I think the Irish ibex are a bit like the leprechauns. Man some Irish people have no shame. I could be wrong. I googled and couldn’t find a single reference, asked a npws senior ranger. He laughed.

Yup 100% ...A Leprechaun would be more common than an" Irish Ibex". [Capra ibex) Alpine Ibex, Steinbock,Boquetin are only found in the Alpine regions of Europe.

So going by what they shot there. Some feral goats,a Jacobs sheep and by the looks of it some local lads old breeding ram...Oh good Lord.

Had never heard of Soay Sheep before and I always thought the "Ibex" were just goats gone feral. I can't find the video of yer man, will you put up a link.

Ibex are a specific breed of ungulate[goat family of animals] only found up in the European Alps. They couldn't survive even on our highest mountain range as it is unsuitable terrain, below 1800 meters. Wonder Diamond outfitters do for that video any proper research on what is available to hunt in Ireland,as it looks like he was fed a line.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpine_ibex

Clearly not an Alpine Ibex. But Wild Goat is also know as the Common Ibex. And there's a Spanish version too.

I think that's what the boys are claiming here. That it's some other species of ibex. An undiscovered one by the looks of things as google only seems to turn up the boys offer those hunts. Feral goats I'd say

Christ that vid was pure cringe! Some aul farmer will be traipsing over the hill looking for his ram!

It’s pretty telling that they had to move further out from a couple of the animals to get a fair shot, difficult hunting that.

That ram at the end didn’t even flinch when the shot went off.

I didn’t think it was legal in Ireland to use game callers like they did for the sika?

OTOH, you can say a mineral lick is you just being a good guardian of the animals and providing them with much-needed minerals post-calving and during the antler build during offseason when they need minerals.Although TBH I've tried both aniseed flavour and apple flavour and the only thing that enjoyed them were the local cattle and some feral goats![Or Irish Ibex!] Don't think Irish deer are that short of minerals to be really interested in the stuff.