Str8Shot Report post Posted May 31, 2010 As it was with everyone else..... the thought of the recent poaching of the 2 big horn sheep at canyon lake sickened me and pissed me off .... Over the last year and 5 overnight trips sleeping on the lake with my son there has not been a morning that we had awakened and not seen a couple of these Rams Standing and sky lining the early morning sunlight on the tops of the ridges .... This Saturday again we found ourselves out on the water of canyon lake over night, and every time I gazed to the tops of the jagged cliffs that so often stood as a throne for many of these Majestic animals I could not get this incident out of my mind and wonder to myself if the next sunlight would bring another sighting.... As the sun rose in the early AM on Sunday I found myself looking in the usual spots without any luck at seeing the local residents at top their cliffs .... The early morning bite was not taking off so it was time to move.... Boat motor problems found us making our way back to the next fishing hole and we decided to call it a trip and take it slow on the way back .... Moving at a snails crawl I catch movement over my shoulder and tell my Dad to stop ... There they were a herd of Big Horn sheep making their way up the rough cuts and a thankful sight for sore eyes as I counted the 8 sheep that browsed the trees on their way up the rocks .... One big Ram 3 Ewe's and 4 young ones hopped and played , browsed and sunned for everyone to see and be amazed at how they can so easily trek up this impossible looking hill side .... After 30 minutes of watching these guys and sharing this viewing with my Dad, Son, nephew , best friend and his son I said Now that made this trip all worth it ... and we continued back on our slow trip back to the Boat ramp..... All I can say is I still hope this guy gets the Max on every penalty that can be thrown at him, but I can say that seeing these guy's doing their morning ritual gives me hope that they will not be going anywhere and they will recover from the loss of the 2 Sheep taken by that poacher ... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest 300ultramag. Report post Posted June 1, 2010 great write up... we all stand inline for decadess to have the opportunity... to be among such beautiful wildlife! weve always watched em till the dissappear life goes on I pray they recover.. that area has turned into a ghost town from tge darn lions this guy takes two illegally.. what a piece of shittty-etc. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
azviking101 Report post Posted February 23, 2011 Was just at canyon lake yesterday and saw 4 of them staring at us while we were fishing. It was a site to see. I had never seen one in the wildlife before. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tjhunt2 Report post Posted February 23, 2011 Azviking101, welcome to the site. How was the fishing if you did any that is? TJ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
