NM Desert Bighorn Hunt

[Mustangs Rule]

Very cool. Thanks for sharing. I am always amazed at how folks find sheep in so much country.... Nice work!

One of my hobbies is watching wild sheep and mountain goats. I go about with both binoculars and a spotting scope. There is a “mental gear” that is required and it is a skill that has to be acquired. Once you pass a threshold and have seen enough of them a confidence and patience sets in.

Desert Sheep are hard to see, they are so well matched to their background, but so are dall sheep in areas with patchy snow

The hard part is putting in enough time to reach that threshold.

 

[runningmt]

Love the pics, thanks for sharing

 

[silasd]

One of my hobbies is watching wild sheep and mountain goats. I go about with both binoculars and a spotting scope. There is a “mental gear” that is required and it is a skill that has to be acquired. Once you pass a threshold and have seen enough of them a confidence and patience sets in.

Desert Sheep are hard to see, they are so well matched to their background, but so are dall sheep in areas with patchy snow

The hard part is putting in enough time to reach that threshold.

I get that. Unfortunately, I'm late to hunting and doing my best to play catch up to get to that level...if ever!

 

[Doubleplay]

What an amazing hunt and great pics. I love NM.

 

[mdhunter]

Awesome, thanks for sharing.

 

[460Wbymag]

Here's some more pics of the hunt. Also saw some javelina but didn't get any pics. View attachment 143891View attachment 143892View attachment 143893View attachment 143894View attachment 143895View attachment 143890

The 5th picture from the top, is that Caballo Lake?

 

[Valley1320]

The 5th picture from the top, is that Caballo Lake?

No thats elephant butte lake

 

[460Wbymag]

Ok, now I got an idea of where you hunted sheep.

 

[BradA]

Congratulations to your father, did he draw as a res? Or nr?

 

[Valley1320]

Congratulations to your father, did he draw as a res? Or nr?

Resident

 

[WNC2500]

@Valley1320 I enjoyed reading this, especially after getting a chance to see that euro mount, and meet the hunter!

 

[MT_elk]

Looks like a great hunt! Congrats!

 

[Valley1320]

@Valley1320 I enjoyed reading this, especially after getting a chance to see that euro mount, and meet the hunter!

Should be a half body mount in the next year

 

[Nick87]

No idea how I missed this before. Awesome.