Horn Seeker
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Oh yeah, I totally skipped a part...
When I packed the load of meat down I quickly rummaged through my gear and found my tape. I was happy, but I still didn't know how big he was. I had tried to estimate his length and circumference on the hill and it just wasn't working. When I started scouting and learning about sheep horns, there seemed to be a couple numbers that I figured I'd shoot for. Judging by the rarity of their presence in the records (the biologist sent out a sheet with the horn size of every ram killed in the last ten years)... I wasn't stuck on achieving those numbers, but it was something to shoot for. The numbers were 17 and 40.
I dropped my pack and went over and wrapped the steel tape around his base. I pulled tight and leaned over to see the number... It was 17 1/8. I immediately figured I'd done it wrong and that the number was slightly inflated, but even so, I knew I had a massive ram!!! Turns out, green, he's right at 16 7/8.
Then the length. Every time I estimated it was about 36. i wrapped the tape around the shorter, more broomed horned... And without watching, held the point of the tape at the end of his horn. I turned it around and my finger was at the 40 1/2 mark! The other horn went 42 1/4! My smile grew and grew till it nearly didn't fit on my face!
With his length, and young age and presence of near lamb tips, he has a weak last quarter measurement, at about 7 5/8. He ends up green about 187.
190 was the dream number, and it's a doable deal in that unit, but you have to be able to pass up a 187 first!! Not gonna happen with me!
When I packed the load of meat down I quickly rummaged through my gear and found my tape. I was happy, but I still didn't know how big he was. I had tried to estimate his length and circumference on the hill and it just wasn't working. When I started scouting and learning about sheep horns, there seemed to be a couple numbers that I figured I'd shoot for. Judging by the rarity of their presence in the records (the biologist sent out a sheet with the horn size of every ram killed in the last ten years)... I wasn't stuck on achieving those numbers, but it was something to shoot for. The numbers were 17 and 40.
I dropped my pack and went over and wrapped the steel tape around his base. I pulled tight and leaned over to see the number... It was 17 1/8. I immediately figured I'd done it wrong and that the number was slightly inflated, but even so, I knew I had a massive ram!!! Turns out, green, he's right at 16 7/8.
Then the length. Every time I estimated it was about 36. i wrapped the tape around the shorter, more broomed horned... And without watching, held the point of the tape at the end of his horn. I turned it around and my finger was at the 40 1/2 mark! The other horn went 42 1/4! My smile grew and grew till it nearly didn't fit on my face!
With his length, and young age and presence of near lamb tips, he has a weak last quarter measurement, at about 7 5/8. He ends up green about 187.
190 was the dream number, and it's a doable deal in that unit, but you have to be able to pass up a 187 first!! Not gonna happen with me!
