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A friend who is a part time game warden (or the local equivalent) in New Zealand tells a story about trying to cull a feral sheep in his area of responsibility. It absorbed multiple hits from 12 gauge slugs with little apparent damage other than getting knocked down with every hit, and was finally put down by a .222 round to the head. They found the shotgun slugs imbedded in the thickly matted wool- - - -not a one had made it under the skin, let alone hit anything vital.
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You never know. I'd hate to be skinning said Bovine when the rancher approached with several of his hands. Would likely be quite a tense situation.
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If you find some feral cows, let me know The sheep are all yours. i prefer sheeps because of my ethnicity . I would not want to eat a feral sheep. why? bear or deer are good meats, what is it about sheeps ?
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someone told me there are few abandoned sheeps on BLM or other public lands and we can shoot/take them any time.
assuming animals are abandoned, is it legal to take them? i don't want to call Idaho Fish and Game because i trust you more. Pretty sure the Idaho Brand Inspector would disagree. Cows, horses, and sheep are legaly classified as Iivestock, and sublect to Brands juridiction. The good news is, I have not heard of a rustler getting lynched in Idaho in about 100 years. Google "Hangman Tree" just north of Tripod Lookout above Sagehen Reservoir, west of Cascade. As far as I know, goats are unprotected.
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If you find some feral cows, let me know The sheep are all yours. i prefer sheeps because of my ethnicity . I would not want to eat a feral sheep. Jim; Good afternoon, I hope that this first day of the month/last day of the week finds you and all of your fine family well. In ancient times, I want to say the mid '80's, I was hunting for Columbia Blacktail on one of the Gulf Islands between Vancouver Island and Washington. My hunting partner used to live there and knew some of the locals so we had a bit of an in on some private land. The local fellow upon whose couches and floor we crashed, mentioned to my friend that the local feral sheep had been spotted recently by the outfit logging the chunk of land we'd be hunting. There was some animated discussion regarding a couple instances where locals had attempted to eat one and found it much less than a satisfying culinary experience. Sure enough, early the next morning as we were easing into the spot, I spied what looked like a blackberry bush moving slowly along or perhaps something in a homemade ghillie suit. Upon further examination with binos, we both spied the roughest looking unshorn, long tailed mess of a sheep one can imagine. Even now as I type this Jim, I shake my head at how, well filthy and disheveled this thing looked. Both of us wondered aloud just how hungry one might have to be to kill and attempt to eat it. We also wondered if some sheep shed their wool naturally or if they just got so heavy eventually they couldn't stand. In the back of my mind I want to say this thing looked like there were maybe patches of wool missing, but I might be totally wrong about that too Jim, as there's been a whole lot of memories made and lost since that hunt. All the best to the OP in his quest for feral mutton for sure, though I'd love to hear if it's edible or not. Best to you all. Dwayne Brother Dwayne, I would venture to guess some on the left coast are attracted to sheep with dreadlocks and the smellier the better...... lmao
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Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit.
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If you find some feral cows, let me know The sheep are all yours. i prefer sheeps because of my ethnicity . I would not want to eat a feral sheep. Yeah, thanks for mutton.
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Ask a Texan. They hunt farm animals all the time. Hell they even think they're trophies if they manage to kill one.
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Hate to bust your bubble, but those critters you see wandering round on public land belong to someone
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About all those abandoned donkeys and horses.... Most feral horse are protected by the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burro Act of 1971. The family of Pioneer Woman cooking show host Ree Drummond earns an income by feeding feral horses on one of their ranches in Oklahoma. Somebody is making money on them. There are dozens of feral horses on Mesa Verde NP, more being born all the time, that the National Park Service is trying to catch and relocated within the next year or two. The NPS is paying to "tame" the horses that they capture so that they can be adopted by horse lovers.
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Hate to bust your bubble, but those critters you see wandering round on public land belong to someone Did you read the question? I said iff
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If it has a brand or an ear tag it isn't abandoned, just confused about how to get home.
