Hello,

im aware about adouad, blackbuck and nilgai what else is available and where?

all the best.

phil

Phil

I have talked to quite a few Texas boys that say there are actually a lot of free range Axis in different areas.

In New Mexico there are free range Ibex and Gemsbuck on draw as well……. White Sands for the oryx and Canadian River canyon area for Ibex. Imagine someone on her from NM can give you more accurate info.

Ibex (2 varieties) and Oryx are free range species in the State of New Mexico.

Larry Sellers
SCI (International) Life Member
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Texas: axis, sika, fallow, blackbuck, aoudad, nilgai, random sheep and goats, and probably some others.

New Mexico: aoudad, gemsbok, ibex, and I've heard of Himalayan tahr out there, but have never actually seen any.

Maryland has sika deer, and I believe that there are axis in Florida.

Hogs have escaped or been turned loose in many states and are now free range, though I'm not sure you'd consider them exotic.

Virginia has Sika Deer and there are Sambar both in CA and FL.

The only place in FL with free ranging exotics (other than hogs) is St Vincents Island to the best of my knowledge. Yes, there are many places with exotics. Some are even quite large tracts but they are not free ranging.

A buddy of mine has a ranch down near Kerville in TX. He owns about 6-700 acres with game ranches on either side (His is all low fence). He's got Black-buck, Axis, Sika, Aoudad, various assortments of Rams and hogs galore.

Apparently, animals escape from the adjoining ranches all the time.

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Originally posted by Larry Sellers:
Ibex (2 varieties) and Oryx are free range species in the State of New Mexico.

Larry Sellers
SCI (International) Life Member
Sabatti "trash" Shooter

Don't forget aoudad there are free ranging audad in Northeastern, Southeastern and Northwestern NM. There is also a free range herd of chamois in NM. But it is a pretty well kept secret as to where, and I ain't telling anymore than that.

The state also released a herd of Kudu in Southwestern NM but none were reported to have survived.

What is the second kind of ibex in NM? I'm aware of the Persian variety but didn't know about another kind. Chamois?!?!

I believe there is only Persian ibex in the Florida Mountains in southern NM. There are occasional sightings and the odd killing of one outside the Floridas. I believe the G&F experimented with Siberian ibex, but none were released.

Likewise with kudu. They had them in quarantine at Red Rock, but they proved too fragile for release. Gemsbok and ibex proved robust enough to release at that time.

I'm not sure when aoudad were released (they were separate from the gemsbok, kudu, and ibex experiment). They're mostly in the southeastern part of the state now. There are a few random sheep in the northern part of the state, but the big herds are lost in the past.

Never heard of chamois in NM, though I have heard of Himalayan tahr. Never seen one though.

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Originally posted by larryshores:
The only place in FL with free ranging exotics (other than hogs) is St Vincents Island to the best of my knowledge. Yes, there are many places with exotics. Some are even quite large tracts but they are not free ranging.

there might be a few black bucks left on St V, but I think the State removed all the exotics they could catch,it however is loaded with more rattlers per S.F. than anywhere else in the State

In Texas you also have Fallow as well as Addax and a plethora of others.
In a lot of cases, there are more of a species in Texas than in their original home range (example: Addax, Scimitar-horned Oryx and others)

Off range Oryx in NM is some of the most fun hunting (and best eating) that a man can have.