Post by: hunting4sanity on March 06, 2016, 11:39:26 AM
Like many of you, over the years I've applied for many tags and have grown accustomed to rejections a couple of months later. One tag I've been trying to draw for the past five years is a New Mexico Barbary sheep tag. When New Mexico released the results of their draw this past year I received an email that started with a rather unusual phrase - "Congratulations!" The area hunted was near Roswell, NM. This was my first time ever to visit New Mexico and when I realized I wasn't going to make it there to scout I decided to hunt with guide Jesse Novak. Jesse was an invaluable asset on this hunt and a great all-around guy. I was amazed by how many thorny things those sheep are able to eat and surprised at how tough hiking in that broken-rocky terrain proved to be. This was a very demanding hunt physically and I returned home very sore, but very happy.
The pics are of the first morning of the hunt, followed by where the ram was spotted a mile and a half away, than as he lay when I walked up and some pics of the ram, then the trip odometer after getting back home.
Post by: MADMAX on March 06, 2016, 11:48:49 AM
Congrats
Did you eat it ?
just curious
Post by: hunting4sanity on March 06, 2016, 11:56:08 AM
Post by: carpsniperg2 on March 06, 2016, 12:01:02 PM
Post by: MADMAX on March 06, 2016, 12:18:14 PM
Thanks MADMAX. Yes, I did bring the meat home and have had some a few times now. I had heard several times that the meat is just not very good, but what I've had so far was good, quite tough but good flavor. My wife liked the backstrap that I cooked up, but even that was tough, so I'm guessing all of it will be tough. I had a bunch of chorizo sausage made up as well and that has been good.
good to know
that would be a neat trip to do
Post by: starbailey on March 06, 2016, 12:47:54 PM
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Post by: hunting4sanity on March 06, 2016, 05:22:10 PM
Oryx or Ibex next? Good jobThose tags are applied for every year as well, I'm hoping to get another "congratulations" email from New Mexico. This ram was spotted on the third day of the hunt, about 5 miles from camp.
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