For you bighorn experts, let's play the annuli game

[ScottP]

#2. I would say 4yr- 1 month - 20 days

 

[npaden]

I would vote 4 years old on the first and 3 years old on the 2nd ram posted of Millers. Really only a few months into the 3rd year on that second one, hopefully some good growth to go the rest of the summer for him.

3 years old also on the one you can see well of BighornRams picture.

 

[mtmiller]

Have fun with this one.

#3
11.21.2015
I was harvested a couple weeks later IIRC

 

[TheJason]

8.5

 

[mdeerjunkie]

8-9

 

[Oak]

I agree with ScottP on #2.

 

[EYJONAS!]

Fun thread I'm gonna go 10.5 on last ram but I'm sure I'm off.

Had a friends wife kill one once that was 15 that quit rining? Ever heard of that.

 

[rwc101]

#1. Old enough
#2. Not old enough
#3. Old enough

 

[npaden]

I vote 10 years on #3.

 

[Sawtooth]

8.5 on #3

 

[BigHornRam]

I'm going with 9 1/2 on the big guy.

 

[Oak]

Really hard to tell on #3, but I think he's at least 10.5 and maybe more.

 

[ScottP]

Seems like #3 is >=10.5. But difficult without it in hand.

Just curious, where are you taking these great photographs?

 

[BuckRut]

I say 12 on #3

 

[npaden]

I'm curious about #2.

I just can't buy into those tiny growth rings for ages 3 and 4. Unless it had some type of an serious illness that lasted 2 years or there was an extremely terrible drought those are going to be a couple of really good growth years and he should be putting on several inches of horn at that age and not 1/4" each year.

Or maybe I'm missing the line for the first year. To me it looks like he had awesome growth in year 1 and 2 and then is still working on growing year 3.

 

[mtmiller]

I have my opinions on the ages, but no guarantees. I will let everyone else debate them.

Just curious, where are you taking these great photographs?

Thanks for the compliment. Montana, Wyoming and South Dakota.

 

[mtmiller]

#4
8.19.2016

 

[Huntnut60]

I'm thinking 10.5 on #3

 

[npaden]

7.5 on #4. Obviously not a breaks ram, this guy is never going to be very big.

 

[Irrelevant]

#3. 9