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Post by dave on Sept 9, 2019 13:25:13 GMT -6
The wife came home a few minutes ago I said there are sheep at the end of the driveway. I put a careful stalk of them to get their picture. Using the quad at no more than 15 mph. They were on the other side of the road (still our property). There is a spring over there just down from the driveway. They were there getting a drinking. You can see what a good job of stalking up close I did on the two. Actually there was three there but they were too spread out to get in the same picture. People travel great distances and climb mountains to get pictures of bighorn sheep. I just run the quad out to the end of our driveway.
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Post by 3LT Farms on Sept 9, 2019 13:45:59 GMT -6
How they eat?
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Post by fence on Sept 9, 2019 14:29:55 GMT -6
Prolly with their mouths.
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Post by 3LT Farms on Sept 9, 2019 14:32:11 GMT -6
What do they taste like? for everyone that doesn't speak southern.
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Post by M-5 on Sept 9, 2019 14:52:10 GMT -6
If they eat like domestic sheep I don't want no part of it.
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Post by fence on Sept 9, 2019 15:13:57 GMT -6
Domestic sheep eat with their mouths.
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Post by fence on Sept 9, 2019 15:24:03 GMT -6
What do they taste like? for everyone that doesn't speak southern. Ever noticed every time a low flying joke goes over the head of someone in Florida they blame it on being misunderstood Southerners... LOL |
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Post by dave on Sept 9, 2019 16:36:02 GMT -6
What do they taste like? for everyone that doesn't speak southern. Ever noticed every time a low flying joke goes over the head of someone in Florida they blame it on being misunderstood Southerners... LOL I got both the joke and the original meaning. I have never had the opportunity to have a meal of bighorn sheep. I have dined on deer (whitetail, mule, Columbia blacktail, and Sitka blacktail), elk (Roosevelt and Rocky Mountain), moose, caribou, mountain goat, Prong horn antelope, buffalo (that is American bison), black bear, and mountain lion. But never on one of the species of mountain sheep. I have also missed out on Cous deer and Tule elk but I never lived where they do. I have dined on domestic sheep in the past. Lamb can be OK. Mutton...... I will pass. But then I have heard it said the difference between what you wont eat and what you will eat is about 24 hours.
As with most things the younger animals tend to be better eating. Beings as a bighorn sheep tag is hard to come by, most people when hunting sheep look for a trophy. That would be the biggest old ram they can find. I would think that would be the poorest possible dining experience one could have when it comes to wild sheep.
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Post by 3LT Farms on Sept 9, 2019 17:23:05 GMT -6
What do they taste like? for everyone that doesn't speak southern. Ever noticed every time a low flying joke goes over the head of someone in Florida they blame it on being misunderstood Southerners... LOL Sorry, didn't realize that was a joke. I'm used to them being funny. |
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Post by fence on Sept 9, 2019 19:09:34 GMT -6
Ever noticed every time a low flying joke goes over the head of someone in Florida they blame it on being misunderstood Southerners... LOL I got both the joke and the original meaning. I have never had the opportunity to have a meal of bighorn sheep. I have dined on deer (whitetail, mule, Columbia blacktail, and Sitka blacktail), elk (Roosevelt and Rocky Mountain), moose, caribou, mountain goat, Prong horn antelope, buffalo (that is American bison), black bear, and mountain lion. But never on one of the species of mountain sheep. I have also missed out on Cous deer and Tule elk but I never lived where they do. I have dined on domestic sheep in the past. Lamb can be OK. Mutton...... I will pass. But then I have heard it said the difference between what you wont eat and what you will eat is about 24 hours.
As with most things the younger animals tend to be better eating. Beings as a bighorn sheep tag is hard to come by, most people when hunting sheep look for a trophy. That would be the biggest old ram they can find. I would think that would be the poorest possible dining experience one could have when it comes to wild sheep.
Typically your traditional lamb comes from a wool sheep. It's alot imo like a yearling deer. A very weak mild flavor. Hair sheep such as Barbados and dorpers, St Croix etc. Have a little more gameness to them. Not enough to be bad but actually quite good. I would expect wild sheep to be similar since technically they are hair sheep. Mutton in Texas can be a older sheep or goat, and if cooked right by can be damn good. Here we would say are they good eating, maybe how do they eat. ...".how they eat" sounds more getto than southern to me...... |
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Post by M-5 on Sept 10, 2019 6:02:50 GMT -6
I got both the joke and the original meaning. I have never had the opportunity to have a meal of bighorn sheep. I have dined on deer (whitetail, mule, Columbia blacktail, and Sitka blacktail), elk (Roosevelt and Rocky Mountain), moose, caribou, mountain goat, Prong horn antelope, buffalo (that is American bison), black bear, and mountain lion. But never on one of the species of mountain sheep. I have also missed out on Cous deer and Tule elk but I never lived where they do. I have dined on domestic sheep in the past. Lamb can be OK. Mutton...... I will pass. But then I have heard it said the difference between what you wont eat and what you will eat is about 24 hours.
As with most things the younger animals tend to be better eating. Beings as a bighorn sheep tag is hard to come by, most people when hunting sheep look for a trophy. That would be the biggest old ram they can find. I would think that would be the poorest possible dining experience one could have when it comes to wild sheep.
Typically your traditional lamb comes from a wool sheep. It's alot imo like a yearling deer. A very weak mild flavor. Hair sheep such as Barbados and dorpers, St Croix etc. Have a little more gameness to them. Not enough to be bad but actually quite good. I would expect wild sheep to be similar since technically they are hair sheep. Mutton in Texas can be a older sheep or goat, and if cooked right by can be damn good. Here we would say are they good eating, maybe how do they eat. ...".how they eat" sounds more getto than southern to me...... Hey now,,. That's racist. |
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Post by hughespieds on Sept 10, 2019 8:48:41 GMT -6
I don't guess I've ever eaten sheep cooked right because of all the 8 times I've tried it I didn't like it.
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Post by fence on Sept 10, 2019 9:24:28 GMT -6
Typically your traditional lamb comes from a wool sheep. It's alot imo like a yearling deer. A very weak mild flavor. Hair sheep such as Barbados and dorpers, St Croix etc. Have a little more gameness to them. Not enough to be bad but actually quite good. I would expect wild sheep to be similar since technically they are hair sheep. Mutton in Texas can be a older sheep or goat, and if cooked right by can be damn good. Here we would say are they good eating, maybe how do they eat. ...".how they eat" sounds more getto than southern to me...... Hey now,,. That's racist. Sorry if I offended you....I forget "you people" are almost as touchy as the blacks....  |
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Post by dave on Sept 10, 2019 13:33:49 GMT -6
Hey now,,. That's racist. Sorry if I offended you....I forget "you people" are almost as touchy as the blacks.... The bear I have eaten was black bear. Does that make me racist? You know white bears are pretty much protected. I had never thought about before but obviously bear hunters are racists. |
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Post by greybeard on Sept 10, 2019 21:44:55 GMT -6
Supposedly, there is a big difference between lamb and mutton. (mutton is an adult)
I tried mutton once and it was awful. Tried lamb several times and prepared 3 different ways and it was just a younger version of awful each time.
The smell was a good % of the awfulness. (domesticated)
Not saying I will never get hungry enough to try lamb again, but I sure hope things don't get that dire.
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