The Anatolian Ibex, which has the world's longest horns in relation to body weight (140 lbs), is the most handsome of the Ibex species with horns as long as 55". The hide of the male Ibex decorated in a wonderful harmony of black and white during the rutting season.
It is hunted in twelve different hunting areas, in Antalya in the west Mediterranean region, in the Taurus Mountains which extend east to the provinces of Mersin, Adana, Nigde, and in the Erzincan, Tunceli, and Adiyaman provinces of Eastern Anatolia, from November to March