Adjam5 Posted February 21, 2017 Report Share Posted February 21, 2017 Hey gang. Just got back from the Texas Hill Country with some meat and a few stories. I had only 6 days to work with. So if I was going to take meat home with me, I had to get it done early in the trip so the processor could have it ready and frozen for the trip home. Where I/we hunt these free range Axis is a incredible spot in Kerrville. So being that they are free range. You take what you can get. Axis Does generally are off limits, Land owner would rather us shoot spikes and velvet bucks and of course, trophy Axis if they show. A $48 non resident 5 day special hunting license is all that is needed. I passed on over 60 Axis deer in 3 sits. I finally settled on a velvet buck who will make some nice eating. These are invasive species and you are doing Texas Whitetail a big service by shooting them. OK. Don't have to tell me 2x ::) Axis deer can have 3 births in 2 years. So you can see Axis bucks in hard horn, velvet and shed.. Depending on when they were born. Not a giant....but free and free range. This is my 9th Axis in 7 years from the same spot. Then we got a call about nuicense hogs at a 2500 acre high fence place in Mountain Home. Hogs been busting through fences, eating feed not for them and taking over feeder sites chasing the critters(Orynx, Sika, Fallow, Auodad, BlackBuck and Trophy Axis) that the ranch owner gets paid big $ for. He wants the hogs gone! The first sitting my cousin and I shot 2 hogs and then the rain came and pinned us in the ground blind for about an hour.We did not even care about recovery and hoofed it back to the truck. It rained for the next 14 hours in Harper ,TX. They got almost 5" of rain! Sat that following evening, nothing. The next morning a good eating 70lb sow showed and I popped it on the spot with the 25.06 Encore. Needless to say we made the landowner very happy by shooting 3 hogs for him. My son Joe and his gal are headed down in March for Rios and hogs. See if they can help our friend out kill some hogs. My only regret is that we didn't have the threaded barrels for our Encores so we could have hunted with the cans on them. Such less scatter from pigs and your able to get more follow up shots on the sounder after dropping the first. But once again Texas does not disappoint. I cannot wait until I retire and move there full time. My Taxes are $6.42 a year right now on my 6.52 aces in Harper. School and county tax. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted February 21, 2017 Report Share Posted February 21, 2017 Looks like a great time....I'd be scared to death of those dang Africanized bees tho... would love to come hunt wild boar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerforged Posted February 21, 2017 Report Share Posted February 21, 2017 I am so jealous right now, as I stated in the Bucket List thread, an Axis with my crossbow or muzzleloader is high up on my list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted February 21, 2017 Report Share Posted February 21, 2017 Congratulations on the meat Anthony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkeygirl Posted February 21, 2017 Report Share Posted February 21, 2017 Awesome, looks and sounds like a great time!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MUDRUNNER Posted February 21, 2017 Report Share Posted February 21, 2017 Sounds like a lot of fun! Congrats! I might have to go back into the bucket list thread and add an axis buck to it lol. How does their size compare to a whitetail? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adjam5 Posted February 21, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2017 (edited) 7 hours ago, MUDRUNNER said: Sounds like a lot of fun! Congrats! I might have to go back into the bucket list thread and add an axis buck to it lol. How does their size compare to a whitetail? Thanks everyone. The size of a mature axis is like 1.5 of a whitetail. A Texas whitetail that is. Trophy grade for Axis is 30"+ main beams. I have not come close yet. Big Axis have been shot where I have shot mine, but the land owner/family usually takes the prime pickings. Hey. Axis hunts start in the $1500+ range for high fence. I have been paying zero and getting off with a lunch or two. But since having killed 7 Axis deer throughout the years. I prefer it over whitetail. The meat is sweeter and the antlers are muyo grande. Here is a typical scene where I am hunting Axis. The darker deer are whitetail. The river in the back drop is the Guadalupe. My best Free range Axis. Edited February 21, 2017 by Adjam5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Andrus Posted February 22, 2017 Report Share Posted February 22, 2017 Great story Anthony!!! congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun_300 Posted February 22, 2017 Report Share Posted February 22, 2017 Sounds like a lot of fun Anthony! Congrats on the trophies! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg Posted February 22, 2017 Report Share Posted February 22, 2017 Good job Tony! Texas is a beautiful nation, ain't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adjam5 Posted February 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2017 On 2/22/2017 at 5:46 PM, Dawg said: Good job Tony! Texas is a beautiful nation, ain't it? Thanks Shaun and Tim! Yes Sir Corey! I cannot get enough of a free state that offers so much for the hunter and gun owners. 5 more years . Good Lord willing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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