Before and After Pictures

[ElectricDyck]

[ElectricDyck]

[ElectricDyck]

[Husky7mm]

My 2013 Spences Bridge Bighorn. Before-After and Two days after.

Rams in the timber.


Rams bailed down the mountain and I found this 60m down the mountain.


Two shots later and he fell off the ledge and got lodged in a tree 5m below the ledge. The ram is not actually touching the ground in this photo. He is folded into this tree.


Do to some very unlucky events and a small mental breakdown on my part. The ram fell down the mountain a couple of hundred meters. I was able to get to him there (no pics) but once again gravity took its toll and he went another 200-300m down the mountain. I had to come up from the bottom instead of from the top and was unable to find the ram. Scratched and bloodied from a few slips and tumbles and heat stroke setting in (it was 34 degrees celcius that day) I limped home.

Two days later I went back to look for the ram. I found him in a slide and made my way up to him. After chasing a bear off the kill this is what I found.



Not only had the ram been fed on but in the mid 30 temps the meat was actually a medium rare. As you can see the horns actually rotted off the cores. The local bios were shocked that this could happen in two days as was the taxidermist.

This was down at the river once I skinned out the rotting hide and scraped off 1000 maggots (as you can see the brains are melting out of the skull).



BHB

I love the no quit in this post. Plan A .... plan B ... whatever it takes. Determination ! Speaks to many. Beautiful ram, I wouldn't take no for an answer either! Thanks for sharing BHB

[Husky7mm]

[QUOTE=ElectricDyck;1862299]

Awesome photos electric, looks like you are in the middle of nowhere, strange to see the frayed twine on his brows. Love the sheep photos also. Looks like a great adventure.!!

[Stone Sheep Steve]

Thanks for sharing that heart-breaker, BHB. You have too many bighorns on the wall so it turned out for the best.

Great shots ELD!!! Thanks for sharing!

60,000 plus views....who knew B&A could compete with T&A???!!!

Keep them comin'!

SSS

[Frosty]

2 weeks prior








2 seconds prior





Island Blacktail

[Stone Sheep Steve]

I've been tracking these two giants for the past 24 hrs. I anticipated their moves even before they knew what they were going to do.

know your prey......

gain their trust......

[Stone Sheep Steve]

Wait for your moment .....And move in for the kill.



An epic double header that will never be rivalled....



And our favorite meal of the year...



Happy New Year everyone!

SSS

[bearvalley]

LMAO
Good one SSS!
Happy New Year to you and thanks for starting this great thread.