Auodad in Texas

[diamond10x]

Aoudad is very good. As far as old rams being tough, they can be. Unless you’re making steaks what’s the problem if it’s tough? Tenderize it with a tenderizer or mallet before you cook it, it’s not rocket science.

 

[diamond10x]

Ever tried javelina, lol??

Yeah it’s pretty good as well.

 

[S-3 ranch]

Aoudad is very good. As far as old rams being tough, they can be. Unless you’re making steaks what’s the problem if it’s tough? Tenderize it with a tenderizer or mallet before you cook it, it’s not rocket science.

Split and tied to some reinforcement wire , spiced with cabra rub , then slow cook like a whole goat over a medium mesquite coal pit !
yummy stuff with Pico , grilled onions, masa tortillas, charo beans
never had anybody not eat seconds or thrice

 

[wyosteve]

Interesting thread. I just happened to see a Meateater episode yesterday where they ate javelina and coyote!

 

[BBob]

Ever tried javelina, lol??

Love my pig chorizo but not so much eaten as a straight meat. We always grind it mixed with cheap pork shoulder. Works in chili and sloppy joes or anything along those lines too. I’ve never had it but I’d bet you could do the same with the aoudad. We’ve done chorizo, red chile, green chile with ibex and I’d bet it’s probably not too different than the aoudad.

 

[FLATHEAD]

Aoudad and Javelina are both better than Crawfish.
There, I said it.

 

[mitchellmountain]

Aoudad and Javelina are both better than Crawfish.
There, I said it.

Agree to disagree, I love me some crawfish

 

[RobChambers]

We eat quite a bit in my house. We like it as much as anything else.

What part of the animal are you harvesting and then how do you prepare and cook it.

 

[Mojave]

I just did an aoudad hunt in Texas last fall. No one that I met eats the aoudad except one ranch hand said he mixes it with beef and pork to make summer sausage. Seems analogous to the rock soup story.
if this helps you any, they are non native as seem to be able to outcompete desert sheep where the ranges overlap.

This is a bullshit story perpetuated by those that want to get rid of them and introduce deserts ( on the outcompeting desert sheep. They are rarely found in the same country. They spend a lot of time grazing on the plains.

 

[realunlucky]

What part of the animal are you harvesting and then how do you prepare and cook it.

I've ate two, just ground them both up. Tasted fine

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[cuerro viejo]

This is a bullshit story perpetuated by those that want to get rid of them and introduce deserts ( on the outcompeting desert sheep. They are rarely found in the same country. They spend a lot of time grazing on the plains.

Ive watched them push deserts sheep in NM and TX around so believe what you want.

There is no doubt they out breed desert sheep, not even an argument. As far as out compete, not hard to do the math, aoudad recruitment blows wild desert or even big horns out of the water

Ive killed probably 40 plus aoudad

 

[cuerro viejo]

Ever tried javelina, lol??

its fine as long as you are careful with gland dont get it all over the place.

 

[DosAmigos]

Big mature rams are tough if you try to make steaks or roasts. They are ok in in sausage or tamales. Backstraps and tender or ok chicken fried.

 

[yfarm]

NPS published a study sited in Guadalupe National Park, looked at overlap between aoudad and bighorn in same habitat which showed bighorns lose the competition. Looked at eradication of aoudad to allow reintroduction of bighorns and found eradication was not feasible due to the terrain.

 

[FLATHEAD]

If only BHS could do half as well as the Aoudad.
Aoudad have my respect.

 

[cuerro viejo]

NPS published a study sited in Guadalupe National Park, looked at overlap between aoudad and bighorn in same habitat which showed bighorns lose the competition. Looked at eradication of aoudad to allow reintroduction of bighorns and found eradication was not feasible due to the terrain.

its feasible you just have to do what TPWD and take to the Air. Problem they have is private land owners around them arent real
keen on extirpation. I dont blame them, they might get a BH tag allocation once every 10 years but at 4500 a Aoudad Ram…. you could kill 10 a year substainally and make 45k a year for 10 years.

 

[keller]

I cooked a backstrap several ways off an old ram like I would cook a deer or elk backstrap fried in butter was tough tasted fine then the aftertaste set in just like the auodad smelled couldn't get past it.mariinated some in Italian and French dressing. Some more in worcestershire and other seasonings. End result was they were tough and a nasty aftertaste.

 

[yfarm]

Hunted aoudad in NM few years ago, scouted in May and October, found animals returned 2 days before season, found sheep again. Season opened, area was covered in ATVs/UTVs and sheep vanished. Took 4 days of hard hunting in very remote areas to find them. Suspect copter hunting will train them as well, have seen hogs learn about copter noise and head into deep cover.

 

[Kyle91]

Good info

 

[HingleMcCringleberry]

Yes you can eat them. They taste fine