Hey HT Crew,
First off....Im not sure this goes in this category or in "other big game" but I figure the Aoudad is a sheep....so what the heck. A friend and I are looking into the possibility of doing an Aoudad hunt next year....we are thinking february or early march. West Tx would be an option. After reading up it looks like the usual thing to do is pay a fee to access a private ranch (free range tho...no fences). Some threads on here talk about hunting huge ranches.....38000 acres! I guess we know about the challenges of the hunt....dry, steep country, rough terrain etc but my challenge so far is finding the hunt I want. Im not sure how "secret" it is to try to get some contact info for one of these ranch managers (I would never go online and ask for someones elk spot, deer, etc) and locate a ranch. Get what I mean? If its not too much to ask some ranch options would be great (if they are "secret" or hard to come by... I would FULLY understand not wanting to share). Everything that comes up on the inet is guided....not what we are looking for. We are interested in tent camping, taking our own food and water, etc. Just access to the property, point us the right direction, and turn us loose. To those who have done similar hunts....what kind of trespass fees would we expect. I have seen 500-1000 which I don't think is terribly unreasonable. Tag is OTC? Any other info would be HUGELY appreciated. Thanks in advance. Feel free to PM.
First off....Im not sure this goes in this category or in "other big game" but I figure the Aoudad is a sheep....so what the heck. A friend and I are looking into the possibility of doing an Aoudad hunt next year....we are thinking february or early march. West Tx would be an option. After reading up it looks like the usual thing to do is pay a fee to access a private ranch (free range tho...no fences). Some threads on here talk about hunting huge ranches.....38000 acres! I guess we know about the challenges of the hunt....dry, steep country, rough terrain etc but my challenge so far is finding the hunt I want. Im not sure how "secret" it is to try to get some contact info for one of these ranch managers (I would never go online and ask for someones elk spot, deer, etc) and locate a ranch. Get what I mean? If its not too much to ask some ranch options would be great (if they are "secret" or hard to come by... I would FULLY understand not wanting to share). Everything that comes up on the inet is guided....not what we are looking for. We are interested in tent camping, taking our own food and water, etc. Just access to the property, point us the right direction, and turn us loose. To those who have done similar hunts....what kind of trespass fees would we expect. I have seen 500-1000 which I don't think is terribly unreasonable. Tag is OTC? Any other info would be HUGELY appreciated. Thanks in advance. Feel free to PM.
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