My brother and I have been talking about hunting Auodad in west Texas for the last 12 years or so. We were finally able to make it happen this week. We drove down Friday/Saturday and got back yesterday.
We hunted an area between Fort Stockton and Marathon with an outfitter. The first day we drove around and glassed all day.
We saw a couple lone ewes and one group of 40 or so mixed ewes and rams. The big group was on a different property though so we could only watch from a distance. We were glassing almost till dark and decided to head back for the day. We were driving in the buggy through where we had just glassed and I saw an auodad ram running up the hill away from us. I jumped out of the buggy and the ram was disappearing over the ridge. I had to shoot a couple times since he was running through brush, but he went down.
He's an old ram. Both sides are really broomed. I measured him at 27.5 and 26 inches. I think he would have been right at 30 before he broomed. He's got a good amount of mass. His chaps are nice and long.
I didn't really want to shoot one from near the buggy, but having gone all day without seeing a shootable ram, I wasn't going to pass it up.
The next day we drove to a different property. We spotted a few ewes early in the morning. Then we got out of the buggy and started walking and glassing. We had only been doing that for 10 minutes or so when my brother spotted 2 rams only 250 yards below us. One ram was very long, but the other was more massive, with bigger body and longer chaps. My brother opted for that one. The rams had no idea we were there and they walked towards us. My brother shot when the ram was at about 220 yards away and it dropped instantly.
We didn't put a tape on his ram, but I'm guessing it's around 32 inches and massive.
My rifle is a Seekins havak ph2 in 300wm. My brother's rifle is an Echols legend in 300wm.
We had a great trip hunting and spending time together. I'm really glad we went.
We hunted an area between Fort Stockton and Marathon with an outfitter. The first day we drove around and glassed all day.
We saw a couple lone ewes and one group of 40 or so mixed ewes and rams. The big group was on a different property though so we could only watch from a distance. We were glassing almost till dark and decided to head back for the day. We were driving in the buggy through where we had just glassed and I saw an auodad ram running up the hill away from us. I jumped out of the buggy and the ram was disappearing over the ridge. I had to shoot a couple times since he was running through brush, but he went down.
He's an old ram. Both sides are really broomed. I measured him at 27.5 and 26 inches. I think he would have been right at 30 before he broomed. He's got a good amount of mass. His chaps are nice and long.
I didn't really want to shoot one from near the buggy, but having gone all day without seeing a shootable ram, I wasn't going to pass it up.
The next day we drove to a different property. We spotted a few ewes early in the morning. Then we got out of the buggy and started walking and glassing. We had only been doing that for 10 minutes or so when my brother spotted 2 rams only 250 yards below us. One ram was very long, but the other was more massive, with bigger body and longer chaps. My brother opted for that one. The rams had no idea we were there and they walked towards us. My brother shot when the ram was at about 220 yards away and it dropped instantly.
We didn't put a tape on his ram, but I'm guessing it's around 32 inches and massive.
My rifle is a Seekins havak ph2 in 300wm. My brother's rifle is an Echols legend in 300wm.
We had a great trip hunting and spending time together. I'm really glad we went.
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