Female axis stand 26 to 33 inches and weigh from 90 to 150 pounds. axis bucks can be in hard horn any time of the year. they grow and shed antlers on their own clock so in one heard there may be a newly shed buck, a hard horn buck and a buck in velvet. usual antlers are 22 to 27 inches, with trophies ranging from 30 to 36 inches.. Mule deer, whitetail deer and other ungulates shed their antlers once a year. it can take as little as 24-48 hours for the antlers to actually fall off, but the shedding process takes between two to three weeks and then new antlers will regenerate throughout the summer .. The axis deer in the foreground is in hard antler but the axis deer in the background is in velvet. horns are structurally different from antlers and are permanent (they do not fall off and regrow like antlers)..
Like red and sika deer, fallow deer form herds, and often roaming over large areas. in body size, fallow deer are somewhere between roe deer and red deer. an adult buck can weigh more than 70 kg and measure up to 95 cm at the shoulder. the time for fallow deer to shed or cast their antlers is late april or may.. The interesting part of axis deer antler growth is that bucks follow their own biological clock as to when they grow and shed their antlers. in a herd you can have male deer in the beginning stages of antler growth, some in velvet and others if full hard horn.. The axis is a member of the cervids family, meaning they shed their antlers yearly. they can shed at any time during the year so in one herd of adult males, you may find a newly shed buck, a hard-horn buck and a buck in velvet. the antlers can range from 22 to 36 inches. the axis have relatively large antlers considering the size of their body..
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