Starter exotics
Pick by fence and budget. Totals use typical (median) auction prices, last 12 months. Counts like 1.3 = 1 male, 3 females.
All-white starter
$26,800Scimitar Oryx 1.2 · Arabian Oryx 1.2 · Addax 1.2
High fence9 head
Three white desert antelope: a striking herd that shows from the road.
Budget starter
$12,450Blackbuck 1.3 · Scimitar Oryx 1.2
High fence7 head
Two of the most-sold species — easy to buy, easy to resell.
Classic plains-game starter
$34,800Scimitar Oryx 1.2 · Addax 1.2 · Gemsbok 1.2
High fence9 head
Three hardy African antelope with lots of sales to price against.
Small-acreage starter
$15,150Fallow 1.3 · Blackbuck 1.3
High fence8 head
Two small, hardy species that do well on a few acres.
African safari look
$41,000Grant's Zebra 1.2 · Eland 1.2 · Waterbuck 1.2
High fence9 head
Zebra, eland and waterbuck: the safari picture on a Texas ranch.
Low-fence starter
$18,400Axis 1.3 · Blackbuck 1.3
Low fence OK*8 head
Both already range free across much of Texas; lowest fence cost.
Easy-sell starter
$48,525Impala 1.2 · Gemsbok 1.2 · Blackbuck 1.2
High fence9 head
Species buyers ask for at every sale — the easiest to resell.
All-white premium
$82,300Scimitar Oryx 1.2 · Arabian Oryx 1.2 · Addax 1.2 · Dama Gazelle 1.2
High fence12 head
The all-white set plus dama gazelle, one of the rarest, most valuable antelope.
Deer park
$21,350Pere David 1.2 · Fallow 1.3 · Sika 1.0
High fence8 head
Three deer for a shady pasture, with rare Pere David's deer at the center.
High-value breeder
$73,250Blesbok 1.3 · Impala 1.3
High fence8 head
Females that sell high: breed them and sell the young.
Super starter
$160,000Kudu 1.2 · Sable 1.2
High fence6 head
The showpiece species — highest value, thinnest price data.
Hunting shooter bucks
$26,250Blackbuck 3.0 · Axis 3.0 · Aoudad 2.0 · Fallow 2.0 · Red Deer 1.0
High fence11 head
Males only, for a hunting operation — not a breeding herd.
By-the-house starter
$10,950Sulcata Tortoise 1.1 · Fallow 0.3 · Kangaroo 1.0
High fence6 head
Gentle animals to keep near the house: a tortoise pair, fallow does and a kangaroo.
Horn showcase
$20,875Transcaspian Urial 1.2 · Nubian Ibex 2.0 · Painted Desert 2.0 · Four Horn 2.0
High fence9 head
Sheep and ibex picked for big, unusual horns.