Sunday, May 29, 2011

Deer questions

I’ve been asked about the white spotted grown deer here.  I had the same question:  why are these deer still spotted as adults and why are the bucks’ horns shaped differently, high and further apart?  The owner of the park explained to me that they were brought here from India in the 1930’s and they are called….

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 Axis deer.  They are not native to the Texas Hill Country like the White Tail deer.

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