Aoudad feed?

[Guest]

Ive killed a ton of aoudad both in west Texas and here in central Texas. I've always worked on ranches and every one I've hunted was free range. I'm now the foreman of this ranch in llano, and we have a ton of good aoudad but I would like to offer them a self feed or just a couple feeders by a few water tanks I have. Do y'all know any good feeds that they prefer. They like cattle cake I know but that's hard to feed out of any feeder and I was thinking alfalfa pellets but my Javelinas love those even more. Any help is appreciated just want my "pets" to have a go to snack area. I've shot a couple over thirty so I like to just look at them now.

[Corn Sack]

I hear that they are quite the protein hogs. I would bet they would take to a goat feed pretty well

[mexico70]

Had a lease on the Devils river and we'd fill protein feeders and set our cameras and when we'd check them 30days later you'd see heards of Audad show up and camp out for few days till all the protein was gone . So I'd just feed protein plus your deer may even get a little nibble depending on your Audad population. I'm telling you those dang things are worse than pigs ! The first year we thought they were cool ! But after everyone had a ram on the wall we remembered we wanted a good deer lease not a Audad Sanctuary.

[Patton]

Agreed on the protein, they love it. As far as aoudad and water go, they get most of there water from the plants they eat and can go 10-14 days (I think) without drinking.

[Guest]

Hey guys thank you! I appreciate it! I'll try it

[Crazy Horse]

Agreed on the protein, they love it. As far as aoudad and water go, they get most of there water from the plants they eat and can go 10-14 days (I think) without drinking.

100%....ours will sit in the protein pens & run off everything...

[TGoody]

Alfalfa. They can smell it from a looooooong ways away! I can not have them hitting my feeders with just corn then throw out a few flakes of alfalfa and they are on the camera within 24hours. 3k acre area

[Guest]

100%....ours will sit in the protein pens & run off everything...

So if I plant feeder with alfalfa pellets and a protein feeder on either side of a water tank then they should stay pretty close? Haha this is a 2k acre place I have a 12 section place in Sanderson with them on it too but I leave them to the cow cake mine here in llano I like to see every day.

[Guest]

Alfalfa. They can smell it from a looooooong ways away! I can not have them hitting my feeders with just corn then throw out a few flakes of alfalfa and they are on the camera within 24hours. 3k acre area

So what kind of a food plot might be good for these animals? I have about a twenty acre field on top of one mountain that has three water seeps coming up out of it with cedar and oak on both sides, it real good dirt I have been thinking of planting it but I'm not very educated in food plot stuff.

[TGoody]

So what kind of a food plot might be good for these animals? I have about a twenty acre field on top of one mountain that has three water seeps coming up out of it with cedar and oak on both sides, it real good dirt I have been thinking of planting it but I'm not very educated in food plot stuff.

Not too sure on a food plot. I've hunted them for 5 years on several different types of terrain and they all seem to have patterns. If they find a natural location they like, it doesn't take much to keep them there. The past two years have been good rain wise and they love water. They really like to find places on the edge of creeks or ponds that they can roll around in while they graze.

If you do start putting protein in a feeder make sure you stake it into the ground. They will knock the legs off to get more out of the feeder

[Tradman1971]

Protein!!

[Highplainsmalla]

Beng that they are in the sheep family you need to look at the copper level. Purina has a Antler Advantage Wildlife product that is designed for mixed species feeding.