FACTS
Himalayan Ibex Facts
The Himalayan Ibex is indigenous to Karakurm & Himalayan Range of the Gilgit-Baltistan Region of Pakistan. A good number of the ibex population is occupying most of the Karakoram Range of Northern Areas of Pakistan. There are several community-managed hunting areas in Baltistan; the upper side of Skardu & CKNP are the immediate regions well known for ibex inhabitation.
The Himalayan Ibex are quite different from the alpine ibex in the horn shape that grows much longer and makes a curving arc in males. A head with horns over 40 inches in length would be considered a good trophy and anything above this would exceptionally be great.
FACTS
Ibex Size & Weight
Himalayan Ibex big male stands about 40 inches tall or 102 cm at the shoulder.
A big male could weigh over 110 kg or over 240 pounds .
Average Body height: 2’6″-3’3″ ft / 80-100 cm. Weight: 190- 265 lb / 86-120 kg
FACTS
Ibex Color
Ibex coat gets thick and woolly during winters and gets shed in at the start of the summer.
Himalayan Ibex have variable colors, that rang from pale brown to dark brown. They have a darker dorsal stripe with bit whitish neck patch and usually with a lighter saddle patch.
Ibex are usually darker in color during summer compared to winter.
FACTS
Inhabitant
Pakistani Ibex lives on the rocky dry mountains of Karakoram, the western Himalayas, and the Hindukush of the Gilgit-Baltistan Province of Pakistan.
Its geographical range is from Chitral in Pakistan, eastward to upper Hunza, remote Karakoram mountains, and the upper Shyok River in Gilgit Baltistan Province of Pakistan.
FACTS
Ibex Dwelling
Himalayan Ibex lives in a high alpine zone and could be found at 3200 to 5000 meters or 10000 to 16,000 feet altitude.
Himalayan Ibex is a higher dweller animal compared to Markhor. Snow during winter can bring them down. Ibex has spread around at almost every location on Hindukush and Karakoram as well as on the Himalayan mountain range.
FACTS
Horn Length
The average size of Ibex is 38-40 inches horn. It is found that the Himalayan Ibex horn can be up to 46 inches in length.
A bull with around 40 inches of horn length is agreed as a good trophy, and if anything is over 44 or 45 inches must be considered excellent.
FACTS
Hunting Season
Ibex hunting season starts in October and last till the month of April.
The best hunt time is from 15th December to 15th January each year.
The easy hunt time is considered during the months of February and March.
Successful Hunts
Himalayan Ibex Hunting
Two Spanish hunters Miguel Gonzalez Menendez and Joaquin Benjamin Jimenez Labadle hunted Himalayan ibexes in Community Controlled Hunting Areas Hushe Ghanche by paying permit fees each under trophy Hunting program.
Miguel Gonzalez Menendez and Joaquin Benjamin Jimenez Labadle
Trophy Hunting
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SCIENTIFIC CLASSIFICATION
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Caprinae |
| Genus: | Capra |
| Species: | Capra sibirica |
| Subspecies: | Capra sibirica sakeen |