Just got a proposal from a Namibia rancher who is offering "Four Horn Sheep" on his trophy list for $550. Anyone have any pictures of these critters. Might be something different to hang on the wall.

I did not mount this sheep but I thought it was a good picture.

This is a trophy animal ? From Africa ??? For $550 ???

Are these animals feral? There is a domestic four horned sheep that looks a lot like this?

Looks like a Jacobs Ram to me..........

Known as a Jacob's sheep, old world from the
middle east. You can find them on every game ranch from Texas to Ohio.
Sound like an enterprising rancher checking to see how gullable some hunters really are.
To me its like
traveling clear across to Africa and shooting
a fallow deer.
Not for me but what ever floats your boat.

I am reasonably sure there are way more of these in the US and, unfortunately, they probably are as difficult to hunt--which is however difficult it is to shoot a slow,poor visioned, domestic sheep. That is a nice looking mount, tho

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Looks like a Jacobs Ram to me..........

Yes they are, and you can get these in the US for about the same price or cheaper. I'd stick to the "African" animals in Namibia

I had a friend who raised some in Odessa, Texas. Hunting them would have been the equivalent of hunting your lawnmower.

I raise Jacobs sheep. It is similiar to to a Jacobs but looks a little different. Might be another breed or a cross. Most likely it's domestic though.

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Originally posted by Kensco:
I had a friend who raised some in Odessa, Texas. Hunting them would have been the equivalent of hunting your lawnmower.

I knew a veterinarian who had some of these on a small farm in the Seattle area. Totally domesticated.

Is this a case of someone trying to recreate Texas ???????????

I believe that I would follow the advice of shooting African Game when in Africa. My wife and I are raising Barbado, Painted Desert, and other hybridized domestic offshoots of the Mouflon, and I don't know if those animals would ever revert to a wild enough state anywhere to make hunting them an adventure. JMO

Those things are not even popular in Texas. I know they are around, but the demand is not even that great for them here, much less in Africa.

I would imagine the addition of the four horned sheep to an African safari would only cheapen the experience.

Just my thoughts ... I have been wrong before.

After my buddy nailed an African Wildcat on a ranch in Hoedspruit South Africa. Everything became African Wild animals. The land owners dogs.The helps milk goats. When ever we see domestic animals, we still jokingly refer to them as African wild-.

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Originally posted by Wendell Reich:
Those things are not even popular in Texas. I know they are around, but the demand is not even that great for them here, much less in Africa.

I would imagine the addition of the four horned sheep to an African safari would only cheapen the experience.


Just my thoughts ... I have been wrong before.

I agree with you. Same as the "Texas Grand Slam" of sheep - mostly pets gone wild.