LAST EDITED ON Nov-23-09 AT 12:30PM (MST)[p]My brother in law and I were doing some deer hunting a while back in the high desert area of Southern California. Specifically, between San Diego and El Centro.
We were walking down a wash looking for sign when all of a sudden we heard some crashing and falling rocks. We looked up and saw about 10 sheep running down on side of the mountain, across the wash then up the other side. They were about 40 yards in front of us. It took a minute to comprehend what we were seeing because I had never seen sheep out there.
The sheep continued up the other side of the mountain and stopped about 80 yards from us. They seemed relatively calm despite our presence. They aren't hunted in this area of California. The sheep started feeding and slowly walked away. I pulled out my digital camera and took some pictures as they moved along. There was at least one young ram, a bunch of ewes and some kids.
I looked over at my brother in law and noticed he was pointing his rifle at the sheep! I asked him what the hell he was doing. His response, "C'mon man, I'm not going to shoot it, I just want to see what it's like to have a sheep in my scope".
One week later, my brother in law and I were headed down to El Centro to do some bird hunting. We get to a curve in highway and come across either the same or another small herd of sheep trying to cross the road. It was a few miles from the area we had seem them the week before so im thinking they might have been the same animals.
I sent a smilar email along with photos to the fish and game sheep biologist which was timely. They were doing aerial surveys of the sheep population in the area. Well Im glad I had proof because several people I talked to didn't believe sheep lived this far south.
Now for some help. Anyone willing to received some emailed pictures to post for me. You can say I'm an idiot and I still won't give damn but i'd like to share the pictures and can't figure out how to post them.
Any takers?
Breacher
We were walking down a wash looking for sign when all of a sudden we heard some crashing and falling rocks. We looked up and saw about 10 sheep running down on side of the mountain, across the wash then up the other side. They were about 40 yards in front of us. It took a minute to comprehend what we were seeing because I had never seen sheep out there.
The sheep continued up the other side of the mountain and stopped about 80 yards from us. They seemed relatively calm despite our presence. They aren't hunted in this area of California. The sheep started feeding and slowly walked away. I pulled out my digital camera and took some pictures as they moved along. There was at least one young ram, a bunch of ewes and some kids.
I looked over at my brother in law and noticed he was pointing his rifle at the sheep! I asked him what the hell he was doing. His response, "C'mon man, I'm not going to shoot it, I just want to see what it's like to have a sheep in my scope".
One week later, my brother in law and I were headed down to El Centro to do some bird hunting. We get to a curve in highway and come across either the same or another small herd of sheep trying to cross the road. It was a few miles from the area we had seem them the week before so im thinking they might have been the same animals.
I sent a smilar email along with photos to the fish and game sheep biologist which was timely. They were doing aerial surveys of the sheep population in the area. Well Im glad I had proof because several people I talked to didn't believe sheep lived this far south.
Now for some help. Anyone willing to received some emailed pictures to post for me. You can say I'm an idiot and I still won't give damn but i'd like to share the pictures and can't figure out how to post them.
Any takers?
Breacher
