Reference photo. The ranch's own photograph of this animal is on the way. Photo: Altaipanther, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; cropped and brightened.
Transcaspian Urial
A long-legged wild sheep with a dark ruff down the throat and horns that curl wide around the face.
The animal
- Trophy fee
- $9,000
The stay
Your stay is quoted with your hunt.
The trophy fee is the animal. Your lodging, guide and the rest of what comes with every hunt are priced with you when the hunt is planned, by the person who plans it.
No season. No draw. Texas hunting license required.
Plan this huntHunting transcaspian urial here
The Transcaspian urial is a wild sheep from the mountains and steppes east of the Caspian Sea, and it is the largest of the urial. It is a long-legged, rangy sheep with a reddish-brown to gray coat, a pale saddle on a mature ram, and a long ruff of black and white hair hanging from the throat down the chest. The horns sweep out wide and curl around the face rather than tight against it, and on an old ram they make a striking frame.
Urial are wild sheep in every way that matters. They are sharp-eyed and quick to leave, and they do not behave like a farm animal that happens to have big horns. A hunt for one is about patience and a good position: a blind where the sheep come to feed or water, or glassing an opening off the truck and waiting for the ram to stand clear of the others.
The ruff is one of the best ways to judge age at a distance. A mature ram carries a long, full one, and the horns will be heavy and wide. Your guide will help you sort a shooter from a younger ram before you take the shot. As an exotic in Texas, the urial has no season and no bag limit, and the only paperwork is a Texas hunting license.
Hunt it your way
- From a blind, before the sun is up
- Safari-style, off the front of the truck
- However you have always liked to hunt