Hello

Can anyone identify what type of horns these are? My grandfather found them and is wondering what animal they are from. Please help us solve the mystery!

Thanks

Hello Everyone

If you have trouble seeing the picture because your computer doesn't load it fully, right click on the picture and select view image. It should take you to the page to view the picture

Liz

Hello Liz, Does not look like MySpace links work, maybe because the picture url itself cannot be displayed (your profile is private):

http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vi...9&imageID=1643755098

Feel free to email the picture to me and I can post for you: bill@wyodata.com

same as above

Liz,

tried viewing the picture through Myspace but to see it I have to know your e-mail or last name due to your privacy settings.

Justin

Ok Everyone

Please try viewing the picture again. I changed the myspace privacy settings so it should hopefully work. Thanks!

Liz

Could it be some kind of sheep that got turned the wrong way on the plate.
It has some similarities with this (or?)
https://forums.accuratereloading.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/8321043/m/980104565

Liz, it is a bit difficult to see which way the horns curve, but I'll assume the tips are curved behind the main horns, just because that would be the most natural configuration??

When I saw the pictures of the horns, the first thing which sprung to mind was a Spanish Ibex - possibly of the "Gredos" type. They have a similar double twist to their horns. Here is a picture of one, but the individual animals can vary quite a lot both in horn size and configuration.



On a less exotic note, domestic goats of various races can display an amazing variation of horn forms, sometimes making them hard to tell from their wild cousins in the mountains...

Notice you can count the years (every heavy ring) of the previous "owner" of the horns. 1 heavy ring = 1 years growth.

- mike

I agree with mho, looks like an ibex or goat.

It does look like a Gredos Ibex, but it could very well be a "Spanish Goat".

Hard to say with the picture angle. Almost looks like there is not enough mas to be an Ibex.

Could be a young Gredos Ibex.

i am thinking maybe a Dagestan tur(an animal basically related to goats)

My guess: "Spanish" (domestic) goat. Do you know the circumstances of how they were "found?"