I have seen quite a few oddballs that you don't find at your average hunting ranch.

While hunting at Knowltons Laguna Vista Ranch for Grant's, the place we were at had a warthog.

Then one guy I talked to talked about an Orbi. He guessed it would possibly go for 50,000. Then Blue Duiker, and the two Dik-Dik's.

Guenther's for about 2500
Kirks more I forget like 6000



But what is the strangest exotic hoofstock animal you had ever seen in your life(auction, hunting ranch etc.)

Though browsing the web I found a guy with a Takin for sale.*

Lots of exotics at 8 point ranch including giraffe, not hunting them but they are there.

Seen some New York Yankee's at The Ballpark once. They sure looked out of place.

Wow $50,000?

You could kill a hundred of them in Africa for that.

I have seen Dik-Diks for sale on exotic classifieds for 4k a piece.

I still think those Chinese Water Deer are cool looking critters, but I'm not sure if they would be rare in Texas. I guess the rarest I've seen in Texas would be Cape Buffalo.

Ugliest thing was a Pierre davids, I can tell you that

Is the Chinese Water Deer the one that looks like a vampire deer?

Henrieta the Pigmy Hippo.

Yep

4 horn sheep is my vote for the ugliest.

The chinicabra?

I would have to go with eastern bongo or markhor

Bongo's are cool

Bongo has to be it for me, man there pretty animals

I have yet to hunt exotics. High-fenced operations are hard for me to get interested in, and the prices are absolutely out of my league.

Oh, forgot to mention. I know someone who had a Forest Buffalo and a Saiga. Ranch here in Ohio. Guy could get nearly anything huntable African or Asian hoofstock in at incredible prices.

$1200 for a Thomson's Gazelle. Lodging, skinning etc. all included. And it was a challenging hunt. Shame the last Thommy he had was like 8 years ago.

He also had a Cape Buffalo for $1500 about 5 years ago.

WoW!!!!! That's unbeatable in Texas

Yeah. He had a Nubian Ibex for $3000. Just recently

Then $750 for Chinese Water Deer which he had 5 years ago.

And $4500 for a 29 inch Nile Lechwe.


Shame I spent $8500 for mine and it was only 26 inches, and the fact I shot mine like a day after he announced he would be getting it in. *facepalm* XD

He had a 32 inch Red Sheep for $1250.

And I shot a gold medal Armenian Mouflon off of him for $750.

That's what he's had in the last 5 or so years, that I remember. Sure he had more.

But the he HAS the ABSOLUTE BEST PRICES FOR WHITETAIL.

I'd say the neatest exotic I've seen seen is a white bull elk.

The ugliest/wierdest - jacobs 4 horn ram. I took one look at it and wondered why on earth would anyone want one of them butt ugly things..but then I suppose people look at some of my animals on the wall and think the same things (I know my wife does)!

Earl

The Pere David deer I shot on Saturday was pretty bizzare looking:

The hunting ranch I mentioned before, I know this isn't really an exotic 'exotic' but he had a Stone Sheep there about a dozen years back. It was in the lodge photo album.

Pretty good looking one too.

Could you pm me the contact info for this ranch in Ohio? Thanks

That Pierre David Deer is very nice

I worked at the 777 ranch for three years and saw just about everything on the ranch. I think the coolest was a caucasian tur. The most unique thing I ever saw was not there however. I saw a Mouflan/stones sheep cross that was amazing.