Anybody know what this is?

[Wapiti7]

One of my rancher clients in the Gila (NM) sent me this picture from his game camera at one of his drinkers and asked if I knew what it was. There isn't an exotic game ranch anywhere close to his place. Nearest I could come up with is a Persian Ibex (they were released by Game and Fish in NM down on the border years ago), but I've never heard of them anywhere close to that far north. Sorry, the picture is kind of granular as I had to zoom in a little.

 

[Bitterroot Bulls]

Looks like an Ibex to me.

 

[humbletaxi]

+1 on the ibex

 

[cali_hornhunter]

probably on ibex

 

[Muleys 24/7]

A BIG super spike deer! haha. It has to be an ibex

 

[tradarch61]

Or maybe a large winged bird in flight

 

[ivorytip]

thats crazy, looks out of place, no? deff an ibex but would look much better if were a huge elk

 

[Wapiti7]

thats crazy, looks out of place, no? deff an ibex but would look much better if were a huge elk

Well then how about this picture from a couple weeks earlier at the same tank.

 

[jay]

that's what i'm talkin bout!!!!

 

[justinthedoc]

Ah the mystic flight of the arrow.... Now that I look at it it does look like a hawk or something like that on a up wing beat when you blow it up. It doesnt make sense cause if you look hard enough you can see the trunk of a tree right where you think the head is, and what looks like ears I believe is the tail. Just my take

 

[Bitterroot Bulls]

Ah the mystic flight of the arrow.... Now that I look at it it does look like a hawk or something like that on a up wing beat when you blow it up. It doesnt make sense cause if you look hard enough you can see the trunk of a tree right where you think the head is, and what looks like ears I believe is the tail. Just my take

Yep could be ... tough pic.

 

[ivorytip]

haha, ur right on the money justin, its funny what you see when your mind allready has something inplace

 

[Muleys 24/7]

I think Justin got it. After looking at it again, I would say it's a large bird in flight too.

 

[jay]

Its a bird, its a ibex, its a "oh yeah, a bird"!!! Thats funny! Good bulls nevertheless...

 

[wolftalonID]

Well....if you ask the Sasquatch hunter guys, I am sure they would be leaning toward a confirmed squatch sighting there.....haha.

However, I do agree a bird, due to the un obstructed view of the tree in the back ground where as a large animal would have blocked that view.

 

[In God We Trust]

Those 3 are definitely all Ibex! I hope I have that Ibex problem this fall.

 

[HuntWYODon]

Either a bird landing or taking off or a fallow deer ? Are there exotics on the ranch ?

 

[BigT]

Bird flying away from the camera. Nice on the other pic

 

[Wapiti7]

Some other pictures from that cam

 

[sjsmallfield]

Looks like a pretty productive cam if you ask me. Nice pics.