Can you eat aoudad? I'm not talking about making steaks, but say you grind it up for sausage or make it all in jerky? I just can't shoot one, cape it, and leave him on the mountain. Then have to look at him mounted in my office daily knowing I wasted him and left him on the mountain. Thanks in advance.

You can. I'm not, but you can.

Use the search function. Lots of previous threads on the subject. Consensus is that the sausage is fine. Anything else is controversial.

Mine stunk to bad to even think about eating. It was rank.

I shot a ewe last year and she was just fine for eating. I imagine a ram could be tougher and perhaps gamier but nothing heavily seasoned sausage or jerky can't handle.

I've eaten several, rams are a bit gamey, ewes are ok, mostly made sausage and things like chili that were fairly spicy.

Take all the meat off the mountain with you so you won't feel bad. Force feed it to yourself on occasion until it freezer burns, then toss it. You won't feel so bad then when you get rid of it. Don't ask me how I know this.

^^ that's funny

My dad and my brother each shot a big ram. We skinned gutted quartered and iced them. Got home and decided we better try some. Cut a steak out of the back strap tenderized breaded and fried and it didn't pass the taste test for anyone in the house. Edible yes, but I don't like it. It went to the pile. If you were to grind mix with pork and season it might be better... but if its not then you just wasted a bunch more effort time and resources.

The yotes will eat em and that's about all I can say about em. Some people eat javelina and I have seen yotes pass on those in Mexico.

my stepdad killed a large ewe in 97' and we BBQ'd the backstraps



I think sometime around 2004-2005 is when I finally got the taste outta my mouth

Y'all got sensitive taste buds LOL.

I like it. It takes a while under a pressure cooker to tenderize but it is good meat. As for smell, I don't know what kind of aoudad y'all kill, mine smelled like any other 4-legged carcass

Had some ground meat out a few weeks ago of an ewe my dad shot in September. Twas good

I rather eat a boot. Not a new boot mind you, an old worn out boot.

You won't waste him if you just leave the meat for the predators. They won't waste one little scrap of it. Wasting it is waiting until it gets freezer burn and then throwing it in the trash. That's wasting it IMO.

Like anything its in the way you cook it. Mutton, sheep, etc.. isn't going to taste like beef. I shot a ram about a month ago and the made jerky out of a rear quarter and birria. Everyone loved the jerky and the birria was great. Now.... the meat did have a slightly different smell that I wasn't fond of but not over powering at all. No one else noticed it but I think since I processed it I was more sensitive to it.

Heres a tray of jerky I made from it. Everyone even people who don't usually eat wild game loved it.

In all honesty, my ram was about 47 years old.

Lol

If you want to grind, you can add Trehalose (LEM sells it) to reduce the gaminess. I use it in wild pig sausage. We processed a 250 pound boar a couple of years ago with Trehalose and it was great. Bring some of the meat home and try it. If you don't like it still, then don't bring it home again.