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Aoudad Size #18219903 03/09/23 Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 7,164 MT J Just a Hunter OP Campfire Tracker OP Just a Hunter Campfire Tracker J Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 7,164 MT How big do Aoudad get?

Re: Aoudad Size Just a Hunter #18219936 03/09/23 Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,260 Chassohowitzka, FL M Muffin Campfire Outfitter Muffin Campfire Outfitter M Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,260 Chassohowitzka, FL google is your friend..... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbary_sheep "...A man's rights rest in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box and the cartridge box..." Frederick Douglass, 1867 ( . Y . )

Re: Aoudad Size Just a Hunter #18220177 03/09/23 Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 10,914 Winchester, WY USA M memtb Campfire Outfitter memtb Campfire Outfitter M Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 10,914 Winchester, WY USA I thought that the “fire” was for open discussion……much like the campfire at hunting camp! Perhaps he should have lead with “have you ever”! memtb You should not use a rifle that will kill an animal when everything goes right; you should use one that will do the job when everything goes wrong." -Bob Hagel “I’d like to be a good rifleman…..but, I prefer to be a good hunter”! memtb 2024

Re: Aoudad Size Just a Hunter #18220197 03/09/23 Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 1,085 Lincoln NM N NMpistolero Campfire Regular NMpistolero Campfire Regular N Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 1,085 Lincoln NM 10+year old rams will be 300+ pounds. Have weighed a couple with guts in that were close to 330. A truly mature ram is just a different animal than a ewe or young ram. "I used to be a tired hunting guide, now I'm just a re-tired hunting guide" "No eternal reward will forgive us now, for wasting the dawn" JM Jared

Re: Aoudad Size Just a Hunter #18220423 03/09/23 Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 3,314 Coeur d'Alene, ID, USA Rolly Campfire Tracker Rolly Campfire Tracker Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 3,314 Coeur d'Alene, ID, USA A ram with 30 inch horns measured around the outside is a good trophy. Rolly

Re: Aoudad Size Just a Hunter #18221537 03/09/23 Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 7,164 MT J Just a Hunter OP Campfire Tracker OP Just a Hunter Campfire Tracker J Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 7,164 MT In the current Handloader has an article on the 338-06 AI the author states he shot one in NM that weighed 600 Ibs. I had thought 300, but this made me question that since I have never seen one, but would like to hunt them sometime.

Re: Aoudad Size Just a Hunter #18221721 03/09/23 Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 151,114 Texas hanco Campfire Savant hanco Campfire Savant Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 151,114 Texas We kill them on our lease around 250. A 600 lb would be huge. I’m inclined to believe 300 to 350 for a big one. Last edited by hanco; 03/09/23.

Re: Aoudad Size Just a Hunter #18222028 03/09/23 Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky ingwe Campfire Oracle ingwe Campfire Oracle Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky Originally Posted by Just a Hunter In the current Handloader has an article on the 338-06 AI the author states he shot one in NM that weighed 600 Ibs. I had thought 300, but this made me question that since I have never seen one, but would like to hunt them sometime. a 600 pound Aoudad should be lumped in with 8 foot rattlesnakes,1200 pound elk and 2500 pound cape buffalo. "...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe

Re: Aoudad Size Just a Hunter #18222330 03/09/23 Joined: Apr 2015 Posts: 366 Corrales, NM E easttex Campfire Member easttex Campfire Member E Joined: Apr 2015 Posts: 366 Corrales, NM I do not know who the idiot was that claimed a 600 lb. aoudad, but that is total BS. Mature rams do vary quite a bit, but most will be in the 275-310lb. range. 350 lb. certainly exist, but they are like 350 lb. mule deer.

Re: Aoudad Size Just a Hunter #18222676 03/09/23 Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 2,415 St. Gabriel, Louisiana E Elkhunter49 Campfire Regular Elkhunter49 Campfire Regular E Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 2,415 St. Gabriel, Louisiana A couple mature healthy rams. I doubt either was over 270lbs. I could be wrong. A true friend is someone who reaches for your hand but touches your heart !!!

