Rarest Exotic you've ever seen or heard of in Texas

Probably Red Brocket, Lesser Kudu, Somerrings Gazelle, and Takin.

Through the grapevine though I've heard of hartebeests, reedbuck, and orbi.

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.

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?

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.

My guide a few years ago said some ranch had a breeding pair of giraffes. ...said they were over 100k!

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

White lipped deer and Cape buffalo.

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.

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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White Lipped Deer

What is a white lipped deer?

Crazy expensive for the most part....Morani wants 17k for theirs. One ranch I know wants 50k..

exactly lol

How about a white Democrat?

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.

lol

I wonder how he found them?

So far the five year axis has my vote for most rare.

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.

Quite common in Austin

Pygmy Hippo

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.

Bontebok. I haven't seen to many of those in Texas. I know of one place that has some, Fossil Rim.

Isn't that just a Blesbok?

No....definitely not just a Blesbok. Bontebok and Blesbok look very similar and can crossbreed, but are two different animals.

Bontebok typically have darker (almost purple) coats, with a very pronounced silver back....while Blesbok are just a rusty red color.

Blesbok....



Bontebok....

I saw a few kangaroos


that had to be the rarest and strangest exotic I've ever seen on a ranch

I don't know how rare they are but I got some pretty cool photos of a pair of Bongo bulls on the Ox last year. Beautiful animals for sure!!! Baker

A chupacabra and a couple of goatmen have been seen on my ranches. I hear they're pretty rare.

Sasquatch

For years there was a herd of wallaby a few miles south of I20 on 16.

I had never heard of a Pere David's deer until I saw one at the Guadalupe Delta WMA. Weird looking. We weren't allowed to shoot them though. After looking them up, I guess there are a few ranches that have them.

I think that Berashinga (sp) is probably the "rarest" exotic I have seen in Texas. Apparently can't even get a permit to shoot them if you have them on your property they are so close to extinction.

No, you can get them to shoot them.