{"id":1136,"date":"2011-05-07T08:04:20","date_gmt":"2011-05-07T08:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bilyreid.com\/?p=1136"},"modified":"2011-05-07T09:27:16","modified_gmt":"2011-05-07T09:27:16","slug":"texas-game-ranches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/?p=1136","title":{"rendered":"TEXAS GAME RANCHES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As I was to learn, the Texas Hill Country is home to many game ranches which specialize in exotic animals.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/EXOTIC-DEER.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1137\" title=\"AXIS DEER\" src=\"http:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/EXOTIC-DEER-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/EXOTIC-DEER-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/EXOTIC-DEER-1024x681.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trophy Axis Deer. Note antlers in velvet. Shooting deer of this quality runs typically from three to five thousand dollars.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/EXOTIC-DEER-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1139\" title=\"EXOTIC DEER 1\" src=\"http:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/EXOTIC-DEER-1-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/EXOTIC-DEER-1-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/EXOTIC-DEER-1-667x1024.jpg 667w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Red Lechwe Antelope. The Lechwe is native to South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Only Lechwe males have long spiral horns that are lyre-shaped.  The  Lechwe hind legs are set higher than the rest of their body, which makes  them look a little awkward.  When the Lechwe runs, his neck is low to  the ground.  A Trophy Lechwe Antelope weighs approximately 180 &#8211; 200  lbs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Scissor-tailed-flycatcher.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1143\" title=\"Scissor-tailed flycatcher\" src=\"http:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Scissor-tailed-flycatcher-300x271.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Scissor-tailed-flycatcher-300x271.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Scissor-tailed-flycatcher.jpg 833w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Game ranches are surrounded by high wire fences. Here a Scissor-tailed flycatcher sits atop one such fence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I was to learn, the Texas Hill Country is home to many game ranches which specialize in exotic animals. Trophy Axis Deer. Note antlers in velvet. Shooting deer of this quality runs typically from three to five thousand dollars. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/?p=1136\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1136"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1141,"href":"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1136\/revisions\/1141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}