Aoudad Hunt

[FTRinTexas]

Couple of weeks back, I got the opportunity to hunt the Longfellow Ranch in Southwest Texas. The ranch is over 330,000 acres of low fence cattle ranch. After spotting and stalking several groups, I got this one. Each horn measures slightly over 30" in length. Weight close to 325 pounds.
Use my re-barreled Remington Sendero in 300 WM with H1000, 212g Hornady ELD-X pushing close to 3000f/s.

 

[ShootDots]

Excellent animal! I have shot a few Aoudad and 1 was 28">>>But that 30"er was elusive for me! Great hunt and great trophy! Great going!!

 

[Mark W]

Congrats on a successful hunt! An Aoudad hunt is on my to do list.

 

[CaptainMal]

Nice sheep. Just on my mind after giving my wife the name to use in a scrabble contest she was in.

330,000 acre private game farm is quite large. There are smaller countries and counties.

 

[Huntschool]

Longfellow is some chunk of property. Plus 300,000 low fenced is free ranging animals...... Nice going , and 30's make it even better. WOW

 

[Bigguy1951]

Hunted cow elk there the end of September/first of October. Horribly wet the whole time. Still had a great time. Very nice Aoudad you got.

 

[Mr. Ten-X]

Nice critter!

Many years back, I was given a free hunt from Bear Archery for being salesman of the year. My target was aoudad on the Y-O Ranch. Had a string of them walking single file and positioned myself perfectly for a 20 yd shot...or so I thought. Though I was hiding behind some low brush and mere seconds away from drawing, a Sika behind me announced my presence and all I heard were the thunder of hooves. Man, those things are spooky and they will skedaddle in a hurry.

 

[Olspark]

Nice one for sure. An aoudad is on my bucket list also.

 

[JBT47]

Very nice! How was bullet performance with that 212 (obviously you got the animal)...just wondering if you recovered the bullet or if it exited and the extent of the damage?

 

[Roe]

Congratulations, heavy goat!

 

[ShootDots]

I forgot to ask>>>>I can't see in the picture, How long are the chaps on that old fellow?

 

[daniel brothers]

Nice Aoudad.....

 

[rcparker1]

Nice animal. We just got back from New Mexico hunting in the gaudalupe mountains. Roughest hunt I've ever had. Auodads are a great hunt.