Auodad size/age help

[ShawnG]

#1!

[hoyt21]

If either will make u happy shoot the first opportunity you get! Or shoot both ! Good luck I love aoudad

[Jamesl]

#1 is a trophy. Shoot both of them.

[Bowtech Lefty]

I agree with #1 being a mature ram but either one would be a trophy with a bow in my book.....good luck!

[Moonstalker]

#1 is more mature and I think he is 30". Aoudad are hard to field judge but #1 is a trophy free range ram for sure.

By the way, it takes about 10 years for a free range aoudad to reach 30" (since you asked about age.)

Good info, thankya!

[laredoarcher]

ah man. that one is huge. i wanna shoot one so bad. good luck. JJ

[Moonstalker]

No Auodad showed this evening, I think the opening weekend traffic influx probably had them laying low, but I did let the air out of a nice boar hawg right before dark!

[talltexasshoote]

I think any free range auodad with a bow (ewes included) are trophys. They are really hard to draw on. They have amazing eyes and know how to use them. Shoot any one that makes you happy.

[junkmanhunter]

#1 is definitely a shooter. My guess is right at 30" we have them all over one of our leases. If you look at the body size of the two you can tell #2 is much younger, but is a great representation of the animal.

A couple things we use to judge them is if the horns turn in and make a small hook on end of horns, see#1. Look to see if there is hair rubbed off where horns are rubbing the sides of animal. Last one is look at base of horns, see how #1 the bases are grown together as opposed to #2 where there is a gap between bases. These are slow growing animals, just like Sika said,10 plus to get that big..

With all that said, if you're not hung up on a 30"er, then take the first one that presents a shot..

Good luck