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I just had one of the most difficult hunts of my life in SE New Mexico. Cold -15 wind chill, snow, wind was 40+ mph, altitude 6500 ft! First two days my body didn't cooperate, but got stronger and better dealing with the altitude and endurance climbing the up/down mountains. It was like walking on marbles, the rocks were so loose and ever present. Averaged 5 - 10 miles per day hiking. Didn't see a single sheep for the first three days due to the severe storms which sent the animals into deep hiding. Forth day we saw some ewes, but no rams. The last day of the hunt we saw 19 rams for the first time. I took a nice ram of the first sighting of rams. It took a focused mind and endurance to stay with the hunt as the conditions were so severe. On the last day, we topped a mountain and glassed the surounding mountains, only to see some faint glimpses of possible sheep about 2 miles away. We drove about a mile and then hiked into the mountains searching for the ridge the sheep were on, which covered several miles. We climbed two mountains before we found them. We dropped into a bottom and stalked closer to within 170 yards, which was time consuming and difficult in that open country. I ended up laying my rifle in a cactus bush to sight in and connected with a fine representation of the Barbary family.   Prayer, planning, preperation, perseverence, proper procedure, and positive attitude, positively prevents poor performance. | ||
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Lovely aoudad! Congrats! Isn't it even better to connect with such an animal after a strenious hunt  Anders Hunting and fishing DVDs from Mossing & Stubberud Media: www.jaktogfiskedvd.no ..and my blog at: http://andersmossing.blogspot.com | |||
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Free range audad is some of the best hunting there is. Congrats | |||
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New Mexico can be a hard hunt, but you did a great job staying with it and took a fine trophy. Congrats to you. Thanks! Brian Clark Blue Skies Hunting Adventures www.blueskieshunting.com Email at: info@blueskieshunting.com African Cape Trophy Safaris www.africancapesafaris.com Email at: brian@africancapesafaris.com 1-402-689-2024 | |||
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Nice trophy Did you do this on your own or did you have a guide service? I have helped on many Aoudad hunts and that is one of the most difficult hunts in the lower 48. Larry | |||
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Very nice ram. | |||
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I hunted with a fine outfitter who only takes four hunters a year. Mike Tayes from Tinnie, NM. Tays Guide Service 7 day package, 5 days of hunting, great home cooked meals (3/day), one on one guide, and great people. All private land ranches leased by Mike Tays. Hunt area is the foothills of the El Capitan Mountain. Prayer, planning, preperation, perseverence, proper procedure, and positive attitude, positively prevents poor performance. | |||
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Nice ram MJ, congrats on getting a tough hunt done.  Gray Ghost Hunting Safaris http://grayghostsafaris.com Phone: 615-860-4333 Email: hunts@grayghostsafaris.com NRA Benefactor DSC Professional Member SCI Member RMEF Life Member NWTF Guardian Life Sponsor NAHC Life Member Rowland Ward - SCI Scorer Took the wife the Eastern Cape for her first hunt: http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6881000262 Hunting in the Stormberg, Winterberg and Hankey Mountains of the Eastern Cape 2018 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4801073142 Hunting the Eastern Cape, RSA May 22nd - June 15th 2007 http://forums.accuratereloadin...=810104007#810104007 16 Days in Zimbabwe: Leopard, plains game, fowl and more: http://forums.accuratereloadin...=212108409#212108409 Natal: Rhino, Croc, Nyala, Bushbuck and more http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6341092311 Recent hunt in the Eastern Cape, August 2010: Pics added http://forums.accuratereloadin...261039941#9261039941 10 days in the Stormberg Mountains http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7781081322 Back in the Stormberg Mountains with friends: May-June 2017 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6001078232 "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading" - Thomas Jefferson Every morning the Zebra wakes up knowing it must outrun the fastest Lion if it wants to stay alive. Every morning the Lion wakes up knowing it must outrun the slowest Zebra or it will starve. It makes no difference if you are a Zebra or a Lion; when the Sun comes up in Africa, you must wake up running...... "If you're being chased by a Lion, you don't have to be faster than the Lion, you just have to be faster than the person next to you." | |||
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Congrats! That is a really good hunt that doesn't break the bank. I want to doit again sometime... Good Hunting, Tim Herald Worldwide Trophy Adventures tim@trophyadventures.com | |||
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Sounds like a great hunt. Nice sheep too. | |||
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Congratulations on a very hard earned ram!!! Aoudad is on my bucket list and this hunt is definitely affordable! Thanks for posting about your experience and the website. | |||
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Nice ram, gotta get one of those! DRSS | |||
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Very nice sheep. | |||
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