The Hunting Season for Axis Deer in Texas
If you did not know the Axis Deer hunting season is all year around and based off the herd. When the males are born is what determines when they drop their antlers, so the hunting season is continuous. The only thing that changes throughout the year is the time that Axis hunters will go to stands or spot and stalk hunt based on sunset and sunrise. Most of our hunting guests arrive between noon and two PM. During the summer months you can arrive as late as three PM and still have enough time to go out hunting. This ensures you have enough time for a meet and greet, review your Axis hunt details, make sure your guns are sighted in, and then get to your stand for the first sitting. We try to make sure your Axis Deer Hunting Trip will start about three to four hours before dark in the afternoon and about an hour before daybreak in the mornings.
After each hunt, a guide will retrieve any harvested game, take a few pictures in the field with your harvest and return you to the lodge for a satisfying meal. After your morning hunt we serve a big breakfast or a brunch and then most hunters will either nap or just relax around the hunting lodge. Once we get closer to the afternoon hunt, we can decide if it will be better to stand hunt or spot and stalk with a guide at no extra charge. Hill Country Adventures will do all we can to help you harvest that trophy Axis deer. You also have the option after your morning meal to go right back out spot and stalk hunting. You have many options on your Axis Deer Hunting and if you do choose a spot and stalk hunt that will always include a guide. The afternoon hunt will last until dark if in a stand and then back to camp for a hardy dinner.
Private Axis deer hunting lodging is also available in addition to the main lodge with a 2-bedroom Jack and Jill with Queen beds where the only thing shared would be a shower and you have your own toilet and lavatory. We have added two more totally private suites for additional comfort and privacy. These new suits have soaking tubs and walk in showers.
Meals During Your Axis Hunt
Generally, when we are discussing your reservation, we discuss meals and options that we provide for you or your group. A typical breakfast is eggs, bacon, biscuits, and gravy along with some fruit. Other options include a light breakfast or maybe you are in the mood for something a little different like a breakfast pizza (castle Breakfast) which is very popular, egg bake, which is like lasagna but all breakfast items. If we are on the move and going out hunting immediately after breakfast, then we will prepare breakfast burritos or the like. Lunch is not prepared but it is provided for the few that may get hungry before we go back out to the stand in the afternoon. Sandwich items are always available, and snacks are plentiful. Dinners will vary from home cooked steak and fixings, fajita bar, a marinated pork steak, chicken dinner or a little Louisiana flare which include several Cajun dishes like a shrimp boil or if it is in season we can do crawfish and much more. If you would like we can cater in some of the dinners and your options are Thai food, Chinese food, or Italian if you would like. We do our best to keep you fueled up and ready to hunt.
Recommended Axis Hunting Gear
The hunting gear that is most important to bring with you on your Axis hunting trip are good camouflage clothing, range finder, walking stick or monopod shooting stick, binoculars minimum 10 power, weapon of choice, minimum one box of ammunition for rifle hunters, and a good pair of lace up boots if possible. Rubber boots can work but lace ups work much better, especially if we decide to spot and stalk. If you are coming in the summer months, a good hat for shade and be sure your clothing is light and breathable because it can get extremely hot in the Hill Country of Texas. Check the weather before you come so you know what type of clothing to bring for your weather tolerance. The zip code to use for our local weather is 78631.
Guided Axis Deer Hunts
At Hill Country Adventures we offer Fully Guided Axis Deer Hunts. Our guides will be with you from beginning to end. When you first arrive at the lodge, they will get you settled in to your room. You will then go to the lodge and sign the release form. your guide will then take you out to the range to fire a shot to check your guns accuracy. Once all is good, you will gather your hunting stuff and head out to the ranch. The guide will sit with you for every hunt. Once you harvest your axis, the guide will take pictures in the field and help to bring your axis to be cleaned, capped and quartered. You just sit back and relax.
While you are on an Axis Deer Hunt it is possible to hunt other Exotic Game here at Hill Country Adventures. Your guide will show you pictures of other animals in season that can be harvested during your stay and help you to understand the variety of animals on the ranch. You will be targeting axis bucks anywhere from twenty-eight inches to thirty-six inches or more.
All-Inclusive Guided Axis Hunting Package Pricing
The All-Inclusive Guided Axis Hunting Package includes two nights lodging, three days hunting, guide, field care, skinning, meals, lodging, and one trophy Axis buck. You will arrive early in the afternoon and hunt the same day, hunt morning and afternoon the next day and then hunt the morning of the last day with departure by around noon. After you have harvested your Axis buck and for the remainder of your stay you may also hunt and harvest coyotes and hogs at no additional charge for the duration of your stay.
- up to 33"- $4,500
- 33" plus- $5,000