My grandfathers Argali Altai skull mount from Mongolia

[Argalialt]

Sharing a picture of my grandfathers skull mount of an Argali Altai. It currently resides in Australia.

 

[wildwilderness]

Very nice! I remember not too long ago when they were actually not that pricey to hunt. Sheep (Ovis) prices have gone bonkers the last few years.

 

[Sarg]

Very nice! I remember not too long ago when they were actually not that pricey to hunt. Sheep (Ovis) prices have gone bonkers the last few years.

Awesome thank you for sharing, when I was a kid I read a Gun magazine where a US hunter went into China & shot 66in or so inch Rams & picked up a 70in model with 22in bases !

These have always been super expensive to me, I think in the late 80’s they were US $25-30,000 & we were .40cent to the US dollar, that was half the price of a house back then !

Funny as in the last 10yrs or more haven’t seen many or any going over 54in back then 58-60 were common, now Marco Polo are the ones .

Prices did go Super insane on Markhor, but no way am i saying Sheep are cheap !

 

[Argalialt]

Awesome thank you for sharing, when I was a kid I read a Gun magazine where a US hunter went into China & shot 66in or so inch Rams & picked up a 70in model with 22in bases !

These have always been super expensive to me, I think in the late 80’s they were US $25-30,000 & we were .40cent to the US dollar, that was half the price of a house back then !

Funny as in the last 10yrs or more haven’t seen many or any going over 54in back then 58-60 were common, now Marco Polo are the ones .

Prices did go Super insane on Markhor, but no way am i saying Sheep are cheap !

Out of curiosity, how much would an Argali like this be valued at?

 

[MS 9x56]

Out of curiosity, how much would an Argali like this be valued at?

If it was my grandfathers? Priceless.

 

[Sarg]

Well if you mean the the Skull & horns you have there & not the hunt to take one, not much like most trophies I'm afraid .

That doesn't actually look like a High Altai Argali, bit more like the smaller Gobi Argali, that's if it was taken in Mongolia or China ?

As said, priceless if taken by yourself or family member !

 

[grand veneur]

Out of curiosity, how much would an Argali like this be valued at?

https://westfalia-jagdreisen.de/fileadmin/user_upload/Angebote2020/Mongolei_Argali_2024_ENG.pdf

I found this one in Altai during an Ibex and Maral hunt. It is not very big.

 

[wildwilderness]

Out of curiosity, how much would an Argali like this be valued at?

that brochure is listing a Gobi at 80k Euros and an Altai at 140k Euros- with other expenses additional… lately have heard of exorbitant tips and bribes expected to make things go smoothly on a number of Asian hunts….

Marco Polo sheep have not gone as high, maybe due to more availability?

 

[Tundra Tiger]

Out of curiosity, how much would an Argali like this be valued at?

"Out of curiosity" --> the real reason you posted?

I don't know Jack about these things but as others have said had it belonged to my grandfather it would be a moot issue: it wouldn't be going anywhere except on the wall next to my own trophies.

Short of that, myself personally, I would have zero interest in something shot by someone else I have no connection to. My guess is you are seeing out a very limited market. Though I guess there are folks who like to claim credit for things they did not take themselves, so maybe it's a bigger market than I think.

Example: many years ago I posted a photo on our agency's FB page of a monster grayling a colleague caught at the Refuge I work for. It was just the hands and fish at water's edge. Imagine my surprise when I saw the same unaltered photo on the personal page for the head of a major outdoor clothing line. People were congratulating him; he was not refuting them. It was not done as a share; rather he saved it to his device and posted as his.

 

[Nyati]

"Out of curiosity" --> the real reason you posted?

I don't know Jack about these things but as others have said had it belonged to my grandfather it would be a moot issue: it wouldn't be going anywhere except on the wall next to my own trophies.

Short of that, myself personally, I would have zero interest in something shot by someone else I have no connection to. My guess is you are seeing out a very limited market. Though I guess there are folks who like to claim credit for things they did not take themselves, so maybe it's a bigger market than I think.

