Female sheep

[mlevimadden]

I am a really big fan of eating good meat. there is a noticeable difference between a bull and cow moose as well as caribou. also where I live and hunt there are no ewe tags that I am aware of but I will be asking about them when I head down to get my tags later this year.

thanks for the responses, it's nice to get some knowledge from others experiences on this site.

I’ve killed 2 bighorn ewes in Colorado as I’ll never draw a ram tag. I had a blast on both hunts. You’re still spending time in beautiful alpine country, glassing rams, and hunting sheep.

I got 40# each from both my ewes. I figured all the talk about sheep meat was just because the tags are so hard to come by, but it really is the best game meat I’ve tried.

 

[buffybr]

I killed my Wyoming ram this past September, a beautiful, full-curl 7-year-old. My Parents and a good friend who accompanied my Dad and I on the hunt shared the meat. We all agreed that it was excellent, and wish we had more of it. For as bad as the old boy stunk when we were quartering him out we couldn't believe how good it was.

Congrats on your ram!

Two of my rams were 8 1/2 years old and the other was 9 1/2, and none of them smelled anywhere as bad as my mountain goat did.

 

[7RemMag]

Congrats on your ram!

Two of my rams were 8 1/2 years old and the other was 9 1/2, and none of them smelled anywhere as bad as my mountain goat did.

I've heard that mountain goat is pretty mediocre to eat, but I've never had it myself. I imagine they must smell worse than my mother's breeding bucks(goats), and if that's the case, I can't imagine.

 

[waspocrew]

Ewe tags are challenging to get but more available.

Primary problem is the cost. Some of the ewe tags are $3500.

For that much money, I’m not really interested in a ewe tag. Would be fun to be in sheep country though.

 

[AlbertaFisher]

Why can I shoot a female in any other species but sheep? Is there a legitimate reason?

In Alberta we can under a draw. 2-4 year wait. You are permitted to shoot either a lamb <1 year old or a ewe. You have to be a resident

 

[Renegade14]

I got lucky and drew a ram tag in 2023 and then a ewe tag in 2024. I thought my ewe tasted a lot better than my ram, although the ram was shot during the rut and the hormones might have affected things. The ewe hunt was just as much fun as the ram, if not more. I actually missed an opportunity at a ewe from getting sheep fever and shaking so much, never had that happen in my life on any other animal. That hunt was on a unit where the sheep are basically at carrying capacity. They won't move one direction into habitable areas, and they can't move the other direction towards domestic sheep.