About 50 axis deer crowded around the fence line separating Maui Nui Botanical Gardens and Keopuolani Regional Park, startling the gardens staff on a recent Thursday afternoon. The threat posed by the ...

The axis deer, Axis axis, is a regal-looking animal ... people are determined to create some. On Hawai’is Big Island, many residents collaborate with the Forestry and Wildlife Service, and ...

Axis deer, originally from South Asia ... including drones and infrared imagery. Paying Big Landowners To Hunt Studies have found each animal causes $50-$275 in damage to agricultural crops ...

Muise, however, is a leader when it comes to tracking deer population estimates. His Big Island-based Kia Hawaii focuses on axis deer management throughout Maui County and works with local ranches.

Lawmakers are pouring millions into controlling Maui County’s axis deer problem. But where is all that money going? And are ...

Efforts to control the population of invasive axis deer on Maui have intensified this year, with an estimated 17,000 animals killed—more than double the annual average. Despite measures to ...

Axis deer, originally from South Asia ... Landowners and state land lessees have become big players in recent control efforts as part of the DOFAW program that put a price on deer tails of ...

there’s nearly 200,000 axis deer roaming Maui. “He estimated that we need to cull or control about 20,000 a year just to keep the population where it is, so government has a big job in ...