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Been trying to get a representative one of these for some time. This is a good one for the area.
6.5prc did the job
Very steep country, worse than tahr country in places. Interesting reading online about the 8 or so recognised breeds. This one is very small in body, maybe 40kgs wet.
Sorry for cropping photos just don’t want to make location obvious
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Very nice ram. Congrats.
That's what I want to do also - a tough hunt for a worthy quarry. Gotta get my A into G ....
Oh so good. I will have to put some time into that too.
Certainly gave him a bloody nose. Can be a hard trophy to acquire alright.
Yes, really should have cleaned him up for photo but was in a fairly precarious positionQuote:
Originally Posted by SmokeyJason
a bloody good representative i would say .
dont have to say the location or anything, is the area known for or have sheep listed on the doc website for the block? always find it interesting the relatively unknown random pockets of sheep that pop up around the place
Yes it’s a known area as listed on the link attached https://www.rarebreeds.co.nz/ferals.htmlQuote:
Originally Posted by Howa1500
They are a cool animal, similar to the feral goat, very hard to get a trophy size one
There are several breeds recognized as feral in NZ
That's a stonking ram all the same
Off the top of my head
Chathams
Pitt
Arapawa
Woodstock
Hokinui
Herbert
Raglan
Stewart Island
Clarence
Campbell Island
The Rare Breeds Conservation Society has a good list
Bloody nice ram all the same
I'm not a trophy hunter, but that some very cool horns!
yes and they can be extremely good eating -
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Chathams Ram 2019
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Arapawa Rams
Rare Breeds Arapawa census 2022
Yeah , I recognize that rock....
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That's the familiar goolie in the guts of the Woodstock patch.Often see them in the Gorge & if the opportunity presents will try for a eater hogget.The lambs are just too light for a feed
Yes, can be crafty filers alright. Shot on Chatham’s years ago before it became ‘a thing’, done some hunting in Clarence and also on Arapawa island when the idea was eradication. Arapawa was a shit storm with Betty Rowe and her cohorts wanting to save them. Wild bush bulls are more of an adrenaline rush by the way.
Less than 100 left on Arapawa
Under ministerial review as we speak
I had a chance to hunt the Clarence ones in the 90s before DOC bought the block (if it is the one I am thinking of...) We were allowed in about 12 months later to retrieve gear left at the private hut after the sale and it was silent. There had been a 1080 blitz. The first trip in, you could not sleep at night due to the noise from the insects and birds....There was birdife everywhere.....a few goats and deer but not a lot. The return trip it was silence- no bords, no insects nothing.
Nice trophy ram well done. Saw a nice one up Salmon Creek in the mid 80s no deer though. Worked in the Chathams in the 90s and shot a couple in Pitt and main Island had the heads in the shed down south and the wife gave them away to a friend's sister. She wanted them " cause they looked cool " spray painted them gold and silver...
back in seventies goat culling at Mohaka near the Tehoe River we were asked by the cocky to hit the wild merinos hiding out in big Kanuka block along the Mohaka river -he was worried about rams getting into his romney flock - well we took to that with enthusiasm and some of the best mutton out - considering they had never seen drench they were always in good nick apart from some having bad hooves - definitely merino of some sort - heres a tip to dealing with daggy shreks - open them up on the ground and then hang them up by the kneck and punch skin off backwoods as to how one would normally do a sheep - that way the daggy arse is last and one is punching between clean skin and carcass - keeps carcass cleaner - even better use a quad to pull skin of -one is rewarded with some really good mutton
I stalked into half a dozen feral sheep way up on the tops along way from anywhere many years ago, (20+) and I can only think it was a flash of my watch that gave me away. I was up hill of them and upwind. There was no hesitation on there part it was we are out of here.. I thought they will stop on the bush edge and I may get a long shot at them... nope they just kept running all the way into the bush, yip they can be crafty. I did manage to get a decent trophy ram a day or so later.Quote:
Originally Posted by woods223
Wild bulls, bugger that LOL.
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Here's one Kate shot down your way last month perrazzi.
Thats a ripperQuote:
Originally Posted by 7mmwsm
Fuck, auto spell or whatever on iPhone pisses me of at times! Anyhow, spent a fair bit of yesterday trying to muster a few ewes that had missed a couple of shears off a scrubby hill block up Leatham yesterday. Long story short, when they know where all the tunnels are through matagouri, pigfern, bush lawyer etc they’ll go where they want the crafty shits. We will muster them with rifle next time.Quote:
Originally Posted by woods223
Look better than those expensive American sheepQuote:
Originally Posted by 7mmwsm
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Gave it a wash
I snigger when people try to tell me sheep are dumb.Quote:
Originally Posted by woods223
Like look of the green thing in the background too.Quote:
Originally Posted by PerazziSC3
Nice Jacket :)
Good work on the ram
yep the old death countdown -- yes ya do feel better afterwoods and the freezer looks betterQuote:
Originally Posted by woods223
@PerazziSC3 Did u mouth him for approx age?
Nope. Had decent front teeth
Very cool Ram!
Nice ram. @PerazziSC3 had you been chasing him for a while?
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This one specifically, no, but I have been chasing a mature one for some timeQuote:
Originally Posted by Dreamer
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A roast and some shanks for a taste test
