Aoudad meat/trophy in Texas question

[aoudad]

If I were starving I might eat some, but I aint starving........ Fun animals to kill, unfortunately they are over breeding and ruining the landscape.

 

[cbeard64]

They are analogous to hogs, as non-native varmints that are really nothing more than a pest. IMO the value they now have to landowners as a “poor man’s sheep” is not a positive thing.

As with big boar hogs, some folks take the meat but most don’t mess with it. I can’t say how it tastes, but I can deduce that it must not be very good since most don’t fool with it.

 

[realunlucky]

They are analogous to hogs, as non-native varmints that are really nothing more than a pest. IMO the value they now have to landowners as a “poor man’s sheep” is not a positive thing.

As with big boar hogs, some folks take the meat but most don’t mess with it. I can’t say how it tastes, but I can deduce that it must not be very good since most don’t fool with it.

Without wanton waste laws people would still be cutting off just an elk head and leaving behind everything else saying it's not worth the hassle.

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[SDHNTR]

I just finished up a batch of smoked jalapeno cheese aoudad sausage. It’s absolutely fantastic. Yes, that meat is tough as old boot leather. My son ate a tenderloin and even it wore his face out chewing. But made into sausage, it’s excellent. This was from a December NM ram. I’m sure one shot in the rut would be more funky. Made some spicy breakfast sausage that was equally good too.

 

[AKNANC]

Planning this hunt next year - good information to know. Reminds me of Mountain Goats in AK - some guys love them while I have never been able to find an edible one!

 

[cbeard64]

Without wanton waste laws people would still be cutting off just an elk head and leaving behind everything else saying it's not worth the hassle.

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They aren’t game animals like elk. Wanton waste laws don’t apply to non-natives and varmints. If they all disappeared off the landscape actual native game animals would be better off.

 

[Short Track]

I don't 100% believe in Wanton Waste. At least not for the most part, maybe 50%. Whatever is left over goes back to nature. Back to the earth, etc. Coyotes, bears, possums, raccoons, parasites eat whatever is left over, or lost. and then whatever is left enhances the soil conditions..