Spring Break

Four hunters from Georgia travel to Texas in early March and have a absolute shoot out with these rams. The first afternoon I set them up, 3 in ground blinds overlooking feeders and 1 in a ladder stand overlooking a water trough. Three of the 4 had rams in front of them with one hunter taking a shot on a beautiful Texas Dall Sheep. Hitting the ram low and back had us out searching the following day. While searching for another ram shot in the AM, my other guide found a bed from the Texas Dall and no blood after the bed. We retrieved the Black Hawaiian ram which hadn't traveled far, just lack of blood lead to a grid search in the dotted landscape of cedars. The Texas Dall on the other hand had other ideas. 

While grid searching for the Dall sheep I found him when he stood up about 15 feet to my left. He's still Alive?....! I thought to myself. Most stomach hits the animal will die within 8 hours which at this point we gave it about 15 hours before searching. Especially with a Rage in the belly we thought this was over, not to be. The ram proceeded to take us on a journey that had all four of us searching for weapons and a solution as the ram played a game of hide and seek with us for the next 2 hours. The hunter who hit the ram got a shot off at the ram with his crossbow at 20 yards which would have ended the search within 30 minutes, but he shot over the ram's back and it was his only crossbow bolt he brought with him. The search continues. 

When we found the wounded ram again he had joined forces with another large group of rams which made stalking close to him in the thick cedars for another follow up shot almost impossible. Rams where going in every direction and we lost him once more. We found the big herd after 15 minutes of looking but the Texas Dall was not with them, back to square one. Circling back to where we had last saw him, we found him bedded in a cedar thicket in the opposite direction the rest of the rams traveled. A end to this saga took a bullet to finish the ram, and the very memorable hunt was over. 

Another painted desert ram led us on a search however this one wasn't as long. Let's just say a couple of arrows where lost, a blood trail ensued, another arrow was lost, and a well placed bullet finished this hunt. The Georgia boys where having a hoot, and bowhunting exotics here in Texas is all about having fun, mission accomplished. 

Springtime can be enjoyed many different ways. Most of the Northeastern United States in March/April is coming out of Winter and still cold, damp, and dreary. Not here in Texas. With March and April brings sunshine, warm weather, and the occasional thunderstorm that livens up the landscape with wildflowers and green grass making Texas the place to be this time of year. 

Hunting season is a long ways off for most people but here in Texas, hunting season for exotics is "open", year round. This opportunity provides hunters from across the Country a excellent chance to hunt with their weapon of choice for free range exotics. A very affordable 5 day, non-resident license for $48 gets you into Texas for trophy blackbuck antelope, axis deer, rams, wild hogs, and sika deer, all free range on our hunting ranch's here in Central Texas.