A few years ago, my son was drawn for the management mule deer hunt, I was able to go as a spectator, we hunted on top of the mountain, he got a buck, doe and a Markhor, an exotic that wasn't supposed to be on the place. Didn't see any elk that trip. Did see the bighorns though.
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JV842
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Any pics? Being able to get a markhor, that’s too damn cool!!! Congrats!!
JV842
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Holy Crap!! A damn good one at that!!! That is awesome!!
rmyoung1
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What in the world is a markhor doing there?
Alabama
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That's awesome! I had no idea Texas even had Markhor. I saw an advertisement for a Pakistan Markhor hunt for the low, low price of 165K and a trophy fee of over 100K (don't remember the exact amount).
shootbrownelk
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Escaped exotics.
JV842
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I did a quick google search for “high fenced Texas Markhor hunt” for sh*ts n giggles…:$25k-$30k plus trophy fees…u did yourself pretty damn good my friend!!
rmyoung1
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I’ll never understand why this stuff is allowed, encouraged even.
WildWill
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That's awesome! I've heard of them getting a few auodad but not a markhor. On my javelina hunt out of the 6 of us one guy spotted a bull in his unit but didn't close the deal. I saw enough sign at the water holes to feal confident there's definitely a few elk around.
It's Texas never know what you're gonna get. A few years ago a guy shot a wildibeest on the devil's river controlled hunt.
Redraider7
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How do you know all this? ha
Facebook posts?
I guess it all doesn't mean much because Texas hunts are so hard to draw. I drew a quail hunt for the first hunt in like 10 years and I apply for about 30 hunts a year. To be honest I don't think many of the hunts are very good hunts to begin with.
