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[Rack Daniels]

Day 4, Friday.

The night Cole killed his ram it went from dead calm perfect evening to a sustaining 40 plus mph wind it was so bad that it was very difficult to even stand outside and debone meat and cape the ram. It's like your in a sand blaster, shit is rolling down the road, you can't hardly see and not to mention it was basically a full moon or it might have actually been.

We turn in about 130 am after the long ass day and have to do it all over again tomorrow. It's now or never with everything we got.

Its the same routine we've been doing every morning. Only this time you can't see shit past 1k yards with the dust storm going on. We glass every single hillside working our way in only to continue to not locate any game out feeding. We work about half way into the ranch. Glassing hard at the same ridges we haven't seen a living thing on in 4 days. Now we're a couple hours into the hunt and just when you think this might not actually happen boom.... there's 40 sheep a herd we've never seen standing in just a perfect location. We got excited and it turned into a rush one quick look at em in the scope and there is no doubt I'm killing one of these sheep.

Starting about a mile out again in plain sight we make our move. Navigating this terrain is very difficult it's very broken with not a ton of ground cover. We make our way up to the rocks that we're gonna shoot from still outta sight from the sheep. Diego has a radio and just when we're getting about 20 yards from the perch he says. They're busting they know something is up. I'm in disbelief he says you better get up there. I immediately start to throw my shit off grab my gun and sprint to the rocks.

Getting setup i am trying to figure out which one to shoot. I ask Cole how far, he says i don't know close. I pick one out and can tell he's bigger than the ones around him and decide this is him. Safety off and i hold right on.

Boom..... I can see him to a back flip in my scope.

RAM DOWN he says!

In disbelief I take a moment and am greatfull for this entire experience. The weight is lifted off my shoulders and I've successfully taken my first ram of my life.

Walking up to him I wasn't sure what to expect and man I can tell you guys I was over the moon to have him become a part of my life.

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I can't thank everyone involved on this hunt especially Cole, Diego and Ryan.

Beautiful animal. Congrats to you both. I’ve heard mixed reviews on taste. What’s your say?

 

[EYJONAS!]

We come back to camp with such a euphoric feeling of success.

We made one pit stop on the way back. I had to see the mighty Rio and throw a rock into Mexico. I've now done that on both of the boarders I find know why I think it's cool but whatever.


We get everything closeness cleaned up bagged and iced down for the trip to el paso. We package everything animal related into a 25 dollar Walmart tote and we're off to El Paso.



A couple of Mexican tall boys and a good steak dinner and we celebrate our success.



I won't continue to rant on airport travel with a lot of shit but man it is a real pain in the ass especially when you factor in fire arm transport and over sized containers.

And there you have it, my 4 year Aoudad quest comes to an end. It was one of the greatest trips and most wild encounters I've ever had. I encourage everyone to try this hunt some day on a free range ranch. You definitely won't regret it.

Thanks for reading along and I hope that I can break the ice a bit on this site. Hunting opportunities are always out there. We just need to commit and go.

 

[PoleX]

I didn’t realize you know Cole!? He’s right up there with GH when it comes to killing big bulls. Small world. Looks fun, Congrats!

 

[EYJONAS!]

Beautiful animal. Congrats to you both. I’ve heard mixed reviews on taste. What’s your say?

The flavor is good but different but the texture and toughness is less than to be desired.

 

[EYJONAS!]

I didn’t realize you know Cole!? He’s right up there with GH when it comes to killing big bulls. Small world. Looks fun, Congrats!

Great dude it was a blessing to have him along. He's an assassin for sure. Really cool guy to share a hunting camp with.

 

[fishing4sanity]

Congratulations to both of you and a couple of great rams!
Reading your hunt brought back a lot of memories of hunting aoudad a few years ago in New Mexico, those sheep live in some pretty wild country.

 

[Jbotto]

Awesome adventure! Thanks for sharing! Great ram!