Yeah he was such a stud, I haven’t seen or heard of anyone seeing him the last two winters either. Lion must’ve snuck up on his blind side
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Glad your healing up good to see ya stopped back in
Lambchoppa
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Thanks for all the input on spike camping and or bivy hunting. Seems like everyone has a preference and I’m sure they can all work.
Some good looking rams in those photos. Helps keep that sheep blood pumping.
Some good looking rams in those photos. Helps keep that sheep blood pumping.
shines@times
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I knew winmag would reopen the sub-thread with his (her, their ?) comment!
shines@times
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I'll say! Is he a transplant from Wild Horse Island?
BAKPAKR
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I just zoomed in on your avatar and saw what it was. That is awesome.
Dumb question here what causes the chunks of horn to be broken off on a ram Fighting ? or is it an age thing
I googled it but couldnt find an answer
Maybe age n fighting combination I know some days my body parts feel like they are trying to make an exit
I googled it but couldnt find an answer
Maybe age n fighting combination I know some days my body parts feel like they are trying to make an exit
BigHornRam
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Survey of chronic sinusitis-induced skull anomalies in desert bighorn sheep - PubMed
Bone anomalies were found in 20% of 630 skulls from desert bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) representing populations of california bighorn (O canadensis californiana), lower California bighorn (O canadensis cremnobates), Mexican bighorn (O canadensis mexicana), and Nelson bighorn (O canadensis...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
When you see rams with huge laminations of horn missing or entire horn gone, it's most often due to sinusitis.
Nope!
Haha yeah pretty cool! Got to spend a few hours with him chasing ewes couple years ago
shines@times
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Sounds like risky business. I'd be afraid to make that old boy jealous and potentially mad!
recurveman
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A few years ago, we were watching a few rams and about a dozen ewes on the side of a hill in AZ. The rams were butting heads pretty good so there must have been a hot ewe in the bunch. They finally got in a place where we wanted to put a stalk on one of the rams. After further inspection we noticed that his right horn was now 3/4 gone and the tip of his horn was bright red. When we started watching the rams there were no broken horns. Needless to say that was the ram we wanted to stalk so we didn't even attempt a stalk. His posture also changed dramatically. He could tell something happened because he wouldn't challenge the other ram anymore and was very timid. After about an hour he left to group and went on a walk about.
That's a generous marking for the base of the horn, didn't realize that's how they mark it. Also the angle manipulates the result drastically, could near make a ewe legal with a string base to tip from the right angle. Move the camera a hair to the right and the string wouldn't touch the eye of this ram. I'd be curious to see a true side on view of this arrangement. The view shown appears in my opinion from a higher and further back point of view than a true side on, and they may have had to do it that way to bisect the eye.
Agreed, I couldn't glass this ram for 4 hrs from 25 yards and come up the thought that pulling the trigger is a good idea. I fear too that leniency introduces the risk of hunters using this as precident or an example of legal, and finding themselves in hot water.
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mtnkid85
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Any Hunttalkers headed to Butte this weekend for the MTWSF banquette? Hit me up if you want to have a beer.
BigHornRam
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I'll be there Saturday.
mtnkid85
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Opps... I just texted you. How did that much time pass since hunting season already, lol!?
mountainboat
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Can someone explain to me how the unlimited sheep, generally spending more time in the timber, develop darker horns due to sap? I've seen it mentioned several times here. Do they rub on trees like deer and elk???
TrumpkinTheDwarf
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The ram drew you back in I see. How the heck are ya?
shines@times
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Hey guys, shines@times here, just checking in after an extended absence.
I'm in my fifth week of emptying a building that I sold in Polson Montana and I heard a little bit from locals about a guy getting killed and devoured by griz down in the Absaroka Beartooth country. Since that is our favorite country I figured you guys would be discussing the hell out of the incident, especially in light of all of the grizzly bear discussion that I've seen on the thread the last few months.
My own luck is holding true to course. Coming over from Western Washington I made it to the crest of Lookout Pass with a motorhome in flames (after spending $560 on tires in Kellogg Idaho) got it stopped just under the overpass and decided that wasn't the best place to park a burning vehicle. I drifted down about a hundred yards into Montana. Stopped behind a semi with enough space between us that I would not light him up too.
Thus, I have been in rental vehicles for the last four plus weeks. After I get home, I'll post some photos if anybody is interested. I managed to save my camera but not my 2-day-old cell phone and my almost 12-year-old laptop.
I had to obtain another cell phone in order to rent a U-Haul truck. I'm halfway talking to text and editing best I can; so, if there are any big typos or grammatical errors please excuse.
If there's any silver lining to this cloudy misadventure I guess it's finding out that I've got a little bit more physical ability remaining than I thought I would have. Been working my old butt off for 5 weeks and am modestly encouraged about the prospects for some more outdoor adventures. That is, if the asbestos dust and the mold spores don't kill me first!
May 1st is coming much too soon to consider this year; but hey, 73 is not too old to hunt sheep in the Beartooth Wilderness, right?
I'm in my fifth week of emptying a building that I sold in Polson Montana and I heard a little bit from locals about a guy getting killed and devoured by griz down in the Absaroka Beartooth country. Since that is our favorite country I figured you guys would be discussing the hell out of the incident, especially in light of all of the grizzly bear discussion that I've seen on the thread the last few months.
My own luck is holding true to course. Coming over from Western Washington I made it to the crest of Lookout Pass with a motorhome in flames (after spending $560 on tires in Kellogg Idaho) got it stopped just under the overpass and decided that wasn't the best place to park a burning vehicle. I drifted down about a hundred yards into Montana. Stopped behind a semi with enough space between us that I would not light him up too.
Thus, I have been in rental vehicles for the last four plus weeks. After I get home, I'll post some photos if anybody is interested. I managed to save my camera but not my 2-day-old cell phone and my almost 12-year-old laptop.
I had to obtain another cell phone in order to rent a U-Haul truck. I'm halfway talking to text and editing best I can; so, if there are any big typos or grammatical errors please excuse.
If there's any silver lining to this cloudy misadventure I guess it's finding out that I've got a little bit more physical ability remaining than I thought I would have. Been working my old butt off for 5 weeks and am modestly encouraged about the prospects for some more outdoor adventures. That is, if the asbestos dust and the mold spores don't kill me first!
May 1st is coming much too soon to consider this year; but hey, 73 is not too old to hunt sheep in the Beartooth Wilderness, right?