Re: Aoudad Size Just a Hunter #18222703 03/09/23 Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 15,647 Coues Country G GregW Campfire Ranger GregW Campfire Ranger G Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 15,647 Coues Country Originally Posted by Just a Hunter In the current Handloader has an article on the 338-06 AI the author states he shot one in NM that weighed 600 Ibs. I had thought 300, but this made me question that since I have never seen one, but would like to hunt them sometime. Author should be fired for being an idiot.... - Greg Success is found at the intersection of planning, hard work, and stubbornness.

Re: Aoudad Size Just a Hunter #18222732 03/09/23 Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 151,114 Texas hanco Campfire Savant hanco Campfire Savant Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 151,114 Texas This ram weighed 225 Last edited by hanco; 03/09/23.

Re: Aoudad Size Just a Hunter #18222734 03/09/23 Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 14,119 Texas G geedubya Campfire Outfitter geedubya Campfire Outfitter G Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 14,119 Texas +/- 275 lbs +/- 275 lbs ya! GWB A Kill Artist. When I draw, I draw blood.

Re: Aoudad Size Just a Hunter #18222913 03/09/23 Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,342 Columbia, SC G GreggH Campfire Regular GreggH Campfire Regular G Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,342 Columbia, SC Dang! Hanco and Gee’ would take those rams any day and be happy. One of those are on my list. GreggH

Re: Aoudad Size Just a Hunter #18229582 03/11/23 Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 2,986 NW Oregon B bowmanh Campfire Regular bowmanh Campfire Regular B Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 2,986 NW Oregon Do people eat Aoudad rams?

Re: Aoudad Size easttex #18229687 03/11/23 Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 7,164 MT J Just a Hunter OP Campfire Tracker OP Just a Hunter Campfire Tracker J Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 7,164 MT Originally Posted by easttex I do not know who the idiot was that claimed a 600 lb. aoudad, but that is total BS. Mature rams do vary quite a bit, but most will be in the 275-310lb. range. 350 lb. certainly exist, but they are like 350 lb. mule deer. Maybe he was estimating. It is in the April Handloader.

Re: Aoudad Size bowmanh #18229739 03/11/23 Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 151,114 Texas hanco Campfire Savant hanco Campfire Savant Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 151,114 Texas Originally Posted by bowmanh Do people eat Aoudad rams? Maybe ground into dog food

Re: Aoudad Size hanco #18229749 03/11/23 Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 2,986 NW Oregon B bowmanh Campfire Regular bowmanh Campfire Regular B Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 2,986 NW Oregon Originally Posted by hanco Originally Posted by bowmanh Do people eat Aoudad rams? Maybe ground into dog food Kind of what I thought.

Re: Aoudad Size Just a Hunter #18229796 03/11/23 Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 6,874 s.tex R RIO7 Campfire Tracker RIO7 Campfire Tracker R Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 6,874 s.tex My Dog won't eat Aoudad, and she's not a picky eater. Rio7

Re: Aoudad Size RIO7 #18233322 03/12/23 Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 151,114 Texas hanco Campfire Savant hanco Campfire Savant Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 151,114 Texas Originally Posted by RIO7 My Dog won't eat Aoudad, and she's not a picky eater. Rio7 That’s bad

Re: Aoudad Size RIO7 #18233421 03/12/23 Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 3,641 South of I-10 B Borchardt Campfire Tracker Borchardt Campfire Tracker B Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 3,641 South of I-10 Originally Posted by RIO7 My Dog won't eat Aoudad, and she's not a picky eater. Rio7 I don't think buzzards will eat aoudad. Imagine a corporate oligarchy so effective, so advanced and fine tuned that its citizens still call it a democracy.

Re: Aoudad Size Just a Hunter #18233588 03/12/23 Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 151,114 Texas hanco Campfire Savant hanco Campfire Savant Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 151,114 Texas

Re: Aoudad Size Just a Hunter #18233592 03/12/23 Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 151,114 Texas hanco Campfire Savant hanco Campfire Savant Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 151,114 Texas gas stations that have e85

Re: Aoudad Size NMpistolero #18234087 03/12/23 Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 28,239 W. Texas J JGRaider Campfire Ranger JGRaider Campfire Ranger J Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 28,239 W. Texas Originally Posted by NMpistolero 10+year old rams will be 300+ pounds. Have weighed a couple with guts in that were close to 330. A truly mature ram is just a different animal than a ewe or young ram. Listen to this guy...... It is irrelevant what you think. What matters is the TRUTH.

