And cue the shucks here we go again meme

This was the “big pen” lol. 7800 acs. I’ve been in several high fences but this one was by far the most elaborate. The shower in our guest room was over 500 sq ft with 12’ ceiling. All rock with stuffed alligators and giraffes looking down while you showered. Private landing strip.

We went several times as guest for an equipment manufacturer. It’s true that everything is bigger in Texas. That’s my only experience hunting sheep

Call me. I’ve got a great free range Auodad ranch in west Texas.

I've killed 6 in the last 3 years and eaten some of 2 others, all were just as good or better tasting (my wife says) than whitetail - don't overcook it. We have skinned, quartered and packed the meat out and got it in coolers quickly which I'm sure helps the quality of the meat. I think some lazy "hunters" don't take the meat out 'cause its a bitch and use "It's inedible" as an excuse. Haven't gotten the old, rutty, chapped ram to try yet - going to try again in Feb- but I'm sure they aren't as good on the table. My free-range aoudad hunts in the Texas mountains for wild, not corned sheep have been as physically demanding as any of the western hunts I've done for antelope, mule deer, elk, or caribou. they're a cool animal in some beautiful country

The young ones are “ok” table fare but from my experience; the mature rams that I’ve targeted aren’t very good to eat.

This looks kinda interesting.
https://www.outdoorlife.com/blogs/c...d-jamaican-slow-cooked-goat-curry-recipe

But yes this hunt would be trophy #1 & meat #2.

PM me the info BGH, I love Aoudad hunting.

We had a guy that used to come to Alabama to hunt with us that had a ranch leased in W. Texas. It had big deer and Aoudad, javelina and hogs. Every year he would reciprocate with an invite for us to come hunt with him. I never got around to it because he had all the bucks on camera at feeders and dictated which ones we could shoot and not shoot. Understandably, he put the best ones, and they were really good, off limits except for his Grandsons. I expressed an interest in an Aoudad, which he said I was welcome to come hunt but his stipulation on those was the hunter had to agree to a full body mount, which with two young kids at the time was not in my future. Plus, I have nowhere to display a whole sheep. He says they are much bigger and tougher than you think. He won't let anyone hunt one with less that a 300 cal.

On a side note, the last time I talked to him he lost 95% of his deer, sheep, etc., from Anthrax. I can't say this was because of feeders but if you know how Anthrax is spread, then you know the feeders certainly made it easier to spread to the whole population. He showed me pictures of big, huge Texas racked deer just rotting. He advised that it was illegal to pick them up and move them.

A real nice guy that lives and works (if he still does) in Houston but had the ranch in W. Texas. He was a welder that made his money by being able to do some kind of specialized welding that very few others could do. Don't know exactly as he didn't discuss it much except it wasn't underwater welding as I have heard that is very highly specialized.

So these free range sheep are ones that escaped from a high fence?

No. These are animals introduced from Africa that have done well in West Texas/NM.

Why would anyone want to shoot one of those?

Then why reply on the thread at all? I don't even click on threads of which the subject matter holds no interest to me, let alone take the time to formulate a reply that they don't. I find this baffling. Do you just want to see your name on the thread? Trying to get your post count up? There are certain people on here competing to be the biggest old fart possible, as in "I'd never do that in the stand, etc." but I never thought I'd see you doing that.

Looks fun to me

Kip Campbell and the RedArrow guys hunted them a few weeks ago, and it looked awesome. It got me to googling it, I’d love to bow hunt them

I’d shoot one from a truck but don’t think I’d climb a mountain for a shot.

And since my contribution was essentially no more informative than Morris's I'll add this.

The outfitter 2Dogs recommended also has "oryx" available on his website. I know these as Gemsbock in Africa and they have always been the first animal on my list for an African Plains Game hunt. Looks like you could get one of those with him for around $3200. I'd be VERY interested to do that hunt if anybody else on here wants to go.

Looks like they hun them (Oryx) on the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. Not exactly a high fence, cornered up kind of deal there I wouldn't think. If the Auodad are hunted in the same place that's a MUCH different hunt than some of the other experiences related here.

Why would anyone want to shoot one of those?

I killed a 34"+ Aoudad back in Feb. 07 that, at the time ranked #28
in the SCI free range record book. Went with Desert Safaris and hunted
out of Marfa, TX. This was an awesome hunt that I would recommend
to anybody.

I know some guy who had one mounted and doesn't make a great looking mount. Just kinda weird.

RobertD, as I remember Bob said a commander of WSMR had them brought in and released many years ago and they really thrived. I guess it's perfect habitat for them. My understanding it's about 100% success , if the hunter can shoot. Cool looking critter.