Good information.

At the risk of getting my head chopped off, I’ll say that 6.5 Creedmoor is too light too - especially at those distances.

I’ll also say that I will never be convinced that 800+ yard shots are ever necessary. On anything. No one is that poor a hunter. Those shots are taken because the shooter just wants to take them.

I never sign up for these audad hunts because I have no desire to keep the meat or haul some animal out 2 miles that I plan on feeding to the buzzards. If we could feed the coyotes this and other hunts would look much more inviting

I have never understood this sentiment. I shot a ewe in Palo Duro and she was excellent table fare. And even if you want to be wasteful, the hunt officials tell you during orientation you are under no obligation to keep any portion of the animal.

Anyone been on this hunt before that can help me out with recommendations. My brother and I got drawn for the first hunt period Jan 7-9. Trying to plan as much as possible and understand the requirements for safety as well as the best chance to be successful. The harvest statistics kind of seem all over the place and wondering if it has to do with weather or if some locations really are better than others.

Please PM me if you can help me out.

I did not post this to spark a debate over who's caliber size is the "correct" size or to debate over the distance of shots be correlated to "who can shoot the furthest" or the current fads in calibers. I simply posted this to provide information about a hunt that has very little available information online to assist hunters in making good choices if you are lucky enough to draw this hunt.
I did not pull the trigger once this year. As I stated in the first paragraph, I have hunted Aoudad several times before and harvested in Caprock Canyons in previous years. I did not go on this hunt to increase the number of Aoudad in my repertoire, I went to enjoy the fellowship of my friends (one of which had never hunted Aoudad before) and maybe find him that one that we all look for. We gave permission for a father and his young son to hunt our compartment on the last day and they both harvested 26" and 28" rams. We saw three really nice Rams on top of the mesa on day one but they were not in our comfort zone so we passed on them. We were the third hunt in three weeks and the sheep were pretty scattered.
Again, I am willing to share any information that I have including all of my maps and where we saw sheep and helpful information I have along to anyone interested.

Wondering if there is anyone out there with information on this hunt, currently? I drew this hunt trying to do some research and this thread is the best information I’ve found available.