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Hi All Just wondering if there is any Texas public land where one might find an aoudad or blackbuck?? I have been pouring over the maps on the F&G website and they look good but it is difficult to find info if there are exotics available on any reserves with an over-the-counter permit. Thanks for all your help!! even if negative!! Matt A day spent in the bush is a day added to your life Hunt Australia - Website Hunt Australia - Facebook Hunt Australia - TV | ||
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The amount of public land in Texas is miniscule. Most of it is in State Parks which are generally off limits to hunting, although some limited population control hunting for deer and hogs is sometimes available. While mouflon certainly do range over some non-park tracts of state land in far West Texas, access to those tracts is typically unavailable due to being "landlocked" by private land. The few public places where big game hunting is allowed like the Black Gap refuge are limited entry by lottery and are usually oversubscribed. If looking or a hunt for blackbuck or mouflon, the best bet is to simply pay a trespass fee ("lease fee") to a landowner. The fee for either species is usually not unreasonable. Most blackbuck hunting is found in Central Texas (the Hill Country), while mouflon are found in the Trans Pecos and a few places in the Panhandle. Hunting both in one trip to Texas would require a lot of time and travel. There may be a few "game ranches" in Central Texas which have both, but the sheep found on most game ranches are not mouflon (Aoudad), but rather semi-exotics which are bred from domestic sheep to have large, curling horns. | |||
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About how much would someone pay as a lease fee to hunt blackbuck or mouflon? Jason "You're not hard-core, unless you live hard-core." _______________________ Hunting in Africa is an adventure. The number of variables involved preclude the possibility of a perfect hunt. Some problems will arise. How you decide to handle them will determine how much you enjoy your hunt. Just tell yourself, "it's all part of the adventure." Remember, if Robert Ruark had gotten upset every time problems with Harry Selby's flat bed truck delayed the safari, Horn of the Hunter would have read like an indictment of Selby. But Ruark rolled with the punches, poured some gin, and enjoyed the adventure. -Jason Brown | |||
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The one and only place I have seen for true open to the public hunting of mouflon and Aoudad (bow only) is Amistad Lake (Federal Land). I have personally seen both sheep on the banks in the hunting areas while fishing. The National Park website has a hunting link with info and very very low harvest rates. http://www.nps.gov/amis/planyourvisit/hunting.htm As for blackbuck, you will be paying whatever the market rate may be for the size of trophy you take. Exotics in Texas are most land owners rainy day/mad money funds. | |||
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Thanks guys - that pretty much answers my question!! Gotta look privately!! A day spent in the bush is a day added to your life Hunt Australia - Website Hunt Australia - Facebook Hunt Australia - TV | |||
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Aoudad (Barbary Sheep) are found near Amarillo in the Palo Dura Canyon. I'm told it's about as much fun as hunting Ibex in one of the jerkastans....rough. Texas is jammed with private game ranches. Some want extreme coin for even the most common of exotics. Others are fair priced. You might ask Wendell Reich. He has a private ranch and knows more about the field. LDK Gray Ghost Hunting Safaris http://grayghostsafaris.com Phone: 615-860-4333 Email: hunts@grayghostsafaris.com NRA Benefactor DSC Professional Member SCI Member RMEF Life Member NWTF Guardian Life Sponsor NAHC Life Member Rowland Ward - SCI Scorer Took the wife the Eastern Cape for her first hunt: http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6881000262 Hunting in the Stormberg, Winterberg and Hankey Mountains of the Eastern Cape 2018 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4801073142 Hunting the Eastern Cape, RSA May 22nd - June 15th 2007 http://forums.accuratereloadin...=810104007#810104007 16 Days in Zimbabwe: Leopard, plains game, fowl and more: http://forums.accuratereloadin...=212108409#212108409 Natal: Rhino, Croc, Nyala, Bushbuck and more http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6341092311 Recent hunt in the Eastern Cape, August 2010: Pics added http://forums.accuratereloadin...261039941#9261039941 10 days in the Stormberg Mountains http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7781081322 Back in the Stormberg Mountains with friends: May-June 2017 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6001078232 "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading" - Thomas Jefferson Every morning the Zebra wakes up knowing it must outrun the fastest Lion if it wants to stay alive. Every morning the Lion wakes up knowing it must outrun the slowest Zebra or it will starve. It makes no difference if you are a Zebra or a Lion; when the Sun comes up in Africa, you must wake up running...... "If you're being chased by a Lion, you don't have to be faster than the Lion, you just have to be faster than the person next to you." | |||
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Just to clear things up a bit, like LDK pointed out, Mouflon are not Aoudads. I do know of one low-fenced ranch near Uvalde, Texas that has free-range blackbucks and aoudads. PM me if you are interested and I will put you in touch with them. Bob There is room for all of God's creatures....right next to the mashed potatoes. http://texaspredatorposse.ipbhost.com/   | |||
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Thanks!! I was reading about Palo Duro but then I coulnt find reference to it as a public land deal on the Fish & Game website??  Id sure like to take a look at that place!! Will have a chat to Wendell too!! Cheers Matt A day spent in the bush is a day added to your life Hunt Australia - Website Hunt Australia - Facebook Hunt Australia - TV | |||
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hehe - thanks Bob - I knew there was a difference!!!  Will send a PM now!! Cheers Matt A day spent in the bush is a day added to your life Hunt Australia - Website Hunt Australia - Facebook Hunt Australia - TV | |||
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