Thread: Sheep hunting!

Originally Posted by Marty Henry

A few years ago I got asked to help remove some feral sheep in a pine plantation. Cunning bastards could not be dogged out enough attempts had been made at that.
I initally took a 223, which turned out to be a mistake 4-5 years wool is a pretty effective bullet proof vest!
One guy who must have done this before had a 303 with fmj ammo I dont think anything escaped him.
Some were recovered and they were suprisingly some of the best mutton lve ever had

I guy I know did some wild sheep shooting years ago in the BOP while he was off from deer culling.
Found a couple of old rams with good heads and heaps of wool. Absorbed a few shots chest on from a calibre that you would expect to do the job (wont mention as I will get called a fibber).
Once it turned sideways different story-straight through the cleats in the wool, down like a stone.
when he cut it up the chest was all bruised. The wool had acted like a Kevlar vest.
I saw the head and it was a cracker. Never did anything with it but it got scored in the late 90's and it was a top sheep head in NZ at the time.
Full turn and a bit-nice butter yellow. It was the smaller one of the two as well but it looked nicer-less sharding at the base.