Re: Aoudad Size Just a Hunter #18234637 03/12/23 Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 8,200 Calgary Alberta, Canada AB2506 Campfire Outfitter AB2506 Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 8,200 Calgary Alberta, Canada I'd think most would call B.S. on 600lbs.

Re: Aoudad Size easttex #18234643 03/12/23 Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 8,200 Calgary Alberta, Canada AB2506 Campfire Outfitter AB2506 Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 8,200 Calgary Alberta, Canada Originally Posted by easttex I do not know who the idiot was that claimed a 600 lb. aoudad, but that is total BS. Mature rams do vary quite a bit, but most will be in the 275-310lb. range. 350 lb. certainly exist, but they are like 350 lb. mule deer. 350lb mule deer bucks are not that uncommon in Alberta, although there'll be fewer with CWD affecting mature mule deer bucks the most. The last real big mule deer buck I shot, I tried to move it ungutted with the calf sled on the snow. With my gimpy leg, I could barely move that sucker.

Re: Aoudad Size Just a Hunter #18236377 03/13/23 Joined: Nov 2018 Posts: 3,734 E ERK Campfire Tracker ERK Campfire Tracker E Joined: Nov 2018 Posts: 3,734 Some people need to buy a scale because their guesses suck. Edk

Re: Aoudad Size bowmanh #18236745 03/13/23 Joined: Apr 2018 Posts: 8,593 Reno NV J Jackson_Handy Campfire Outfitter Jackson_Handy Campfire Outfitter J Joined: Apr 2018 Posts: 8,593 Reno NV Originally Posted by bowmanh Do people eat Aoudad rams? I have. Tastes fine if you have a clue, from ewes to 30"ers. Tastes like meat. But then again i don't drive around for hours with it in a pickup bed on the way to the processor either. Never shot any over corn either. Never seen one that came close to 600lbs. Last edited by Jackson_Handy; 03/13/23.

Re: Aoudad Size Just a Hunter #18236824 03/13/23 Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 50,627 Anchorage, AK USA Sitka deer Campfire Kahuna Sitka deer Campfire Kahuna Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 50,627 Anchorage, AK USA MIght not be the writer's error. Many times I have seen willful mistakes on the part of editors. There is a book out there with me listed at 6'8" because I looked too tall compared to others in a photo. But there are plenty of poorly informed writers Mark Begich, Joaquin Jackson, and Heller resistance... Three huge reasons to worry about the NRA.

Re: Aoudad Size Just a Hunter #18247362 03/16/23 Joined: Apr 2015 Posts: 366 Corrales, NM E easttex Campfire Member easttex Campfire Member E Joined: Apr 2015 Posts: 366 Corrales, NM This was a big ram, maybe 340...just a guess. Second biggest body I have had my hands on.

Re: Aoudad Size easttex #18247788 03/16/23 Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 1,085 Lincoln NM N NMpistolero Campfire Regular NMpistolero Campfire Regular N Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 1,085 Lincoln NM Originally Posted by easttex This was a big ram, maybe 340...just a guess. Second biggest body I have had my hands on. Epitome of a mature ram. 11+ years old. Probably looked like a bison standing there when you smoked him. Well done. Curious who you hunted with? "I used to be a tired hunting guide, now I'm just a re-tired hunting guide" "No eternal reward will forgive us now, for wasting the dawn" JM Jared

Re: Aoudad Size Just a Hunter #18248215 03/16/23 Joined: Apr 2015 Posts: 366 Corrales, NM E easttex Campfire Member easttex Campfire Member E Joined: Apr 2015 Posts: 366 Corrales, NM Pistolero, PM sent.

