That's right, I went sheep hunting. I'd known of an area with a herd of wild sheep for a long time, and finally got around to checking it out during a horrid norwester.
http://youtu.be/eJCGOlMG3RU
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That's right, I went sheep hunting. I'd known of an area with a herd of wild sheep for a long time, and finally got around to checking it out during a horrid norwester.
http://youtu.be/eJCGOlMG3RU
Just a few lance woods there
Interesting video mate,well done ....Have done a little of this my self,during my shepherding days....two places,Tikitik/Ruatoria area,and back side of Wgtn,Makara......all Rams that we’re CFA,gotten away,smart buggers that could never be mustered.......took the heads for trophies(lol),were cooked for the dogs or left for the pigs........these types of Rams/sheep always amazed me,...the dogs could never push them out of the Bush,they were always smart enough to never get caught in the muster......
Enjoyed the video...sweet
Nice!
Masterful! Great vid.
did it a couple of times, once with a compound bow. that was a hell of allot of fun
Great vid as usual Gimp.
Its been 10 years or so since I've been in there. I never targeted sheep, from memory I only ever just one deer from the area. You have inspired me to go and have another look...
I used to hunt wild sheep from the Hokonui hills, tasted great, but man were they covered in wildlife! Any ticks or lice on those ones?
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Originally Posted by Dama dama
The fleeces were grubby as anything, but I didn't see any wildlife crawling around on there. It's a nice spot, bit of a grunt in and out!
Nice vid there Gimp. Man it rams home how much I'm missing my legs at the moment.
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
@gadgetman Pun intended? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by gadgetman
Completely accidental, honest. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Tahr
I guy I know did some wild sheep shooting years ago in the BOP while he was off from deer culling.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marty Henry
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.
He’s telling the truth, he’s not funny.Quote:
Originally Posted by gadgetman
I'm not sure about the broadside shot parting the wool staples theory but I agree that sheep can be hard to kill. I shot quite a few wild sheep and sold their skins once when wool was worth a bob and they were more resilient to a .222 in the lungs than a deer was.Quote:
Originally Posted by csmiffy
And skins with a few years fleece on them are damned heavy. I found that out too.
If you ever do shoot a wild sheep that is any where near farm land its a good idea to whip the ears off or leave them on the head/skin to prove they don't have an ear mark in case you are challenged. Old commercial hunters like me will still leave the ears on every deer carcass we haul out (the packers wouldn't take them without ears). I'm so used to it that deer carcasses look naked without ears on them.
@Tahr fair enough.
Just going of what he reckoned-chest shot fail-side on Ok.
Nice video Gimp, it looked like a windy trip; nice wee hut too.
They sure are hard to kill. They’re obviously hardy animals as well, well adapted to living in the wild.
Tough to kill is right, the ram took a 147gr in the brisket at all of 20m range and ran ~20m before keeling over. The hut is nice, great porch. Smoky as hell though, don't light the fire.
I don't know the history of the herd, or my sheep breeds!!
Apparently the one my mate got was descendants from an old farm-merinos. Not sure of area just BOP so that's a fair area
The flock of sheep in the area that Gimp went hunting are decedent's of early merinos.
@berg243 I had a "pet" hokonui ram that I caught as a lamb in the bush about 20 years ago. Mothered it onto one of my fathers Romney ewes (once we had dipped in some super nasty chemical to rid of all the wildlife!). It was never big in the body but grew quite a nice set of horns. Its issue, as you say, was that you couldn't really contain it. The old man gave it to someone who had a small flock of hokonuis on her lifestyle block.
Brilliant!
Whats the BOP you refer to? Bay of plenty? :wut:Quote:
Originally Posted by csmiffy
@matto1234 yeah mate Bay of Plenty.
haven't had anything to do with him for years so cant really find out specifics
Thanks Gimp for that,brought back many fond memories,, took those same steps on many a trip after sheep.
I would have thought that hut would be long gone,have the name on back of slides somewhere,,smokey bastard.
Did you go in over Table Top?
Thought of you while I was there. Hut still smokes...Quote:
Originally Posted by doinit
Went in along the main ridge to the hut, track’s pretty overgrown in spots.
I have heard of wild sheep not too far from Hamilton. I might have to go have a look. Been a few years though so might have been shot out.
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Never heard of that before mate! Cool to knowQuote:
Originally Posted by csmiffy
Let me know if you want some company...Quote:
Originally Posted by Russian 22.
Sure. The info I'm going off is 4 years old. I will let you know as I've always been keen to see if there were any there.Quote:
Originally Posted by matto1234
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x2 Tauranga not too far away lolQuote:
Originally Posted by matto1234
Cool to watch. Cheers