corsican Ram
1 Blackbuck,
1 Texas Elk
Thats about it i think its been 4-5 years since I've gone after anything for myself.

Past 10 years

Axis(3 trophies, 9 culls, 18 does)
Blackbuck(1 trophy, 1 doe)
Fallow(1 trophy, 2 does)
Japanese Sika(2 trophies, 1 doe)
Mouflon(1 trophy)
Black hawaiian(1 trophy)
Aoudad(1 trophy, 6 culls, 4 ewes)

The fallow was the most memorable because I have a low fence ranch and it was the first fallow buck I had ever seen, turned out to be the twelfth biggest in Texas for 2012!

I want to add to the list of exotics that I've taken.

eurasian dove, Nutria and Placostemous fish

Smashed a huntsman spider this morning.

Ran over a wombat a couple nights ago.

Was the wombat DOA or did it require a finisher?

Axis, Blackbuck, Fallow, Red deer, Scimitar Oryx, Barasingha, Aoudad, Texas Dall, Black Hawaiian, Corsican, Mouflon, Red Sheep, water buffalo(yearling cow meat hunt), Eland (cow meat hunt), and a sika doe.

One Aoudad at Devils River SNA.

Axis, all three color fallow, blackbuck, mouflon, and corsican.

Axis 2
Aoudad 21
Scimitar Oryx 6
Fallow 5
Red deer 2
Pierre David 1
Blackbuck 2
Mouflon 1
Corsican 2
Black Hawaiian 3
Texas dall 1
Painted Desert 2
Addax 1
Nilgai 1

It twitched twice but was stone dead.

Dear lord, can't imagine living with all those poisonous snakes and spiders...

Oryx
Addax
Gemsbok
Kudus
impalas
zebra
wilderbeast
warthogs
hippo
Giraffe
Baboons
Bushbuck
blessbok
white blessbok
eland
Cape buffalo
Elephant
Lots of whitetails
lots of Axis
javalina
bobcat
coyote
elk
black bear
brown bear
fallow
Blackbuck
mule deer
mt lion
aoudad
nilgai.
Nyala
American Buffalo

That is a list of most of what I have shot

Got some pics of a trophy room there brianl ?????

only 1 so far, a gold medal axis but it was a great hunt. spent 4 days both sitting stands and spot/stalk style. saw lots of bucks, and missed a chance at one that would have gone around 36". on the last evening sitting in the stand I saw a lone buck and we got out to make a stalk on it. turned out that lone buck had about 30 friends. we got prone and watched them in the creek bed, saw a few fight, heard some calling, then my buddy pointed out the biggest one and I dropped the hammer on him. dropped in his tracks. can't wait to get another one with my bow

Here are a few

Woah! Sweet trophy room!!

Chupacabra
Kangaroo
Chinchilla
Great white hamster
Spotted grey wolf
Jackalope

Roo

damn I would be to have a wombat mount...I'd like to put it right next to our guest couch with its teeth out to help welcome them

Blackbuck
Axis
Red stag
Fallow