Ibex caliber and bullet

[Spiral Horn]

What I'm wondering is why this thread is in the Sheep Forum - after all Ibex are clearly Mountain Goats. Also, IMO, on average wild sheep give up the ghost a bit easier than wild goats. That is except for Aoudad - but then again, even though GSCO categorizes them as sheep they genetically are really not.

 

[SDHNTR]

Sometimes guides aren’t as smart as they think they are though. First aoudad hunt I want on the guide insisted that 300wm was the minimum, he’d even convinced another client to go with a 338 lapua magnum. I told him I’d like to bring my 30-06, maybe a 308 or a 6.5 and he was having none of it. I ended up taking the 300wm. A year later I went again but with a different guide, when I asked him about cartridge he just said bring whatever I want. We took a 30-06 and a 6.5 creedmoor, we took 2 great Rama well past 300 yards with each of the guns, they both worked. Next time I go for aoudad I’m just taking my 6.5 creed.

No argument on those cartridge choices. I’m not saying he needs a magnum. A 6.5 creed is perfectly appropriate, but that’s also a far cry from a .223. Like many things, but yet a concept that is all too often lost these days, the best answer is in the middle.

And regardless of cartridge, on an expensive hunt, far from home, the last thing I want is an overly frangible bullet. You may only get one shot opportunity and it may not be perfectly broadside. I want to break bone. I want to anchor that critter. Expecially one that might do a death jump off a cliff and become unrecoverable.

 

[CC55]

Have no experience here, but this is a good hit list of podcasts from Bryan Martin, who has a ton of experience over there. A lot of caliber talk in them. Longer shots sound like the norm with a good amount of wind. 6.5’s are plenty according to him.

You searched for Bryan Martin - Journal of Mountain Hunting

journalofmountainhunting.com