TX- “Return of the Desert Bighorn”

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“In the late 1800s, there was a healthy population of Bighorn Sheep in Texas. However, due to disease from domestic sheep, unregulated hunting, and habitat competition, Bighorn Sheep were extinct in Texas by 1960. With a common duty to be a steward of the land and the wildlife that inhabit it, the Texas Bighorn Society, Texas Parks and Wildlife, the Wild Sheep Foundation, and thousands of volunteers went to work to restore wild sheep populations. Due to their efforts, roughly 1500 Bighorn Sheep currently inhabit Texas, marking it as one of the most incredible conservation success stories in America. “

That was fantastic Bobo. Thanks for posting that for us to enjoy.

Awesome video! They're beautiful animals and I'm glad they have made a comeback in Texas. Thanks for posting.

Thanks for posting that. Majestic animals!!!

Great video.

1500? I had no idea. That’s outstanding.

Great video Bo Bo. Love the scenery, especially Black Gap aerial.

Good start but 1500s not that many id magine theirs way more aoudad.

I think they said there are 25,000 aoudad in Texas.


But there are a lot in the Palo Duro area and the Hill Country.

Yeah, but it's 1500 more than we had 50 years ago.

Very cool. Good video.

Awesome video.

These are "Nelson's" Desert Bighorn Sheep, right ?

Full Nelson or half Nelson?

This is great. Thanks for sharing!

Awesome!

What was not mentioned in the video was the elimination of a sizeable elk herd in the same area where the big horns were transplanted, that was done by TPWD personnel.

Yelper was some studs taken that year on surrounding properties too that where pushed out of SD. I struck out but a fellow mod’s team killed a giant. I’m curious size wise what all they actually killed in the park.

Oklahoma raises 100k plus a year on thier elk draw hunts.

They'd have a much better time of it if we could reduce the aoudad and the wild asses

They are in BB State Park too. Coming back from Terlingua one evening (about 18 months ago) around 6 PM we saw a ewe going back up the mountain on the east side of the big hill on 117 about 2 curves down from the crest. Pretty cool critters.

Cool video, cant wait until they bring back elk, speed goats and bear to the dfw area

Great video!

We hunted right next to Black Gap WMA, in November. I love that country!!!!

The landowner told us to please shoot some Aoudad if we saw them, and to mark and let him know if we saw a Desert Bighorn. We saw no sheep, but the country will take your breath away, and I was just proud to walk on it, and breath that air.

My wife walked in at the end of it and it caught her attention. she said Blk Gap isn’t that one of the ones you grip about never drawing a mule deer tag for? It’s an isolated, middle of no where, abyss of a desert Mountain, why?” then she repeats “ isolated middle of nowhere Mountain, never mind,,,,, you are so weird” and walked off.

I sent my wife pics, in the evening at the house, the only place there was a signal.

She said "damn sure your kind of place."

That is one of those videos that just captivates anyone who is an outdoor enthusiast, enjoyed it thoroughly thanks for posting

From a buddies ranch in the bend

This was filmed on my family’s ranch 2 years ago. Gotten a tag 11 of the past 12 years. And please don’t question the validity of this video. I have no reason to make this up.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=s6WgrZrINqI

That is one of the best hunting videos I have seen. Amazing country.

This video is truly exceptional for the views of the country and enough of the characters, plants, animals, etc. Kudos!

Awesome videos! I ate some $90K big horn meat once. It was okay.

What a great hunt. Thanks for sharing.

Absolutely love that country....

My favorite part of the world.

Just my .02,
LeonCarr

Incredible.

I've taken a week long canoe trip down stretches of the Rio Grande very similar to that. Did the lower canyons from Big Bend then through the state park. Gorgeous country.

Would be a blast to hunt your way down it.

Great story! I wish we had as good of luck with our bighorn sheep program. Whereas our elk herds have been quite successful, our bighorn sheep program has struggled. I believe our sheep are Rocky Mountain Bighorns. Not sure how many we have but disease (I think pneumonia, etc) seems to keep our herd low. They usually auction one permit off per year and have a lottery for one more. The auction brings high dollars but it all goes to the herd, so it is a good thing even for those of us that cannot participate at that level. They're pretty rare but I have seen some of them and taken pictures while out antelope hunting and that alone was worth it to me.

cool!

Man, I would be just happy hunting them with a camera. This is really cool. Makes me want to do a West Texas trip soon.