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Background On This Bowhunt
What's
A Nilgai?
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What's
A Nilgai?
The Nilgai is native to the country of India and were first released
on the Norias Division of the King Ranch in the late 1930’s. A mature bull
weighs in at 500 plus pounds and a cow averages around 300 pounds.
The bulls are nicknamed “Blue Bulls” due to the color of their dark indigo
winter coat, and the cows are sandy brown in color. Only the bulls have
horns and a trophy will measure nine plus inches in length. These free
roaming animals are extremely elusive, wary, tough and are known to be
very aggressive during the rut, sometimes killing another bull during a
fight over a cow. We will be hunting them during the peak of the rut which
occurs during the month of January.
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