I book a hunt with mulie Mike a year ago and was excited to chase a true free range trophy and collect meat as well. I booked it and was pumped then started talking to people and they all said it was trash. I quickly became upset with hunt for the plain fact I was told meat is not edible. I'm not one to hunt to chase horns so I did not feel right about it. Met with my guide Mike set me up with and had a blast harvested what I consider a giant for the area I hunted in terilingua. My guide actually told me the meat was good so I took some home and tried it. I thought it was great. Since then I've had a few younger females I collected of certain ranches trying to cut numbers and take all the meat. I cook it and everyone says they really enjoy. First off I do the same with most my animals j hunt as soon as I can get to them I bled then out best I can and let the meat soak in salted ice water changing it often for two or three days. Meat comes out great. I recommend beating with a tenderizer mallet and breads ding and making chicken fried steak. Sorry for the longer read but give the meat a shot you will like it. Just to be clear so no one thinks I was putting down my hunt with mulie Mike it was by far my favorite hunt I've ever done and have been trying to talk my military buddies to going back with me.

Aoudad is one of the best. Young, old, big, small. My 31" ram made into karahi gosht is one of the best game dishes I've ever eaten. I've eaten stuff out of him, a mid/high 20s" ram, and a full grown ewe, and though the big guy definitely took a while to cook: 4 hours in the pressure cooker!

More than likely, your aoudad's were shot on a high fenced ranch that were eating corn, protein, and alfalfa. That will definitely change the taste compared to a free range aoudad that has to eat what it can find.....