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jml11
08-07-2009, 01:43 PM
Well Sheep season has been open for a week and no stories or photos yet???? What's going on, must have been a few early rams taken by now? Last year Whitetailsheds blessed us with a post on August 5th! C'mon I need to live vicariously :biggrin:.
Blainer
08-07-2009, 01:48 PM
Look in the gallery as a picture has been posted.
No story as of yet.
Jetboater
08-07-2009, 01:48 PM
good looking ram in the gallery....
mfarrally
08-07-2009, 02:36 PM
Story coming, I'll try and post another pic to keep you satisfied!
jml11
08-07-2009, 03:32 PM
Story coming, I'll try and post another pic to keep you satisfied!
Good to hear! After the other guys mentioned a photo was in the gallery I took a peak and was afraid I might have to call you out ;).
Good work on the getting a mature ram...9.5 years old by my guess?
mfarrally
08-07-2009, 04:58 PM
Good to hear! After the other guys mentioned a photo was in the gallery I took a peak and was afraid I might have to call you out ;).
Good work on the getting a mature ram...9.5 years old by my guess?
Good Guess! I bumped into some other sheep hunters on the way home and thats what they figured as well
moosehunter21
08-07-2009, 05:05 PM
Nice lookin sheep. Congrats.
whitetailsheds
08-07-2009, 05:31 PM
Twisting an ankle in my LAST ball game of the year, 5 days before I was to leave for a sheep trip, and a partner who had not quite recovered from some surgery, amounted to a "No Go" for the opener. Frustrating but whatd'ya do?
Seemed pretty warm out there, may not have needed a sleeping bag. Thought a guy could get away with just a fleece bag liner this year if you were out early.
Have to wait till later, which means thicker/ fuller capes.
Here's to safe hiking, and straight shooting to everyone hitting the hills!
elkdom
08-07-2009, 05:36 PM
Twisting an ankle in my LAST ball game of the year, 5 days before I was to leave for a sheep trip, and a partner who had not quite recovered from some surgery, amounted to a "No Go" for the opener. Frustrating but whatd'ya do?
Seemed pretty warm out there, may not have needed a sleeping bag. Thought a guy could get away with just a fleece bag liner this year if you were out early.
Have to wait till later, which means thicker/ fuller capes.
Here's to safe hiking, and straight shooting to everyone hitting the hills!
I feel your pain! lol no I dont! I feel my own,,,last year July 26, 3 broken ribs
this year HOT weather, then torrential rains, swollen creeks, washout trails, and MEGA hunters,, then buddy flooks on a ram,,, oh the pain,,,:roll:
KodiakHntr
08-07-2009, 05:56 PM
Twisting an ankle in my LAST ball game of the year, 5 days before I was to leave for a sheep trip, and a partner who had not quite recovered from some surgery, amounted to a "No Go" for the opener. Frustrating but whatd'ya do?
Seemed pretty warm out there, may not have needed a sleeping bag. Thought a guy could get away with just a fleece bag liner this year if you were out early.
Have to wait till later, which means thicker/ fuller capes.
Here's to safe hiking, and straight shooting to everyone hitting the hills!
How about spraining a knee while you are actually out there on opening day?....Good times.
And it was warm the night before the opener, warm enough to be on top of the bag, but by day 2 a bag was definately needed...Probably dropped to 7 degrees or so by monday night.
Creeker
08-07-2009, 06:24 PM
Heard it was really smoky around the Liard making spotting very diffiucult. Know of 2 groups to come down empty handed as they couldnt see.
GoatGuy
08-07-2009, 07:17 PM
Well Sheep season has been open for a week and no stories or photos yet???? What's going on, must have been a few early rams taken by now? Last year Whitetailsheds blessed us with a post on August 5th! C'mon I need to live vicariously :biggrin:.
Sheep hunting starts before september?
jml11
08-08-2009, 02:32 AM
Sheep hunting starts before september?
