Mr. Reddy and I have come to terms on a Red Stag and Mouflon hunt in Bulgaria.

Do to my work I cannot be out of the Commonwealth until 2019.

But in the spirit of education and fun , would some of you mind sharing with me pics of mouflon you have taken. Please provide estimated age and Horn size in cm.

I know what a big mouflon looks like and I will most readily listen to the PH.

It I like to have some idea of what I am looking at.

Lead add stag picsif you wish.

Thank all in advance.

http://www.francesafaris.com/trophy-fr.php?year=2014

These guys have a few like that.

I don't know anything about them, but they are my go-to website for understanding how big mouflon are.

100 CM

81 cm

Here's yours Josh!

Lamb chops are my favorite meal.
But I do not think I could do it.

Chalk it up to my intellectual dishonesty.

2 years old - never measured it, shot with open sighted DR on a driven hunt



With 2 years they are still short, at 3 years + they are getting there...

That is more horn than I would expect on a 2 year old.

It is actually sub-average one – see the one on the bottom that is well proportioned 2y.o.



Just a hint– try to evaluate them as Cape Buffalo - (see the (dagga) boys on the upper pic and compare them to a baby bellow).

Thank you. I wish I could read that.

One thing that is obvious is the mass of the base compressing on the ear. The young while beautiful has a gap where the base does not extend to the ear.

And of course the noise with the bridge becoming more white.

From Czech Republic, Bohemia. If I remember, around 70cm or thereabouts. Think about a 4 year old. Very memorable hunt, the Widders were crashing horns all morning. This one was limping, just a decent Widder but not a real old one, but oftentimes it is more about how enjoyable the hunt was vs the inches. Good luck on your hunt, Waidmannsheil.

You are 100percent correct. I do not know why it is so hard for me to discern growth rings on these sheep.

I can look at the overall image and say that is young bs Old now thanks to you all.

Age is part of the reason those 90 cm rams are 2800-6000 euro.

Takes a long time to grow rams that long.

Thank you M93. They must mature/develop horn quicker than our North American sheep. Let's see if I learned anything judgeing from the chart I would put the two old dogs boys into the older than seven category. I am not brace enough to call them 9 year olds, but your chart leads me to want to.

Some of those non broomed 8 plus year olds high 90s cm plus look like argils.

If you get a nice Widder, recommend you get a head/shoulder mount. The Bart on the underside of the neck is tremendous, you can bury your entire fingers

I hunted some mufflon and my hunting area has a mufflon population, too. It really takes experience to make a reliable judgement on the living animal. Once it's dead, it is easy

So better listen to the guide.