Are barbodos seep farm aimals??

[howie1968]

i  was  curious  as  if  these sheep  are just  farm  animals  i now you can  get  pretty close to them  without them  runnng  off.
Are  they the  same as texas dall???

[Graybeard]

Are they just barn yard farm animals?

Hmm. Let's see now how can I put this diplomatically? Wal yeah they really are.

Are they same as TX Dall?

Nope.

GB

[howie1968]

thanks for  your  lp  i  sue  kno  alot  of  people  passing  these  off  as xotics to  hunt  guess  it  would be  pretty xciting  to  a  kid  if  they  did not  know  they  were  farm  animals  but  in  uvalde i  hnted  them  and  they  re  are  pretty  evasive animals  thanks  again

[denvas]

Howie,

Any animal depending upon the environment in which it was raised can behave and act like a “wild” animal. I have hunted ranches where the various Corsican species, i.e. Texas Dall, Black Hawaiian, Painted Desert, etc. were as wild and wary as any elk or whitetail are expected to be and had very little interaction with humans. I have also hunted ranches where they came running at the sound of the truck and would almost knock you down as they tried to crowd in for the anticipated meal. It turned out that the rancher used the same truck he fed from for hunting. Just do your research and ask a lot of questions as to how the operation is run, how the animals are treated and handled before you lay down your greenbacks. Then pick the hunting scenario that meets your needs the best. Good luck and happy hunting.

[howie1968]

i  have  encounered both  of  those  scenarios  and  you  are  right  about  the  same truck  being  used    but  what  is  funny  if  you was  to  try  and  walk  up  on  them  they  will  let  you  get  about  100  yards  and  run   I  think  it  would  be  a  great  hunt  for  a  kids  first  xotic   thanks  again

[denvas]

Howie,

I agree with you about exotic rams being a good "first" animal for kids. If you will look at some of my other posts in this section about the youth hunts I host each year you will find that rams and does are the animals we have chosen to offer these youngsters. Many times we can turn a "boring" ram hunt for an adult into an exciting adventure for youngsters. By belly crawling through cedar and mesquite trees and up or down ravines and over rocks the youngsters get a chance to experience the stalking portion of hunting on an animal that is fairly easy to hunt. This makes the harvesting their trophy that much more ejoyable for them. Happy hunting!

[howie1968]

you  are  right   i  have  been  doing that  myself  sneaking  up  on  them  luckily i  have  the  oppurtunity  to  get  t  go  and  enjoy  the  animals   but  i  know  when  i  put  the  corn  out  those  barbadoes  come  running,  and  like  you  i  have  been  takig  ids  out  to  hunt  also  not  on  the  scale  you  do, but  wth  my  resources  i  am  lucky  to  be  able  to  do  it.  the  best  times  of  my  life  have  been  showing  my  daughters  and  other  kids nature  lol   i  ma  still  learning  myself.   i  have  read    all  of  your  posts  on  here  and  you  have  actually  helped  me  on  advice   as  i  just  killed  my  first  Sika  back  in  January  what  rifles  are these kids  using??   i  have  a  couple    but  generally   we  use  30-30s  i  have  an  ld  savage  840 bolt  action  and  a  marlin  that  are  scaled  down  to  a  more  useful  sze  for  youngsters  well  thanks  for  our  replies  and  advice

[denvas]

Howie,

As far as the caliber of the rifles the kids on my sponsored hunts use, well it depends on the type of hunt. Depending upon the ranch and event sponsors we offer modern arm, muzzleloader and shotgun hunts. For any of these hunts the kids have a choice of bringing their own firearm or using one that I or one of my volunteers supply. What we try to do is make sure that the firearm used matches the youngster’s shooting capabilities. After all, even the biggest, toughest 18 year old football players are sometimes recoil sensitive. Usually the calibers that we supply for modern arms run the gambit from .223, 6.5mm, .243, .7mm-08, .308 and .30-30. We also try to take into account the animal to be harvested and the terrain to be hunted. The worst thing that can happen is for the parent to bring an 85 lb. 12 year old young lady to a hunt with dad’s .338 magnum. If you have read my posts then you know that we always try to have some type of shooting exercise so that we can watch the youngsters shoot their chosen firearms before the hunting begins. This is when we can determine if some type of change in firearm needs to be made because, after all, our main goal is to provide an enjoyable and educational experience, not one in which they get scope bit or knocked about by heavy recoil. This would only cause them to want to quit hunting before they learned to enjoy it.

As with the modern arm hunts, for the muzzleloading hunts the youngsters can bring their own gun our use one of ours. We have both .45 and .50 caliber guns available in both traditional and various inline configurations. When we are limited by the landowner to the use of shotguns we can provide them with either a .20 or 12. gauge model. (Yes, some ranchers do require that we only use shotguns on their ranches. This can really make for interesting hunts as, even though most shotgun slugs can have the same effective range as some muzzleloading rifles, most people in my part of the country are just not used to using a shotgun for big game.

Hopefully this information will answer your question. If you ever need any more information of ideas please let me know.

[markc]

I used to take my sons deer hunting with me and unfortunately the piney woods we hunted were buck only, and we seemed only to see does if anything when I took them.  As a result they became bored with hunting.  I really wanted them to enjoy hunting, and know that sometimes, you actually bag an animal!   Anyway,  I took the entire family on a ram hunt years ago.  It was not the hardest hunt around,  but it wasn't a turkey shoot under a feeder either.  Both of my boys bagged a nice ram with one shot from their .243, one fired from the truck (he was young back then) and the other stalked in with me, from cedar to cedar tree, making a great shot at medium distance.

They have each shot their first whitetail since then,  but the easier exotic hunt rejuvenated their interest in hunting.    Now I hope to take my wife for exotic does at the place Howie mentioned, sometime soon.   I like the way denvas  has the kids earn their animal, even if it is an animal that is not very hard to hunt.  I think they appreciate it much more that way, and have a better memory too.
markc

[Tom]

Here is some web page info. on it.   There is a barbado, different from barbedos, supposedly originating on the island of Barbados.  

http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/sheep/