Like other species of deer, female axis deer are somewhat smaller than the males, topping out at a maximum weight of 100 pounds. Full size is not attained until males are 5 years old; for females ...

It’s the main focal point for visitors, to see the deer.” Fallow and axis deer freely roamed the headlands here when the park service purchased a former cattle ranch and established the 71,000 ...

Invasive axis deer have become a widespread problem, even in the state of Hawaii. Authorities are attempting to mitigate the ecological and agricultural damage caused by this free roaming species. The ...

A recent study that modeled axis deer populations in Hawaii and was published in University Press’ “Pacific Science” journal found that “on Maui, the axis deer populations are female ...

Spawned from six female and three male axis deer initially released on Maui in 1959, the island had a conservative estimate of 60,000 in 2022, government officials have said.

KOUNTZE, Texas, December, 30, 2022 – Due to an unexpected introduction of an exotic deer species, Axis deer, Big Thicket National Preserve is allowing hunters who already have a Big Sandy Creek ...

Facing Poepoe, opposite the deer, are a bicyclist and moped driver, caught between stampeding deer columns. Axis deer were introduced to Molokai in the 1860s and now exist on Molokai, Lanai and Maui.

In India, axis deer are kept in check by tigers and leopards. But with no natural predators on Molokai, the population has exploded, and there now are an estimated 50,000 to 70,000 deer on the 260 ...

Axis deer, native to the Indian subcontinent, were introduced to the Hill Country of Texas in 1932 as a game meat. Wolfgang Kaehler/Alamy ...

Invasive axis deer have become a widespread problem, even in the state of Hawaii. Authorities are attempting to mitigate the ecological and agricultural damage caused by this free roaming species.