Posts Tagged ‘hunting industry info’

What are TEXOTICS?

Exotics have exploded onto the scene in Texas.  Since their introduction to South Texas in the 1930s, non-native species have grown from a mere 13,000 in the 1960s (est. by The Texas Parks & Wildlife Department) to population estimates that range from 275,000 to well over 1 million.

…there could be over a million free-ranging exotics in the Hill Country alone.

Much of their success in this state has come from a growing hunting industry, high reproductive rates, and an innate ability to adapt.  The YO Ranch, founded as a cattle ranch in 1880, persists today because of the revenues generated from exotic hunting.

“We can’t make enough on cattle to survive anymore”, says Eric White, hunting manager for the YO. “If not for exotics, this ranch would not be in existence today.”

Ranches and landowners are finding exotic hunting a viable option to cattle production and a way to profit year-round where they are limited to 4 to 5 months a year for whitetail hunting.

(more…)

Economy Affects the Hunting Industry

Due to cut-backs, lay-offs, and downsizing (to name a few) millions of Americans are feeling the grip of a slowed economy (I refuse to use the word “recession”).  As a result, luxuries and other aspects of our lives that we often take for granted are being looked at in a far different way this past year and going forward.   One industry that is not immune to the slowed spending of America is the hunting industry…

(more…)