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Brian Payne

My 2013 Barbary Ram

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I got a chance to go on my first Barbary Sheep hunt this year. We hunted in New Mexico's Unit 34. I killed my ram on the first day. When we glassed up the group of sheep we were sitting at 4300 ft elevation and I killed the ram at 6700 ft. This was definitely one of the most physically demanding hunts I have been on and if we would have had to do it multiple days I think it would have about killed us. My 9-year old son came along on the hunt and made the entire climb up to the sheep! He is not a monster ram but I was thrilled to kill him. I look forward to hopefully getting a chance to hunt these animals again.

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These animals live in some seriously rugged country and much of their diet appears to be yucca plants. They eat the yucca leaves like spaghetti noodles as seen in this photo. The ram I shot is the sheep you can barely see in the center of the photo.

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I shot the ram at 430 yds with a 25 deg. uphill angle. It took almost an hour to get from where I shot to the ram.

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My brother was able to take a freeze-frame photo from the video just as the bullet hit the ram. Notice the dust flying off his back.

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I got to share the hunt with friends and family which always makes it more enjoyable. Just wish it would have lasted longer!

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Excellent!!! Congrats on a beautiful ,hard earned trophy!

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Congratulations on a very nice ram, I've had the tag but wasn't able to go, still on my bucket list though.

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Thats a great trophy dude! Awesome 9-year-old for tagging along! Great experience for him.

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He looks pretty nice to me. I have recently gotten the bug to go hunt these sheep. I've hunted 34 for turkey and was successful. Was this the draw hunt or over the counter? 

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