S-3 ranch
WKR
Invasive disease spreading pest, we should kill them with extreme prejudice
We did for years, now they are $5000 + to kill one = no bueno
We did for years, now they are $5000 + to kill one = no bueno
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Possibly a little confusing since I said public and it's not technically "public," it's owned by the state. There's a huge amount of land in west Texas that's owned by state agencies, over half a million acres, that nobody is allowed to hunt.I’ve been around Texas a fair bit…. I’d love to know where this public land is, that supports half the Aoudad population?
I think you’re misleading people, or you actually have no idea what you’re talking about.
Let me get this straight. The Barbary Sheep in Texas are so destructive to the landscape and wildlife that aerial gunning for them has been legalized. But it costs thousands of dollars to hunt them there (average price approx $4500?). If you glance at the New Mexico draw odds it's clear that there is no shortage of people eager to hunt Aoudad. If you are a Texas landowner bitching about the Barbs eating all your cattle forage or outcompeting native wildlife I don't feel bad for you. Count me in as someone that will happily make the drive to West Texas and help with this problem for anyone willing to let me on their land. I promise to be low maintenance and respectful.
500k is NOTHING. Only sizable public land out there is big bend, is 500k out of 3.9Million in Brewster County, you STILL HAVE 40 million acres of private in transpecos area alone, that doesnt count panhandle and hill country populations.Possibly a little confusing since I said public and it's not technically "public," it's owned by the state. There's a huge amount of land in west Texas that's owned by state agencies, over half a million acres, that nobody is allowed to hunt.
I grew up near the Trans Pecos, and have killed over a hundred of the vermin. You have no idea what you're talking about if you actually believe what I highlighted above.Charging to cover cost and liability is one thing. Breeding, feeding, ear tagging, and then selling $20,000 helicopter hunts as a business model while begging for less regulation so you can charge even more is something totally different.
There are less than 50k Aoudad in Texas and half of them live on public, we could knock them out in a weekend but as long as it's legal to sell exotic hunts for profit, landowners will never let them all die.
Also, just on principle, anyone who complains about how expensive it is to fly their helicopter can suck a whole egg.
The bottom sentence needs to be posted again and again.500k is NOTHING. Only sizable public land out there is big bend, is 500k out of 3.9Million in Brewster County, you STILL HAVE 40 million acres of private in transpecos area alone, that doesnt count panhandle and hill country populations.
Personally, they need to KILL EVERY AOUDAD AND WILD HORSE, they are a parasite on the ecosystem.
Again, the problem is ranchers charging $400+ to shoot one animal.
They have incentive to sustain the population for profit, so that’s what they do.
i ve seen them in Chad the origin of their habitats and for decades not available for hunting no need for media/influencers to know what the value is on those sheep but i can understand the local vision on those sheeps too.Native Texan here. This is the simple truth. Same story with hogs. They are here and will remain here because a lot of people want them here.
I’ve traveled all over the west and Canada hunting mountain sheep. Almost every guide and outfitter I talk to lists hogs and aoudads as the animals they would most like to come to Texas and hunt. Which amazes me because they have about the same value as rats to me, but the hunting media/influencers have made them popular.
Who determines what is a fair price to let someone trespass (legally) on their private property?Charging to cover cost and liability is one thing. Breeding, feeding, ear tagging, and then selling $20,000 helicopter hunts as a business model while begging for less regulation so you can charge even more is something totally different.
There are less than 50k Aoudad in Texas and half of them live on public, we could knock them out in a weekend but as long as it's legal to sell exotic hunts for profit, landowners will never let them all die.
Also, just on principle, anyone who complains about how expensive it is to fly their helicopter can suck a whole egg.
TBHS knows and is changing their tune, they see the writing on the wall. It’s either or, not both. That relocation that just happed is trickle down due to Aoudad’s.The bottom sentence needs to be posted again and again.
The big issue is outfitters like HWO and "conservation" orgs like WSF and TBHS aren't about to upset the applecart as those worthless african animals are an absolute cash cow for them. Along with TPWD being too scared to do what needs to be done, they will never be controlled or ERADICATED in the way they should be.
I’m not, buddy sold property, and I wasn’t able to retain grazing/hunting lease@cuerro viejo - if you’re still culling ewes, I’d love help the cause! Or just follow behind and get some of the meat.
It’s not just outfitter, landowner is getting paid too. That country is already a section or two to AU, so any extra income is a blessing. Really if it wasn’t for cattle, not sure there would be many aoudad as cattle is why there so much substantial water.The outfitter business is definitely a problem.
Part of me doesn’t blame them for capitalizing on extra income….but when it’s putting a native species at risk, it pisses me off.
After volunteering with TBS for a few years, I asked, selfishly of course, if they work with landowners to do steeply discounted cull hunts? That didn’t seem to go over well.