![]() ![]() Melanistic or Black Fallows have a year round black shading. In winter, spots still clear on a darker brown coat. They do not have any black around the rump patch or on the tail. Menil also have spots that are more distinct then the Common in summer. Most Fallow deer coats get darker in winter and loose their spots. The Common or Chestnut coat has white spots that are mostly pronounced in summer. The species has great variations in the color of their coats, with four main types. The life span of a fallow is around 12–16 years. Adult bucks stand anywhere from 33–37 inches at shoulder height, and typically weigh 130–220 lbs. This common species is native to western Eurasia, but has been introduced widely elsewhere. The Fallow Deer is a ruminant mammal belonging to the family Cervidae. The maximum life span recorded is 16 years and the average is 12 years.īlackbuck is good for eating, and their meat is considered a delicacy by many. Their diet consists of mostly of grasses, although it will eat pods, flowers and fruits to supplement its diet. Blackbuck are very fast speeds of more than 50 mph have been recorded.īlackbuck prefer to live on open grasslands, dry thorn and scrublands. The horns are ringed with 1 to 4 spiral turns, rarely more than 4 turns, and can be as long as 31 inches. The horns of the blackbuck are permanent, they do not shed like animals with antlers. A Blackbuck stands about 32 inches tall at the shoulder and weighs about 75 lbs. Male blackbucks are dark brown, black, and white and have long twisted horns, while females are fawn colored with no horns. Males and females have distinctive coloration. The blackbuck ( Antilope cervicapra) is an antelope that is native to the India. ![]() Like venison from the whitetail, it is extremely lean, and is best cooked with added fats. Axis prefer to be near water.Īxis meat is delicious and is even preferred to whitetail by a number of people. Bucks often stand on their hind legs to feed on tree foliage. However, they will also browse as well as eat forbs, fruit and branches of trees. In 1932, axis deer were introduced to Texas and by 1988, self sustaining herds were found in 27 counties in central and southern Texas.Īxis deer are primarily grazers and feed on short, sprouting grasses. It stands about 3 ft tall at the shoulder and weighs about 187 lbs. The axis deer is native to wooded regions of India. Its antlers usually have three tines, curve, and they may extend to 2 ½” ft. If your deer herd doesn’t have good habitat and nutrition, survival is going to be difficult, as will antler growth.The Axis Deer is also known as chital deer, or spotted deer, has a golden orange coat that speckled with white spots. Habitat and nutrition fall into the same category for me. It would be a poor decision to harvest a spike during this time. Poor habitat and/or nutrition is going to lead to poor antler growth and more spikes. The high rainfall creates a domino effect of good habitat and nutrition, which will lead to buck growth and less population attrition. If you have an encouraging amount of rainfall, shooting spikes could be beneficial. You’re going to want the spikes to mature into older age classes to see what they become. If your land is experiencing a drought, it would be a poor decision to take a spike.ĭepending on the severity of the drought, the deer herd population could decrease naturally and throw your age structure and sex ratio into shambles. Rainfall ties every other factor together. To me, the most influential ingredient in spike development (or lack thereof) is rainfall. Find out when that whitetail fawn was conceived with this calculator ![]()
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