Corsican Rams

[txcookie]

Any one ever fill bad about shooting those "wild sheep also called rams"

A few years ago I got caught up in the horns of those critters while I was at a ranch. Had to get one with mr Trad bow. I shot one and it ran but the others didnt even flinch. They just kept on feeding. I thought I was going to have to shoo them off when I got down. Wierd thing was They where jumpy when you tried a stalk . I tried several times that morning and they managed too make me look like a Goof.

If you havent ever hunted them Do it on the ground. I managed to get a Miss on the stalk and it was real fun. The tripod ruined the hunt for me as they simply had no fear of it all they cared about was food. They can be cheap to hunt and are actually great eating.

Any one else out there????  

[NDTerminator]

I shot a real nice one in 01' with a compound.  I too found them skittish to stalk but finally got within 25 yards and arrowed him through the heart.   Very pretty and interesting trophy...

[Brian Halbleib]

As long as it is some type of fair chase situation, no need to feel bad. 7th Age Bowhunting (TG Sponsor) offers some incredible hunting opportunities on free ranging feral goats and sheep in Texas. The price is right too.

I once went on a "hunt" for bison. The guide billed it as 5,000 acres and free ranging bison. Well, he may have had 5,000 acres but it was split up into several hundred acre parcels. To make a long story short, I shot a bison but it was no great "hunt" and when people ask I call it what is was, a meat gathering trip. I don't feel bad about it, but I don't represent it as an animal I earned on a hunt.

-Brian
 www.bowyersjournal.com

[txcookie]

Well I am up for orders and will be moving "AGAIN" try to get a little further south So I can make 2 or 3 day hunts around SAN AN. I will keep that in mind.

[NDTerminator]

Lots of good shooting ranches down around Sabinal, txcookie.  Only an hour fron San Antonio.  Jim Palmer (Palmer Recurves) lives down in Sabinal, too...

[mooseman76]

Mike Palmer has Palmer bows, Jim Palmer was a major league pitcher.

[wifishkiller]

I've hunted them a few times had a blast.  Its still not like hunting high country mule deer but it sure is better then hunting rabbits. I dont no why you would feel bad?  I do a exotic hunt about every year.  Its neet just seeing different animals and like you said it doesnt cost much.

[Mike Tomano]

I love exotic hunting! I've arrowed a beautiful Corsican at Nugent's place in Michigan. They are indeed skittish. I double lunged mine at about 25 yards and it dropped in a few feet.

I found the meat to be a little tough to eat, and tried preparing it a number of ways.

Gimme some of your recipes for the next time!

Awesome trophy mount for sure.

TOMANO

[txcookie]

Mike I had the meat tendorized and then grilled it like a steak. I killed a younger ram that might have had somthin to do with it. But whatever the case the meat came out GTG I didnt even use A-1 just ate it like you would a real good steak.

My ram is in my dads archery shop back in Texas looks good there. Next to his p&y buck he killed out of my stand....

[Straitshot]

Corsican, Barbadoe, same thing. Where I hunt they are quite wild. Twenty years ago they started with about 15 head and now there are probably 300 or 400 head. I hunt them to practice for deer hunting. They can be great traditional bow hunting trophies. Spot and stalk is my favorite method. You need lots of cover because of so many eyes looking around. Another method is to watch which way they are feeding and then try and work your way ahead of them to ambush them. I have taken several fair rams using both methods. Here is a picture of one I took this last season.

 

[txcookie]

Fish Killer I guess it was the fact that when I shot my ram the others didnt care till I was climbing out of my trpod. I am used to animals that are real jumpy . You are right they are fun to hunt Just easy at times to kill, I think the next time I make a hunt for them It will be on the ground.

[txcookie]

Real nice Guess I should shut up and just enjoy the fact that not every animal is like a whitetail. Any other pic out there

[Straitshot]

txcookie,

It depends on wheather they are wild free ranging or raised and worked like regular Rambouillet sheep as to how much sport it can be. The ones I hunt are quite wild. About the closest you can get before they run is around 30 yards if they are in cover. If they are in the open you may get to within 50 yards before they take off. They are quite easy to shoot with a rifle but it takes patience and some skill to stalk them or set up an ambush. You can really work on your hunting skills plus there is no season. They can be hunted year round.

Louis

[NDTerminator]

[NDTerminator]

Originally posted by mooseman76:
Mike Palmer has Palmer bows, Jim Palmer was a major league pitcher.

Sorry, it's been a long day...

[flungonin]

I hunted in Villa Platte back in 96'. Had a Texas Ram that was haltered to Corsican. At least thats what I thought as I stalked the two for more than 4 hrs. They walked side by side and wheeled when they turned or went a different direction. I finally got a break when the Texas Ram jumped over a downed tree and the Corscian was a wee bit slow in following up. That was the first kill I got with my longbow (Jeffery "Classic" #60, Zwicky POC0. I tucked the arrow right in behind the front shoulder, slightly quartering away. Upon being hit, the ram reared up and jumped forward. Only to nose dive into the dirt and expire. The Texas Ram however had plans for me as it started circling and bluff charging at 10-12 yds. It did this 4 times. I was about to drill it on the next charge bluff or not, when it finally decided to leave. The Ram was tasty and the mount adorns my living room wall.

[NDTerminator]

I'm about due for another trip down to The Mesquite Country.  Man, is that stuff thick!  There's more cover in a quarter of Texas Mesquite than there is in two sections of North Dakota cropland!

My son just tranferred to Ft Hood, maybe I'll use that as excuse to jump on a plane with a couple TD recurves stowed in my duffle bag...