Mexicali or Nelsoni?

[idgaf]

Which one do you think makes a better trophy? Given all factors, Access, availability, Looks, Challenge of the hunt.

[PCHunter]

I like the look of a Mexicali better but I think it is personal preference.

[AZkiller]

+1

[buffhunter]

Depends if you want horns with more flare or the boxy....... it does not matter to me.... wherever game and fish gives me a tag!!!!

[Heat]

Mexicali is a city in northern Baja near El Centro CA. The sheep that live in the southern half of the border states are Ovis canadensis mexicana. I like the mexicana vs nelsoni sub species, although the flaring horns of the nelsoni is pretty cool.

[idgaf]

Thanks for all the replies, Let me rephrase the question just a bit. Horn style is certainly one of the most important parts of a trophy, but not the only part. Which style is harder to hunt, rarer, harder to get to, ETC. Whenever I look at one of my animals on the wall I think back to that hunt and when I finally get my once in a life time sheep tag I want the memory to be a strong as the mount if that makes sense.

[PCHunter]

I think it completely depends on the terrain and sheep population in a given unit. I killed my desert sheep in 46A which is a wilderness area that you have to walk into. It doesn't have a big population of sheep so made for a fairly tough hunt. 46B is probably tougher.

[DCS]

After waiting and applying for 39 years,the challenge was getting the tag in a time frame that I could still go!!!! I have known people that have put in all their lives,and died waiting to get the TAG.I hope that you don't have to wait as long as I did,but I can assure you that I applied in most all the units in AZ.trying to get lucky.I drew 3 years ago,and killed a ram that I am very proud of.I just wish that I have 39 years left to draw a Rocky tag-I'll only be 101.

[idgaf]

After waiting and applying for 39 years,the challenge was getting the tag in a time frame that I could still go!!!! I have known people that have put in all their lives,and died waiting to get the TAG.I hope that you don't have to wait as long as I did,but I can assure you that I applied in most all the units in AZ.trying to get lucky.I drew 3 years ago,and killed a ram that I am very proud of.I just wish that I have 39 years left to draw a Rocky tag-I'll only be 101.

Totally understand that one. A friend of mine got his desert after 17 years of applying and his rocky 17 years after that. I told him that's fair he got two tags in 17 years. I get under his skin just a bit when I tell him that.

[PCHunter]

You never know. I drew a rocky tag 5 years after the desert tag.

[Idcurs]

Wow I am still waiting for my first sheep tag,I have a bud that is a golf bum that hunts and he drew his rocky two years after he drew his desert!!!!!

[PatrickJr]

you never know, my father drew desert on his 2nd year applying in 1991 for 45c, and he has been applying for rocky ever since and hasnt drawn....hopefully soon, he has knee troubles and i dont know if he can wait another 10 years....

[rcdinaz]

I drew desert with 4 or 5 points, can't remember. No follow-up yet on the Rocky and up to 10.

 

Still probably the greatest hunt of my life! And by great I mean it SUCKED and was awesome all at the same time.

[Bird Dog]

mexicana! Can not wait.

[SpotNStalk]

Im partial to nelsoni.