I've seen dairy cattle that escaped and they become feral pretty quickly. Quite surprising to see a Holstein cow come wandering through the woods when you're sitting in deer stand.
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In the south we have the feral hog. They are the ancestors of someone's livestock. The small ones are delicious.
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A wool breed will keep growing wool until it can't walk.
Let alone swim. Sheepsies don't like water very much.
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They are the ancestors of someone's livestock. How many generations of offspring do they have to produce before they become livestock again? I'd like to see that process documented by somebody at an agricultural research facility!
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A friend who is a part time game warden (or the local equivalent) in New Zealand tells a story about trying to cull a feral sheep in his area of responsibility. It absorbed multiple hits from 12 gauge slugs with little apparent damage other than getting knocked down with every hit, and was finally put down by a .222 round to the head. They found the shotgun slugs imbedded in the thickly matted wool- - - -not a one had made it under the skin, let alone hit anything vital. When we were in NZ last year, we were told of a sheep that had evaded the roundup for 3 years, and thus shearing. I forget how much wool in pounds they got off the ewe, but it was a lot! They didn't say whether it was usable, either.
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At the resort in Utah, which my daughter is employed, there had been several sightings of a loose Bovine. Within two hours of her Facebook post stating such, a rancher rolled up with three shepherds and a trailer full of saddled horses. He said it was his bull & had been missing for quite a while.
You never know. I'd hate to be skinning said Bovine when the rancher approached with several of his hands. Would likely be quite a tense situation. Maybe that was a good thing the rancher showed up to claim his critter. If it would have been hunting season that Bovine may have been draped over the hood of some Commyfornian's hood with them bragging to all their buddy's about how big their deer was. Growing up in SLC Utah almost every year they plastered some dumb Commyfornian with someones Cow and or Horse they had shot all over the local news. But they was so proud of their hunting skills
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If you find some feral cows, let me know The sheep are all yours. i prefer sheeps because of my ethnicity . I would not want to eat a feral sheep. Jim; Good afternoon, I hope that this first day of the month/last day of the week finds you and all of your fine family well. In ancient times, I want to say the mid '80's, I was hunting for Columbia Blacktail on one of the Gulf Islands between Vancouver Island and Washington. My hunting partner used to live there and knew some of the locals so we had a bit of an in on some private land. The local fellow upon whose couches and floor we crashed, mentioned to my friend that the local feral sheep had been spotted recently by the outfit logging the chunk of land we'd be hunting. There was some animated discussion regarding a couple instances where locals had attempted to eat one and found it much less than a satisfying culinary experience. Sure enough, early the next morning as we were easing into the spot, I spied what looked like a blackberry bush moving slowly along or perhaps something in a homemade ghillie suit. Upon further examination with binos, we both spied the roughest looking unshorn, long tailed mess of a sheep one can imagine. Even now as I type this Jim, I shake my head at how, well filthy and disheveled this thing looked. Both of us wondered aloud just how hungry one might have to be to kill and attempt to eat it. We also wondered if some sheep shed their wool naturally or if they just got so heavy eventually they couldn't stand. In the back of my mind I want to say this thing looked like there were maybe patches of wool missing, but I might be totally wrong about that too Jim, as there's been a whole lot of memories made and lost since that hunt. All the best to the OP in his quest for feral mutton for sure, though I'd love to hear if it's edible or not. Best to you all. Dwayne Would this have been a mouflon on stuart island?
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lamb vs mutton: After a sheep matures, their hormones cause the meat to get a very strong flavor. Most people don't like it. It's tied in with bone growth. There's a joint in the front leg above the hoof that's used to determine if it's lamb or mutton. If the joint can break, it's lamb. If it's ossified, it's mutton.
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If you find some feral cows, let me know The sheep are all yours. i prefer sheeps because of my ethnicity . Cows gotta be stump broke! All you need is a pair of rubber boots for sheep. I'm sure you know all about the procedure.
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