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Backcountry Hunting Podcast

How to Plan & Do An Aoudad Hunt

Backcountry Hunting Podcast

Joseph von Benedikt

Backcountry, Rifle, Deer, Podcast, Elk, Mountain, Sports, Hunt, Wilderness, Cartridge, Hunting

4.91.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2024

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Ever wonder how to put together a great hunt for aoudad, aka the "poor man's Desert Bighorn" aka Barbary Sheep? This episode has awesome intel, planning, and hunt strategy from seasoned guide Colton Heward and from onX Hunt top gun Dylan Dowson. We cover everything from logistics to rifles and cartridges to pre-hunt practicing—all generously supported with great hunting stories. ENJOY!

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Transcript

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0:00.0

All right guys we have a special group here today. I mean there's just three of us I should say we have two special

0:07.0

guests to talk about aodad hunting what are they how do you get started and how do you pick and set up the ideal rifle

0:14.8

cartridge and bullet combination for hunting a dad so I want to welcome to the

0:18.8

show Colton Heward managing editor of Peterson's hunting old friend of the podcast, you all know him well, and

0:24.6

Dylan Dowson's been on the show here as well.

0:27.2

Dylan's with OnX and there's some cool new technology coming down the pipeline from Monix as well.

0:33.0

Maybe we'll get a chance to touch on that.

0:35.0

But first, just Fulton, Dylan, thanks for coming on the show today.

0:39.0

You bet.

0:41.0

Yeah, thank you.

0:42.0

It's always good to catch up and, you know, we've been talking about this one for a little while

0:46.2

and wanted to wait until you got done with your recent hunt, so I'm excited to learn

0:51.0

about that one a little bit as well.

0:53.0

Yeah, for sure. So all three of us have recently, let's say in the last two months or so, been fortunate enough to hunt

1:00.0

Aaudad and we're going to swap some of those stories here too as well but let's start at the beginning what the heck is an

1:06.8

audad where are they from what are they like

1:09.5

Tolton could you kind of cover that for us?

1:12.8

Yeah, Oddad also are also known as Barbary sheep,

1:17.3

and that actually heats to where they originate from

1:20.5

is the Barbary Coast of Northern Africa.

1:24.0

There is still some remnants of herds in Africa,

1:27.7

but by and large the most successful and largest populations

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