Successful Aoudad Charity Hunt!

Darryl and I took the Joe Jelinski Aoudad hunting this past weekend at the Hackberry.  Joe was the winning bidder at an auction for the Austin Woods and Water Club, which is dedicated to promote wildlife conservation and training a generation of new hunters.   Accompanying Joe was his friend Richard and Cliff Woerner, one of the members of AWWC.

It only took us two hunts, Thursday night and then Friday morning to get Joe's Aoudad.   He was one of four that came into the Cave Blind.  He was old, mature, and had a case of mange (Rhode's said they could airbrush it to match the hair color).   A perfect animal to take.

Richard was hunting for Axis does and hogs, but was unsuccessful.  He did see some good Axis bucks and lots turkeys, though.

Joe made a perfect shot from 130 yards with his 30-06.  Complete pass through and the Aoudad jumped and ran 30 yards.   He was quite a beast to get loaded, 210 pounds on the scale.

Congrats to Joe!