Hawaii

The Axis Deer is a medium-sized deer that stands three and a half feet tall at the shoulder with mature bucks weighing up to 229 pounds. Females weigh 90 pounds on average. Possessing striking white spots throughout adulthood against a golden-brown coat, they prefer Kiawe, lantana, and guinea grass as food across Maui, Molokai, and Lanai.

Black-Tailed Deer are a distinct race introduced to the island of Kauai from the Pacific Northwest. Adult males weigh between 130 and 190 pounds, with records up to 207 pounds. Adults have a gray-brown to reddish-brown body with a black forehead and outer tail, foraging on fruits, mushrooms, and lush rainforest ferns.

Also known as the European Bighorn sheep, mature rams weigh about 125 pounds with large, circular curved horns. Inhabits the high, dry volcanic slopes of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa on the Big Island and the island of Lanai.

Weigh about 100 to 150 pounds with black, gray, brown, and white fleece coats. These feral sheep roam the high-elevation mamane-naio forests and cinder cones of Mauna Kea.

Range from black to red to white and weigh 200 to 400 pounds. They exist across a wide range of habitats from sea level to high alpine forests, rooting for ferns, guavas, and earthworms, holding deep cultural significance in Hawaiian history.

Coat is generally uniform in color and may weigh more than 100 pounds on rare occasions. Agile climbers that inhabit steep lava cliffs, dry coastal canyons, and volcanic ridges across multiple Hawaiian islands.

Kalij pheasants have a body length of 10 to 12 inches with striking white or gray-flecked plumage and prominent red facial wattles, living in dense mountain rainforests. Ring-necked pheasants occupy open pastures and scrub.

Erckel's francolin is a large partridge-like bird weighing up to 2.5 lbs found in mountain forests, while Gray and Black francolins and Chukars inhabit dry lowland pastures and volcanic slopes.

California quail reach a length of 10 inches with forward-curving head crests, inhabiting high-elevation grasslands and mamane forests on Mauna Kea and Haleakala.

Ubiquitous game birds throughout lowland kiawe woodlands, agricultural lands, and coastal parks across all major islands.

The largest game bird in Hawaii, with lengths ranging from 3 to 4 feet. Thriving in the dry upland mamane-naio forests of the Big Island and grasslands of Lanai and Molokai.