Barbary sheep, also known as Aoudad sheep, were introduced to Texas from their native habitat in North Africa mid-20th century. Popular among hunters, considered an invasive species by farmers and ...

A strain of sheep brought to Texas by former World War II soldiers who had served near the Barbary Coast of North Africa and saw them as game for hunters has thrived so well in their adoptive home ...

Aoudad are native to North Africa, but inhabit desolate regions of West Texas and New Mexico. Every once in a while, Lady Luck lays her hand on your shoulder and serves up an unexpected success. Such ...

I’M NO SHUFFLEBOARD PLAYER, and the odds of my learning to play inside a West Texas water-silo-turned-hunting-camp powered by solar panels seem slim. But the 22-foot, regulation-size shuffleboard ...

Sick of shooting your sheep from the boring old ground? Don't worry, a Texas lawmaker proposed two bills to let you do it from the sky. Aoudad sheep bring shear destruction — they eat everything, ...

SAN ANTONIO – The National Park Service will close sections of the Big Bend National Park in October due to the aerial shootings of non-native aoudad (barbary sheep). The NPS said the removal of the ...

Every once in a while, Lady Luck lays her hand on your shoulder and serves up an unexpected success. Such was the case for me on a recent aoudad hunt in New Mexico with my good friend, Jesse Duebel, ...

Nearly two months ago, the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal launched its newest column series called Weird West Texas. Each week, we explore some of the most odd, eccentric and, sometimes, just plain weird ...

April 21 (UPI) --Residents of a Puerto Rican town said they are keeping their eye out for an aoudad -- a large wild sheep -- after the animal escaped from a local zoo. The Dr. Juan A. Rivero Zoo, ...

TEXAS, USA — Barbary sheep are massive beasts with large crescent horns and a mane that drapes from the bottom of their neck to their stomachs. Also known as aoudads, the animals are native to the ...

"Texas legalizes shooting invasive sheep from a helicopter for sport" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them ...

Barbary sheep, also known as Aoudad sheep, were introduced to Texas from their native habitat in North Africa mid-20th century. Popular among hunters, considered an invasive species by farmers and ...