Ovis anyone?

[Shane]

Any JHOers ever hunt asia for argali, urial, tur, ibex...?

It's on my 'dream hunt' list.

[dw33]

What country would you go to?

[7mm RM]

Wondering that myself http://www.jesseshunting.com/forums/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smiley-jhp-rocks.gif

[SacFireJT]

? Iran has some great animals, but then again, it is Iran!

[Shane]

I&#39;ll bite. Depends on what a person is hunting. The Argali sheep and ibex are impressive to me. Is there a certain country you would/would not hunt? Why?

[elmacho]

I am researching an ibex hunt in mongolia. Looks like a really great hunt, cost is not too crazy- like it is with argali. Ibex for about $10k vs argali for at least $25k.

I have always wanted the ibex, but don&#39;t want to wait to see if I never get drawn in New Mexico.

Plus, I am probably going to China with my family in 2008(you have to fly to beijing to get to Mongolia) so I may add it to the trip.......

From what I have seen from the Ovis Grand slam book they put out, most of Asia turns out some wicked trophies ---various argali, various tur, various ibex and other sheep. Guess it&#39;s like the x-games of hunting.

Good luck

[starbailey]

I&#39;m going to hunt Ibex this Nov in Kyrgyzstan. It&#39;ll be my first international trip. It started out as an ad on to a group of friends hunting Marco but since they stopped the importation of argali from Kyrg. the sheep hunters will go to Tigikistan insted. I would like to have been able to afford a marco but it should be a great experience no matter what i&#39;ll be hunting.
bryan

[Shane]

What an experience, for sure. Do you know which flavor of ibex you&#39;ll be hunting? I hope you get a chance to take a bunch of pics while you are there. I know I&#39;d like to see them.

Just to travel over there and hike around for a couple weeks would be a killer trip for me.

Best of luck!

[starbailey]

i&#39;ll be hunting mid-asian ibex. Kyrgyzstan is known to hold some of the largest of the species. I&#39;ll be sure to get lots of pictures!!!
bryan