When Gen. Yoffe learned of the deer’s existence, he began courting Iranian officials. He invited the shah’s brother, Prince Abdol Reza Pahlavi, who was an avid hunter, to Israel’s Negev Desert to hunt the rare Nubian ibex, a desert-dwelling mountain goat found in few places outside Israel. Months later, he arranged a second hunting trip for another senior Iranian wildlife official, Rashid Jamsheed, who bagged an ibex with more than 53-inch antlers, the Safari Club International world record to this day.
