Desert Bighorn Ram hunt,,

[duckhunt]

At my age (late 30’s) and late to the points game I don’t even bother with sheep. Unless it was through a raffle or maybe a dall (even those are getting out of reach now) I don’t think I’ll ever get to hunt one. This is also not me complaining, it’s just a math problem.

The closest I’ll probably get to hunting desert sheep would be booking an aoudad hunt. You hunt a lot of the same country and often may get an opportunity to see desert sheep.

I think sheep is one of the coolest animals in the west but I'm with you on only doing raffles. I retire in 4.5 years and am thinking as a gift to myself doing west texas auodad.

 

[Mustangs Rule]

At my age (late 30’s) and late to the points game I don’t even bother with sheep. Unless it was through a raffle or maybe a dall (even those are getting out of reach now) I don’t think I’ll ever get to hunt one. This is also not me complaining, it’s just a math problem.

The closest I’ll probably get to hunting desert sheep would be booking an aoudad hunt. You hunt a lot of the same country and often may get an opportunity to see desert sheep.

I am 78 years old. For an honest 30 years of my life, I actually lived in mountains with desert bighorn sheep. For another five years I lived in the city, but at least every few months i spent time out in the desert seeing them. That such a huge and majestic animal can actually live in such a harsh environment is a miracle on nature.

Their population numbers were so low for most of those 30 years i never felt right putting in for a tag. when their numbers rose, I did and drew a tag on my first ever appilcation.

 

[TheGrayRider]

Arizona desert bighorn sheep, rifle, guided, public land, December 2022, KOFA NWR, 13 Nonresident points.

Apply, apply, apply! You will hit sooner or later. Lightning does strike every so often.

Wheels up for me on October 13th for blue sheep (bharal) hunt in the Himalayan mountains of Nepal. (Indy-Dallas-Doha-Katmandu.)

Very blessed, thankful, and grateful for the opportunity to hunt and visit Nepal after 3 years of planning and training.

Good luck this upcoming season and happy hunting to all, TheGrayRider a/k/a Tom.