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ruttinbuck
08-01-2008, 07:05 AM
Just curious what guys come up with for rings.I can count 11+.Sorry for the quality I took the photo with my cellphone.RB
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f217/ruttinbuck/wildlife/rambright1.jpg
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f217/ruttinbuck/wildlife/rambright2.jpg
hunter1947
08-01-2008, 07:08 AM
8 years old.

I just took a better look at it and I can count 8 rings ,I changed my number of years.
jml11
08-01-2008, 07:12 AM
looks around 10, bighorns are tough though, throw a lot of false annuli, which is why ageing bighorns doesn't fly during hunting season...there are enough illegal bighorns shot each year as it is...
Huey
08-01-2008, 08:10 AM
my guess 9 or 10
Blainer
08-01-2008, 08:13 AM
I'm thinking 7yrs old.
3/4 curl
brno375
08-01-2008, 08:16 AM
9.5 years old
bigwhiteys
08-01-2008, 08:25 AM
Not all rings are annuli. As already mentioned it's tougher to age bighorns then thinhorns. You can tell he's an older ram because of the roughness at his bases and brooming. I wouldn't even guess.

Carl
BIGHUNTERFISH
08-01-2008, 08:27 AM
I think its a 10 year old ram ,he is broomed off a lot definately a mature ram .
guest
08-01-2008, 08:37 AM
Very hard to see all rings but C/T is going with 11 years.
He's a goodin!
C/T
Dirty
08-01-2008, 08:45 AM
12 years old is my guess.
Bighorn hunter
08-01-2008, 08:58 AM
7.5-8.5 I'd say
srupp
08-01-2008, 09:25 AM
HMMMM I put him at 10 plus years..definatly a shooter..

now where BCRAMS..he is the man on sheep aging..

steven
BCHunterFSJ
08-01-2008, 10:30 AM
I'll give him 10 years...
jml11
08-01-2008, 11:16 AM
HMMMM I put him at 10 plus years..definatly a shooter..

now where BCRAMS..he is the man on sheep aging..

steven


BCRams is currently ageing dall sheep up north...maybe he's already found that 8+ year old.
Kody94
08-01-2008, 01:34 PM
now where BCRAMS..he is the man on sheep aging..


Its Aug 1. :idea:

;)

You get three guesses where he is....and I hope all of them are "stone sheep hunting".

Maybe he's even exercising his sheep aging talents on an OLD ram as I type. I hope so...this season I need to live vicariously through all the sheep hunters on this site...so I wish all of you extra good luck.

Cheers
4ster
jml11
08-01-2008, 03:55 PM
You get three guesses where he is....and I hope all of them are "stone sheep hunting".



Nope, like I said he is looking for dall's this time around
mark4
08-10-2008, 01:06 PM
I'm thinking ten forsure and mabye even eleven years old.
Lil Buck
08-10-2008, 04:36 PM
10.5 years old shot in aug.

Nice ram I would wack him for sure.


But what do I know lb:-P
BiG Boar
08-12-2008, 07:58 AM
I would say that ram is roughly 9 years 4 months and 17 days old. Harvested on a friday afternoon. Looks to me that it was shot with a 300 win mag and the meat tasted delicious. Just a guess though.
sawmill
08-12-2008, 03:37 PM
Nope,I counted all the rings and he is 285 years old so his meat would have been pretty tough.Funny he did`nt grow more horn in all those years?
Avalanche123
08-12-2008, 04:38 PM
and the correct answer is?........
Brambles
08-12-2008, 04:41 PM
8.5 years old
ruttinbuck
08-12-2008, 04:45 PM
and the correct answer is?........
Old!!
His rings get so close together near his bases its very difficult to tell false or real annuli.I can't recall what the bio that did the inspection said.
On a side note he is bigger at the first circumfrance than at the bases.RB
browningboy
08-12-2008, 08:30 PM
8.765579 years old
ruttinbuck
09-05-2008, 09:25 AM
bumped back up,see if the early season sheephunters can give me an opinion.RB
Kody94
09-06-2008, 08:43 PM
The pics are hard to see...any chance you can re-do them with a camera?

It looks like a nice old ram....at least 9.5...probably more. I just can't tell for sure without a clearer pic. And if you can get BCRams to identify all the rings for me, that always helps my count too. :D

Cheers,
4ster