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Backcountry Hunting Podcast

Best Aoudad Hunt of my Life: Mexico Delivers!

Backcountry Hunting Podcast

Joseph von Benedikt

Sports, Wilderness

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2026

⏱️ 103 minutes

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Summary

We love wild sheep hunting... but we can only afford to hunt Aoudad; aka Barbary Sheep; aka the "poor man's Desert Bighorn." This awesome episode was recorded raw and live in the field deep in the mountains of Mexico, and gives a blow-by-blow account of three experienced aoudad hunters all taking the biggest, oldest rams of their life. ENJOY! 

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Transcript

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0:00.0

There are a lot of ways to learn to be a better hunter.

0:04.0

The school hard knocks is my favorite way, but maybe the best way is to get a hold of

0:09.2

Tate Bradfield here, process-based hunter, and go to school.

0:13.8

Yes.

0:14.7

We have, well, we kind of co-host El Cunning Boot Camp.

0:19.2

Yes, we do it for two years.

0:20.5

Looking forward to another year coming up.

0:22.9

Colton Heward, managing editor of Peterson's Hunting Magazine, has helped us teach that as well.

0:29.1

Coming on as a specialty shooting instructor and somebody who knows a lot about elk.

0:34.7

And anyway, we're here in Mexico, old Mexico.

0:38.9

I don't know why, but I like saying old Mexico.

0:41.6

And we have just had the very best odd ad hunting experience of my life.

0:46.9

Not that I'm a vastly experienced odd ad hunter, but I really enjoy odd out hunting.

0:52.0

I have done half a dozen hunts.

0:53.9

This one is above and beyond for so many reasons.

0:59.8

And we're here to tell you that story's not.

1:01.9

So Colton, thanks for joining me on the show,

1:04.8

and mostly thanks for such a great week of hunting.

1:08.5

Yes, I would agree with that.

1:10.0

Only did you guys.

1:11.8

We're just long for the ride.

1:14.4

And to shoot big sheep.

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