Over the last few months, Team Wild have done plenty of work with the guys at the Texas
Hunt Lodge, we have helped take the old, injured and past their prime out of the herds.
For a well established and hard working lodge it is vital that the herds are maintained,
keeping them healthy and ensuring the weakest of the bunch are removed helps maintain a
strong gene pool.
This is the only way to ensure your sheep will grow big, strong and with an impressive
set of horns.
We've helped the guys here take a beautiful old Texas Dall sheep.
The old guy was passed his prime and getting a tough time from the younger rams in the
herd.
Pushed out and on his own the guys wanted him removed for his own good and the safety
of the other sheep.
We've also helped remove a Blonde Corsican ram out of the herd who had broken one of
his horns fighting with other rams.
With a sharp jagged edge to his broken horn he has a unfair advantage over the other rams
and could cause some serious damage.
So, we took him out.
And only a few weeks ago we took a Black Corsican Ram out of the herd.
It's fair to say here at Team Wild TV we love our sheep management.
Welcome to Team Wild's Air Power, now we are back in Texas, at the Texas Hunt Lodge, we
have been here before hunting 4 horned rams with a Benjamin Rogue 357 Air Rifle.
Now whilst we were here hunting.
we spotted another, what was supposed to be another 4 horned ram, but only had 3, and
that one had grown into the side of its face, and cause a nasty, festering wound.
So being the good souls we are, we are here on a mission of mercy.
Ian heads off out into the thick stuff to see if he can spot the ram in question.
I think I can see the top of his shoulder, about 90 yards away.
White body with brown spots.
I have to be a little bit careful, because he is with two other rams and I do not want
to spook them.
Let's take our time.
There is more than enough cover between Ian and the ram.
As long as he takes his time, and he moves slowly and carefully, however with so many
pairs of eyes in the herd, it could be tricky to move in closer for a shot.
He doesn't want to spook one of the sheep and move on the entire herd.
So we have already been rumbled by two on the left, it is like walking on eggshells
at the moment, it is really loud and crackily, and the one that we want is just over there,
with that group of mouflon.
Fortunately for us we have got some cover, although that mouflon has now spotted us.
He moves around and comes in from a different angle, hopefully he can creep in without being
spotted, a chance would be a fine thing.
There are eyes on him immediately, and it is the ram, but he isn't spooked, and he looks
straight at Ian.
Ian makes a good shot and it tries to run, he re positions, just in case he needs to
take another shot, but it is hit hard and going down.
So there you have it, that goes to show the incredible performance of the Benjamin 357
Rogue.
I don't know why I am whispering anymore, that bad boy is down.
Now on these rams they have got really really thick, dense fur.
Obviously they have got really big horns, but it has still got a really thick heavy
coat.
It seems to be in pretty good condition, it offered me a full frontal shot as you saw.
Straight up the inside of the front leg.
We will see in a second, but you just saw it skipped up.
I aimed pretty low, its a 35 yard shot, its zero'd for 50 so it will be shooting roughly
3 inches high and 35 yards, but the speed it went down, literally took 6, 7 steps, down
it goes.
Ok, there we go, another stunningly beautiful ram.
Now this one here is very interesting indeed, now as you can see it has got 3 horns, not
4.
But more importantly you can see here, this one is festering where this horn, has actually
started to grow back into the chin.
Now you can smell it, that smells really bad, it is all gangrenous and nasty, so we have
done this guy a favour and put him out of his misery, now as I say, you know we have
been called here, for a purpose, great thing about using a rifle like the Benjamin 357
rogue it is quiet, it doesn't cause unnecessary disturbance to the other animals, he went
down pretty quickly, the other ones kind of got up, and wondered off, looked back, what
is the story over there, and this bad boy here, who without question, must be suffering
incredible pain is now out of his misery.
Now as you can see the entry wound is in here, where you can see spots of blood, oh, that
might of come out of its mouth.
Be interesting to find the entry wound if we can, I think it is just here.
So, he is absolutely perfect, where I aimed, he was quartering on to me, so I needed to
make sure, that my aim point is just up the inside of the left hand leg, that would of
gone straight through the heart, you saw him pick his legs up and skip, walked a few steps
forward, out on his feet, and straight down, tough as old boots these sheep.
But a funky, incredible looking animal, that we have put out of his misery, and hopefully
will taste good to, although, this bad boy, might need some marinading.
Another ram management completed with ease with the Benjamin Rogue 357 big bore air rifle.
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