Re: Aoudad Size Jackson_Handy #18249752 03/17/23 Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 14,119 Texas G geedubya Campfire Outfitter geedubya Campfire Outfitter G Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 14,119 Texas Originally Posted by Jackson_Handy Originally Posted by bowmanh Do people eat Aoudad rams? I have. Tastes fine if you have a clue, from ewes to 30"ers. Tastes like meat. But then again i don't drive around for hours with it in a pickup bed on the way to the processor either. Never shot any over corn either. Never seen one that came close to 600lbs. JMHO, Yearlings and Ewes do well mixed with pork, in summer sausage and smoked links. Javelina, not so much! ya! GWB A Kill Artist. When I draw, I draw blood.

Re: Aoudad Size geedubya #18254890 03/18/23 Joined: Jun 2015 Posts: 11 Hawaii J JRHawaii New Member JRHawaii New Member J Joined: Jun 2015 Posts: 11 Hawaii Geedubya what rifle stock is the black one? Very nice rifle!

Re: Aoudad Size JRHawaii #18255255 03/18/23 Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 14,119 Texas G geedubya Campfire Outfitter geedubya Campfire Outfitter G Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 14,119 Texas Originally Posted by JRHawaii Geedubya what rifle stock is the black one? Very nice rifle! Brownings don't get much luv on the 'Fire, but I've found them to be quite accurate. Browning Max, Long Range, 6.5 PRC Liked it so much I got another in 6.8 Western....... Don't much care for the brake the new ones come with, but what the hey! ya! GWB A Kill Artist. When I draw, I draw blood.

Re: Aoudad Size easttex #18262367 03/20/23 Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 151,114 Texas hanco Campfire Savant hanco Campfire Savant Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 151,114 Texas Originally Posted by easttex This was a big ram, maybe 340...just a guess. Second biggest body I have had my hands on. That is a big bastard

Re: Aoudad Size Just a Hunter #18272616 03/23/23 Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 971 Upstate SC H HandgunHTR Campfire Regular HandgunHTR Campfire Regular H Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 971 Upstate SC Originally Posted by Just a Hunter In the current Handloader has an article on the 338-06 AI the author states he shot one in NM that weighed 600 Ibs. I had thought 300, but this made me question that since I have never seen one, but would like to hunt them sometime. Are you sure he said Aoudad and not oryx? The Oryx/gemsbok in NM are in the 600lb range, but the only way an aoudad is getting to 600lbs is by putting it in a 10’ pen and force feeding it.

Re: Aoudad Size Just a Hunter #18273076 03/24/23 Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 7,164 MT J Just a Hunter OP Campfire Tracker OP Just a Hunter Campfire Tracker J Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 7,164 MT Editors have done things that change info at times from what I hear and read, but it does say Aoudad on page 62 top of middle column.

Re: Aoudad Size geedubya #18280915 03/26/23 Joined: Jun 2015 Posts: 11 Hawaii J JRHawaii New Member JRHawaii New Member J Joined: Jun 2015 Posts: 11 Hawaii Might have to go check one out in person.

Re: Aoudad Size easttex #18596283 07/19/23 Joined: May 2012 Posts: 2,934 R RickyBobby Campfire Regular RickyBobby Campfire Regular R Joined: May 2012 Posts: 2,934 Originally Posted by easttex This was a big ram, maybe 340...just a guess. Second biggest body I have had my hands on. Beautiful shot placement! ================================================== I'm a proud member of the BGE cult ... yes, I consider myself an EGGHEAD

Re: Aoudad Size hanco #18596339 07/19/23 Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 60,080 Banana Belt, Montana M Mule Deer Campfire Kahuna Mule Deer Campfire Kahuna M Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 60,080 Banana Belt, Montana Originally Posted by hanco We kill them on our lease around 250. A 600 lb would be huge. I’m inclined to believe 300 to 350 for a big one. Who wrote it? “Montana seems to me to be what a small boy would think Texas is like from hearing Texans.” John Steinbeck

Re: Aoudad Size Just a Hunter #18596397 07/19/23 Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 151,114 Texas hanco Campfire Savant hanco Campfire Savant Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 151,114 Texas Originally Posted by Just a Hunter In the current Handloader has an article on the 338-06 AI the author states he shot one in NM that weighed 600 Ibs. I had thought 300, but this made me question that since I have never seen one, but would like to hunt them sometime. I commented on this post John.