Doesn't happen often

[rem700-3]

This big boy was killed free chase on a fluke in Alabama, I had heard that a few hundred were turned loose about 20 miles from where I killed him about 7 years ago but had not seen any.

[bobg]

    Looks good to me. I sure would like to shoot one. Doubt if i ever will though. .
                        bobg

[markc]

For some reason I was thinking feral hogs when I began to read your post.  That is a much better animal to shoot than a hog.  Congrats!

[Graybeard]

I'm not aware of any such release. It would be in violation of state law and would have been at the time. In fact it's not even legal to import them into the state much less release them.

Now at one time a whole bunch more than seven years ago there was a 200 acre game farm near Ohatchee and in fact just a very few short miles from where I live now and have since July '94 but the game farm was gone before I moved here I'm sure.

They did have a tornado rip thru and knock down the fence in many places and a lot of the animals got loose. Folks have or did way back then kill both fallow and axis in this area along with a lot of other critters odd to the area. They claimed to have rounded up all that got loose but the fact folks shot them in the years afterward is good evidence they did not in fact. Luckily the two tigers did not get out.

I'd not totally rule out the possibility some survived and bred but think it highly unlikely. By now all would have died of old age that were released by the storm.

What part of Alabama are you talking about?

They do still have fallow in Conecuh I think it is as there is/was an active reproducing herd on the WMA there.

[rem700-3]

I'm not aware of any such release. It would be in violation of state law and would have been at the time. In fact it's not even legal to import them into the state much less release them.

Now at one time a whole bunch more than seven years ago there was a 200 acre game farm near Ohatchee and in fact just a very few short miles from where I live now and have since July '94 but the game farm was gone before I moved here I'm sure.

They did have a tornado rip thru and knock down the fence in many places and a lot of the animals got loose. Folks have or did way back then kill both fallow and axis in this area along with a lot of other critters odd to the area. They claimed to have rounded up all that got loose but the fact folks shot them in the years afterward is good evidence they did not in fact. Luckily the two tigers did not get out.

I'd not totally rule out the possibility some survived and bred but think it highly unlikely. By now all would have died of old age that were released by the storm.

What part of Alabama are you talking about?

They do still have fallow in Conecuh I think it is as there is/was an active reproducing herd on the WMA there.

These were released in western Jefferson county Bill. It did happen about 7 years ago. I spoke with the Game Warden from the area last night and he told me the name of the guy who released them. They know for a fact it happened and that he did it, but did not see it happen and cant prove it. I was told that he released Red Stag, Fallow, Axis and lots of wild boar. I have not seen anything but the Fallow and boar (which we have a very,very large population of) but a couple of guys that work for me have seen Axis does they just did not know what they were. Yes it was and is illeagll to import them but it still happens alot.

[markc]

Do you think the guy released the animals because he could no longer afford to feed them out?  It has happened in Texas recently.  The economy downturn has fewer people paying money to hunt exotics down here, and the reports I hear are that some game ranchers are simply releasing some animals to keep their numbers down.   While it sounds like a dream to many, it means the native game have more competition for the available food sources.   We all know what happens when someone releases feral hogs. 

[rem700-3]

This guy never even had a fence. He turned them loose thinking that they would stay on the 3000 acres that he ownes, now they are supposedly every where except his 3000 acres.  I was told that ther are pretty large herds on some of the mining property around us, I guess they stay there because no one messes with them.

[Graybeard]

Nice, if I had that many acres and the money to do it so I'd not get caught I'd be tempted to do so as well. If I had axis and fallow to hunt I'd never shoot a whitetail again.

[drdougrx]

+1 GB!  Me too...

[Dand]

from these last comments can I assume Axis and Fallow eat better than white tail?

[Graybeard]

Dunno if they eat better but they shore nuff taste better. 

[Brithunter]

Fallow is a superb bit of venison  almost as good as Roe. Funny thing is that the bits we ate of the 9 Point Whitetailed Buck (2003) I shot in Sullivan County MO tasted just fine. The rest was gifted to a local family as I could not bring it home. Fallow don't like any disturbance and if they get disturbed a bit too often they up and leave. They will travel quite a ways in a night some say 20 miles.

[elmer]

Around here venison in restaurants is normally Axis. My Axis and Fallow I processed myself. None of it went to waste, none was ground up, and none was made into sausage. The wife thought about buying Axis meat online because she liked it so much until she saw the prices.

[drdougrx]

Gives you a GREAT excuse to git one yourownself!

[elmer]

Yea! There is a place about 50 miles from the house. I keep thinking about running up there one Saturday and taking a doe for the meat and skin.