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Re: Different wildlife

Post by Waffle Stomper » October 18th, 2021, 11:17 am

bobcat wrote:
October 15th, 2021, 7:05 pm
Great shot! Photographers can take as many pics as they want; hunters get one tag per lifetime. Just to be clear to those who may not immediately recognize it, the ram is a California bighorn, not an aoudad. Bighorn sheep are native but became extinct in Oregon; successful reintroduction efforts began in the 1950s.
Am I correct in thinking aoudads aren't even native? Although some ranches here have them.
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Re: Different wildlife

Post by bobcat » October 19th, 2021, 2:24 pm

Yes. See the 'splaining post just before cfm's bighorn pic.

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Re: Different wildlife

Post by Waffle Stomper » October 21st, 2021, 4:33 pm

bobcat wrote:
October 19th, 2021, 2:24 pm
Yes. See the 'splaining post just before cfm's bighorn pic.
Ooops missed it. :oops:
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Re: Different wildlife

Post by bobcat » March 26th, 2022, 5:54 pm

Ha. I never thought I'd see a Barbary sheep (aoudad) in a wild area in the U.S., but at Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico, a ewe and her lamb trotted across the road right in front of us. Apparently, they are considered an invasive species in both Texas and New Mexico and are culled via hunting permit. (They are native to the mountains of North Africa.)

Aoudad and offspring, Walnut Canyon, Carlsbad Caverns National Park.jpg

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