Aoudad Euro

[walker1983]

I am doing a euro on a nice low fence Aoudad.
I’ve done alot of WT but how do I do the horns on an Aoudad?
… as I understand they are basically living tissue towards the ends of the horns.

I assume I need to remove the horns and boil out the skull and horn bases?

Thanks for any input.

[Hills of Texas]

Steam the horns in a metal trash can. Sometimes they will pop of in 30 minutes, sometimes 3 hours. If you boil the skull do so low and slow. Aoudad are bad about falling apart on you.

[AntlerCollector]

Yes. Remove them then do the skull as you normally would

[Walker]

Cold water maceration. Change the water every day and it won't stink. Cleans the skull and releases the horns.

[PYBUCK]

Some things are better left to the experts. This is one of them for me.

[ArcheryNerd]

The horns will warp with too much moisture and heat. I should have wrapped them in a towel and taped them up before I put them in the pot.

I would expect the aoudad to be similar to my ram

https://discussions.texasbowhunter.com/forums/showthread.php?t=543094

[BigCountry101]

How likely are you to shoot another one? If you mess it up, how mad will you be? Personally, I would spend the 2-300 and get it done by the taxi.

[ragehunter21]

The best way to do it is to drive over to Brosig's and drop him off

[bigbad243]

Whatever you do, do not ever boil anything related to euros. Simmer is best. Its easy to get Aoudad horns off, you just have to be patient and and sometimes a rubber mallet helps haha. Only water, don't use any chemicals for horn removal.

[slayr]

First, drill a small hole in the back each horn a couple of inches from the base, you’ll need this to realign the sheaths once you’re finished. Remove as much skin/tissue as possible, place in a contractor bag with a little bit of water and tie bag closed. Leave outside for a week or until you’re able to grab horn and it slides off of skull.

Next you can boil as needed. I cut some of the top of the horn base off so it’d fit in my pot. I left prob 10-12” attached.

I attached the sheaths back on using hot glue, figured with that I could remove if I messed it up.

Here’s a pic of mine before I put peroxide on the skull.

[RF76]

I'm currently doing a euro on the one I shot last Friday. I am in the process of removing the horn sheaths.

[Jon B]

Found a guy in my area that did it for $80. Fantastic job.

[TXBRASS]

How likely are you to shoot another one? If you mess it up, how mad will you be? Personally, I would spend the 2-300 and get it done by the taxi.

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Awesome Aoudad by the way!!!


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[walker1983]

Thanks for the responses.

My wife puts up with alot, but don't think she will go for the Aoudad in the trash bag routine.

I have probably done 50 WT before, but sounds like this one might be for the professionals.

The Aoudad came off a small low fence place that I am working on in Mitchell County. I hit it through both shoulders with a 6.5, no blood - and it went about 100 yards without ever acting like it was even hit. Took me an hour to find it. I have hammered a dozen deer w/ that rifle, but those Aoudads must be built like freight trains.

[RF76]

Thanks for the responses.

My wife puts up with alot, but don't think she will go for the Aoudad in the trash bag routine.

I have probably done 50 WT before, but sounds like this one might be for the professionals.

The Aoudad came off a small low fence place that I am working on in Mitchell County. I hit it through both shoulders with a 6.5, no blood - and it went about 100 yards without ever acting like it was even hit. Took me an hour to find it. I have hammered a dozen deer w/ that rifle, but those Aoudads must be built like freight trains.

I shot mine last week with a 6.5 and I aimed low on the front shoulder, clean pass through and ran 10 yards, it also left good blood trail. I shot it with 142gr Hornady Precision Hunter.