Example: many years ago I posted a photo on our agency's FB page of a monster grayling a colleague caught at the Refuge I work for. It was just the hands and fish at water's edge. Imagine my surprise when I saw the same unaltered photo on the personal page for the head of a major outdoor clothing line. People were congratulating him; he was not refuting them. It was not done as a share; rather he saved it to his device and posted as his.

Hou would be surprised by how many folks are willing to claim trophies they did not shoot.

A friend of mine sold a Sable trophy he had shot in Mozambique, while it was at the taxidermy in RSA.

He was paid 20K USD, just imagine the size of that beast.

 

[MS 9x56]

"Out of curiosity" --> the real reason you posted?

I don't know Jack about these things but as others have said had it belonged to my grandfather it would be a moot issue: it wouldn't be going anywhere except on the wall next to my own trophies.

Short of that, myself personally, I would have zero interest in something shot by someone else I have no connection to. My guess is you are seeing out a very limited market. Though I guess there are folks who like to claim credit for things they did not take themselves, so maybe it's a bigger market than I think.

Example: many years ago I posted a photo on our agency's FB page of a monster grayling a colleague caught at the Refuge I work for. It was just the hands and fish at water's edge. Imagine my surprise when I saw the same unaltered photo on the personal page for the head of a major outdoor clothing line. People were congratulating him; he was not refuting them. It was not done as a share; rather he saved it to his device and posted as his.

Posers are everywhere.

 

[Tundra Tiger]

I have a friend and former hunting buddy who took a 55" bull moose (antlers only) as payment for something. He had a shoulder mount done with it. He has killed lesser bulls but was losing hunting time to work and family, and had resigned himself to the notion he was never going to get a big bull. He has never claimed he shot it - he just wanted a large one in his cabin.

Even that I couldn't do: if it's going on my wall then I killed it myself, or there is a strong tie involved, such as family. I can't imagine letting people believe I harvested something I didn't. I can't imagine the other corners such a person might cut in other parts of their life.

 

[Argalialt]

If it was my grandfathers? Priceless.

Well if you mean the the Skull & horns you have there & not the hunt to take one, not much like most trophies I'm afraid .

That doesn't actually look like a High Altai Argali, bit more like the smaller Gobi Argali, that's if it was taken in Mongolia or China ?

As said, priceless if taken by yourself or family member !

Yes, holding onto it and hopefully keeping it within the family

My grandfather hunted it in Mongolia with a friend many years back. He left behind some photos of the sheep after he caught it and a journal during his trip. Beyond that, I’m not too familiar with the more nuanced knowledge about this sheep

"Out of curiosity" --> the real reason you posted?

I don't know Jack about these things but as others have said had it belonged to my grandfather it would be a moot issue: it wouldn't be going anywhere except on the wall next to my own trophies.

Short of that, myself personally, I would have zero interest in something shot by someone else I have no connection to. My guess is you are seeing out a very limited market. Though I guess there are folks who like to claim credit for things they did not take themselves, so maybe it's a bigger market than I think.

Example: many years ago I posted a photo on our agency's FB page of a monster grayling a colleague caught at the Refuge I work for. It was just the hands and fish at water's edge. Imagine my surprise when I saw the same unaltered photo on the personal page for the head of a major outdoor clothing line. People were congratulating him; he was not refuting them. It was not done as a share; rather he saved it to his device and posted as his.

Yes I’m equal parts interested in the history and nuanced knowledge of acquiring this sheep, whilst also feeling uncertain about what to do with it and if I should hold onto this one or another.

My immediate family and I are not hunters - we grew up in the suburban areas of Australia where culturally it’s much less common. My grandfather had many mounts on his walls growing up and they’ve now been passed down.

I would like to keep one, but I’m not sure if there is an interest or market for the others.

He also has a taxidermy mounted Sambar and stones sheep. And red deer/wapiti mounted antlers.

 

[Sarg]

lol I suspected you were in Australia & was going to say that but then I saw the address on the letter & later you said as much.

The Stone is not a monster but I’m sure has some value, if you were in the US I’m not sure you can even sell Mt Sheep mounts or horns ?

The Taxidermy work isn’t of a high standard & the trophies are not practically large, again the Stone would have some value, some where in Australia ?