Rarest/Most bizzare exotic you ever seen

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.

Axis master,
Do you have any contact info for that ranch in Ohio?

Most bizarre exotic I have ever seen was a steel blue bull Nilgai swimming across Baffin bay and onto a small island. I guess he was off the King.It's good thing it was a long ride back to the truck.

Not all that rare, but dang sure unique. This is a Pere David deer that a friend of mine killed on our ranch in Clarendon.

Good lord!!!!!!!

There were some muntjac that escaped from the Clovis Zoo a few years back. Heard they have been seen as far east a Muleshoe, but not sure what the guidelines for hunting them would be.

That is interesting!! I've never heard anything about this...

If they are free-ranging in Texas, then there are no regulations/seasons on hunting them.

Pretty darn rare and darn sure bizzare is the Pere David deer.

Not that rare I dont know, came across a really nice Springbok by itself on some low fence in Utopia. Didnt know what it was at the time so let it be and now that Ive been to Africa and being able to eat them I kick myself thinking about that great table fare that I just let walk away.

I was in Concan floating the river one summer and ended up meeting the people up at the front shop. Was drinkin a few and talkin to a guy bout hunting. Ended up he was a guide down there and ended up takin me to a huge neighboorhood thats fenced off with all kinds of exotics. Was crusin through till he found what he wanted to show me. It was a HUGE axis and what made it so crazy was that it had 3 giant drop tines of the left side that mirror imaged his top tines.....iv never seen one like it so thought it was cool

And you went on this trip with out a camera ????????

Ha I was half lit and just hangin out havin a good time...was a sper of the moment thing. and i dnt have a camera except for my phone....i need to get one someday

Saw one of those at a zoo once. One ugly pig.

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Wow!! Thats one hell of a hog!

Very cool looking hog.

The color picture is giant forest hog from West Africa, the black and white is called a birbosa or something like that. There's one at the San Antonio zoo.

Saw a swimming pig at Aquarena Springs some years back.

LOL

Okapi (below) are beyond strange, the diminutive Muntjac deer have always fascinated me & ditto on Bongos being the most beautifully strange animals in the hunting world!

A rancher I go to had a Soemerring's Gazelle avalible a few years ago.

Shame I missed it, the only place you can hunt the dang thing's is in Ethopia, and I am not going over there.

Who was it that had these??

It's the most bizarre thing I've ever seen.....including that is jacob's four horn sheep.

The rarest I've seen would have to be Pere David and/or eland and/or Nubian ibex and/or wildebeest. I haven't been to any huge ranches like the 777 or YO or anything.....the biggest would be Rattlesnake Springs and Purple Sagw when I was real little

That's awesomely crazy! I need contact info...

does seeing a camel get hit by a HUMMWV count as exotic hunting?? if so Kuwait before the 04-05 big excursion into Baghdad we were rolling along in the dusk ans a whole herd of the bastages were crossing the road and I was lucky enough to be one of the guys to hit one....we actually hit 6 total!!

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Anyone heard from Axis master?

One of my huntin buddies clients he's guided for yrs and who spends litterally hundreds of thousands of dollars ea. yr on diff. hunts went to New Zealand a few yrs ago and shot an Australian Water Buffalo 109in inside measurement...said he had to pay it out..it was $150K..This guy has a 4500 sq. ft trophy rm
and mostly just hunts..Don

He doesn't by chance live in San Marcos does he?

I bet that guy can tell some stories. I would love to see that trophy room.

For most African Game your about a dozen years too late. Though one thing I can say about Whitetail is that he offers 150-160 class bucks on special for about $1500. I got a 18 point 192 B/C Monster for $4500 along with a gorgeous 173 mainframe 10 pointer for $3000 earlier in the year. He had a 270 class buck for $7000, shame I missed the chance to be able to harvest him, I was hunting for Fallow Deer

And the place is called Double D Ranch. Located in Mcaruther Ohio

He lives in San Francisco and my buddy in Ctr. Point who's guided
him for antelope over the yrs. says he has a lot of B&C records
and never sends them in..does the hunting for himself..and he sometimes sells Cabela's and Bass Pro Shope the heads to mould the horns for their displays...He's old as I so he must still be
getting around well...Don