Hill Country Auodads

[Southernhunters]

Guys,

School me a bit here on Auodad’s....are these decent ones?




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[Gherkin05]

One on the right in low to mid 20s. One on the left may be 20”. Hard to tell from the angle.
If you don’t see them often and you want to plug one I wouldn’t wait. They have a tendency to move on.

[raider19]

I would say the one on the right is upper 20s

[Southernhunters]

One on the right in low to mid 20s. One on the left may be 20”. Hard to tell from the angle.
If you don’t see them often and you want to plug one I wouldn’t wait. They have a tendency to move on.

What’s considered average? Trophy?


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[Crazy Horse]

Look very young IMO...
Thin horns & small bases...

IMO 28” & you’re looking at a good trophy...32-35” you’re looking at a monster.

Few years back my Daddy got a 37” free range & he bottomed out a 350# scale....

[rosco11]

When you see a big mature audad it's unmistakable.. they are huge and look mature and battle worn. Thick chest, heavy horns.. You'll know

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[ArcheryNerd]

I wouldn't hesitate before dropping one and finding out

[junkmanhunter]

Hard to tell from pictures, but they look young to me.

Like I always say, if you like it and would be happy shooting it, then by all means shoot.


Like said in earlier post, 28" is a good benchmark, over 30" starts getting very nice old trophy.


Pictures below, to me there are no shooters. Maybe these pics help


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[junkmanhunter]

Little better view of bases on a 30" Aoudad

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[Sackett]

If you like em, then it's a good one!

[Yelladog]

When you see a big mature audad it's unmistakable.. they are huge and look mature and battle worn. Thick chest, heavy horns.. You'll know

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^^this. They are both younger but if you don’t see them often I’d say shoot one. They are still a cool trophy animal.


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[ballgame]

Shoot every Aoudad you see. There is no reason to "manage" for them unless you Only want to hunt Aoudad on your place. A random sighting is exciting and I get it.... but when you start having to dedicate feeders towards one species the excitement goes away.

Looking at your feeder legs - I hope thats a winch up feeder. Regular three leg feeders will get knocked over and shaken empty by these sheep.

[Cooper]

Shoot him!!!!

[rsquared]

Hard to see in the picture, but with the thinner and longer horns, these could also be older ewes.

[BDKeeling]

This is a good one!


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