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Congratulations on a great ram.

Congrats! Looks like it was aa fun hunt.

Nice ram. They're usually rutting pretty close to this time. I bet it was a fun hunt in some pretty country

I hope to get a bow shot this weekend. I like to kill them.

Nice pic, man, and very cool!

I tell folks I shoot a lot more with a camera than a rifle.

Mighty fine memory!

ya!

GWB

I'm told Aoudad is the most affordable sheep hunt out there. Unless you're hanco, then it's just part of a hunting lease! LOL! Hey hanco, hope all's well!

West Texas, Aoudad hunts are great hunts, success is close to 100%, a good contact is Mulie Mike, campfire member, he has some good hunting, bring 2 pairs of hiking boots, I have seen boots eaten up by the rock in a couple of day's , and you might be ready to shoot over 200 yrds, these are real free range hunts in rough country.
Rio7

Actually, Aoudad are quite prevalent in the Texas hill country. This is at Reagan Wells, say 20 miles north of Uvalde, Tx.








See them quite often.



One I took for sausage and Boudin in March of 2020.



One I took for the "chaps", opening day of rifle season 2019.

ya!

GWB

Aoudad seem to occupy two polar opposite niches. The extreme rough, canyon country and the whitetail like lowlands.

I'm sure they're wary on those leases and can be as spooky as anything else, but I just don't think the hunt would be the same as those in New Mexico public land or west Texas.

Good on you all though for shooting them. Keep on keep'n on.

geedubya, that's a beautiful mount.

It is what it is.










I pay for a trespass lease to which I can spend time at any or even all of the 365 days a year. Every thing there is DIY. No guide, no trophy fee. I like that.

I may spend as much as 60 days a year "afield". I carry libation, a camera, a side-arm, an audiobook, cell phone and a rifle, when I go out..

I can snare,



trap,



shoot (even at night with night vision or thermal)



Or just enjoy the beauty of God's creation....



Taking a decent critter is just a bonus!





ya!

GWB

I think I'd like that too.

Nice mount!!

Down here it's as flat as a pool table, all sand no rocks, really not what you would think of Aoudad habitat, they hang out in the heavy brush, and are very hard to see and hunt, and we don't hunt them we just shoot the ones we see. W. Texas and the hill country, are a lot better for hunting Aoudad than here. Rio7

Palo Duro canyon is rough azz country...will make you work for'em.

As I recall, there are wanton waste regs for game animals, but auodad aren't game animals under Texas regs.

Blairvt,beautiful pic,and congrats on the kill.

Is the meat gamey or just tough?
Was wondering if canning would be an option.

Is the meat gamey or just tough?
Was wondering if canning would be an option.

I was told by landowners and guides that the meat is no good. A friend shot a really big trophy animal and took the head and hide but left the meat .
I hunted a ranch near Hondo where I could have shot as many as I could afford, but I prefer game that is good to eat like elk, red deer, hogs, Nilgai, and such, so no Audads for me.

I've killed over 100 of the darn things and haven't found a way to cook them yet that I like. The more you chew it, the bigger it gets. They're nothing but coyote bait to me anymore.