Outwest
WKR
An area of barbary sheep country in NM was opened to OTC tags this year. For a mere $104, you can hunt one of the coolest animals in New Mexico.
We had waited until October to start hunting so that we could have cooler temperatures and less snakes (No luck on the snakes). We started out yesterday morning glassing from a high ridge and turned up 17 sheep off the side of the adjacent drainage. One ram in particular looked familiar, and if it was the ram we thought it was, he was worth dropping the 1500 feet to make a stalk on him. We dropped down off the ridge and set up on a high knob above the sheep. We watched and waited for the sheep to move off of the top of the mountain so we could stalk up on the other side and be out of sight. After watching for 3 hours, we knew the ram we had seen in the group was the same ram we had seen back in February. We had been looking for him since and had not been able to find him before yesterday. We named him "Buffalo" because of his crazy body size and mass. We had also seen another ram in the group that had a broken leg and was the second largest. We decided that we would be happy to put a tag on either one of these rams.
The sheep finally moved to the north side of the mountain which allowed us to move into position. We had both Buffalo and the broken leg ram bedded down at 330 yards. After an hour of waiting, Buffalo stood and my buddy made a perfect shot. The ram dove off the mountain out of sight. Knowing he was down, we waited and made some phone calls. Suddenly, the broken leg ram made another appearance above his earlier bed. I decided he was worth my tag for the year and I dropped him in his tracks. 2 Great sheep in less than 30 minutes. Definitely an awesome day on the mountain.
My Ram
26 1/2" long with 12" Bases
"Buffalo"
31" with 13 1/2" bases
Riding out in the exo. 7 hours of straight grind, worth every step.
We had waited until October to start hunting so that we could have cooler temperatures and less snakes (No luck on the snakes). We started out yesterday morning glassing from a high ridge and turned up 17 sheep off the side of the adjacent drainage. One ram in particular looked familiar, and if it was the ram we thought it was, he was worth dropping the 1500 feet to make a stalk on him. We dropped down off the ridge and set up on a high knob above the sheep. We watched and waited for the sheep to move off of the top of the mountain so we could stalk up on the other side and be out of sight. After watching for 3 hours, we knew the ram we had seen in the group was the same ram we had seen back in February. We had been looking for him since and had not been able to find him before yesterday. We named him "Buffalo" because of his crazy body size and mass. We had also seen another ram in the group that had a broken leg and was the second largest. We decided that we would be happy to put a tag on either one of these rams.
The sheep finally moved to the north side of the mountain which allowed us to move into position. We had both Buffalo and the broken leg ram bedded down at 330 yards. After an hour of waiting, Buffalo stood and my buddy made a perfect shot. The ram dove off the mountain out of sight. Knowing he was down, we waited and made some phone calls. Suddenly, the broken leg ram made another appearance above his earlier bed. I decided he was worth my tag for the year and I dropped him in his tracks. 2 Great sheep in less than 30 minutes. Definitely an awesome day on the mountain.
My Ram
26 1/2" long with 12" Bases
"Buffalo"
31" with 13 1/2" bases
Riding out in the exo. 7 hours of straight grind, worth every step.
