aoudad/Barbary west texas

[Khunter]

On a fun hunt for Aoudad in Davis Mountains area of Texas. These critters are toygh to get up on! They see you from half a mile aways and off they go headed for the next county. Had heard of a few elk running around west Texas and sure enough have spotted some. pretty neat bonus for an elkaholic on an exotic hunt.

 

[Khunter]

This group gave us the slip. TWICE in 2 days.

 

[noharleyyet]

What weapon?

 

[WestT]

Good luck!

 

[LopeHunter]

I have only hunted Aoudad once and was in canyons connected by mesas. Not much wind on that hunt. I would approach the edge of the canyon and glass the opposite side. Aoudad seemed to like being below a cliff and in the shade. I would glass, step a bit closer to the edge, glass, etc. This ambush approach had success. Spotting and stalking on the flats was a futile effort.

 

[duckhunt]

Good luck. I would love to do that hunt.

 

[Khunter]

This group gave us the slip. TWICE in 2 days.

The two largest in the group are in the freezer tonight. 5 miles of stalking them, two more times today for a total of 4 tries in 3 days.

 

[Khunter]

such neat animals.

 

[Lefty315]

Excellent job, that truly looks like a fun hunt.

 

[bobbydean]

I have hunted Barbary a few times. Successful on a ewe. Never could get the big ram. Hardest hunt I have had,

Congratulations on some hard earned animals!

 

[Khunter]

Part of the elk herd we came across

 

[Khunter]

After the leap. just missed mid air photo. Dudes have suction cups on their feet. Jumpers.

 

[Khunter]

Before the leap.

 

[Art Vandeley]

Great pics! Keep them coming

 

[Khunter]

they run off if see you from a looong ways.

 

[Khunter]

cliff dwellers

 

[Southwind]

Nice, thanks for sharing. I have got to chase these critters.

 

[Foxtrot1]

Great pics! Thanks for sharing. My brother is hunting them right now in NM.

 

[Khunter]

we found a lot of different groups of sheep, some ram bachelor groups, some mixed, and some ewes and lambs only.

 

[Khunter]

typical weather during the hunt. literally 70 mph winds on ridge tops. in one case it precluded even taking a shot that was very makeable so we watched a herd with a shooter bail off "our" mountain and head for another mountain.

picture of me climbing for this group of Aoudad. I missed a very makeable 250 yards shot on the big ram in the group. we hiked up and down about 4 miles of steep, rocky and lechugia cactus infested terrain after my brother spotted the group from about 2 miles with 10x binos. an amazing spotting job for sure. That was the 3rd time we put a sneak on this big band of critters.....And there would be a fourth and final stalk late on day 3 of the hunt. Actually five stalks is what it took to fill both my brother and then my tag.