So they say:wink:...at least that is what BCrams tells me he and SSS are doing every year at this time...but they have yet to come back with anything in all those attempts... :shock:
proguide66
08-08-2009, 02:59 PM
ok..this is all ya get , lol , story is : 60 yr old hunter scored on day 3.http://i443.photobucket.com/albums/qq155/proguide66/073.jpg..sweat,pain , gun went boom..sheep went down!....good luck all!
whitetailsheds
08-08-2009, 04:00 PM
ok..this is all ya get , lol , story is : 60 yr old hunter scored on day 3.http://i443.photobucket.com/albums/qq155/proguide66/073.jpg..sweat,pain , gun went boom..sheep went down!....good luck all!
Thanks Proguide...a few more details than Elkdom's tease...
Gilmore
08-08-2009, 04:22 PM
ok..this is all ya get , lol , story is : 60 yr old hunter scored on day 3.http://i443.photobucket.com/albums/qq155/proguide66/073.jpg..sweat,pain , gun went boom..sheep went down!....good luck all!
Well whadya know... he found one!!:biggrin:
ok..this is all ya get , lol , story is : 60 yr old hunter scored on day 3.http://i443.photobucket.com/albums/qq155/proguide66/073.jpg..sweat,pain , gun went boom..sheep went down!....good luck all!
7.5 years old??
7.5 years old??
thats what I get! Very nice ram, and excellent view! :grin:
porcupine
08-08-2009, 10:57 PM
Nice looking ram. I guess 8 years old. I wouuld have been very happy to take this ram.
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hunter1947
08-09-2009, 06:10 AM
Proguide66 great ram you got for an old fart ,some of us older hunters can still get to the top.
Great side view pic of this ram you took ,congrats to you http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/images/icons/icon14.gif http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/images/icons/icon14.gif.
Nice looking ram. I guess 8 years old. I wouuld have been very happy to take this ram.
just what I see. Can you show me how you get 8????? Just trying to brush up on my skills before my Sept. sheep hunt...
http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg203/efdkelly/073.jpg
jml11
08-09-2009, 10:36 AM
just what I see. Can you show me how you get 8????? Just trying to brush up on my skills before my Sept. sheep hunt...
http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg203/efdkelly/073.jpg
That's how I would call it. Some good growth on that ram, had potential to be monster...imagine three more years growth on those horns! Fine ram none the less.
proguide66
08-09-2009, 11:46 AM
http://i443.photobucket.com/albums/qq155/proguide66/084.jpg
He's 8 boys !....one ring tucked in the fur. you guys who called him seven called it right ( as a potential kill) as well...why?....because if you shot this ram ' hoping' to find a ring in the hair it would be a foolish move. He's obviously legal in length. I did get to watch him for over two hrs in shooting distance and knew he was 8 before the hammer dropped..he did reveal it from a couple weird angles , but not soo easy to see from the side view....I would have liked to shoot a better one , but lots of hunters on my heals , my hunter was 60 with a bad knee and was on his 3rd stone hunt ( with out ever seeing a legal ram)...he was willing to shoot ANY ram but thankfully he played along and harvested this pretty sheep.
d6dan
08-09-2009, 02:40 PM
Pro 66, He's a good one. I thought he looked around 8. He sure has a tight curl and wide flair!.I wil guess his bases are around 14 1/2"-15'. Keep em coming!!!.:shock:
Rubicon500
08-09-2009, 04:04 PM
Ive heard of 5 more stones down and out already, sum good rams so far. Couple really close to the infamous 40"
http://i443.photobucket.com/albums/qq155/proguide66/084.jpg
He's 8 boys !....one ring tucked in the fur. you guys who called him seven called it right ( as a potential kill) as well...why?....because if you shot this ram ' hoping' to find a ring in the hair it would be a foolish move. He's obviously legal in length. I did get to watch him for over two hrs in shooting distance and knew he was 8 before the hammer dropped..he did reveal it from a couple weird angles , but not soo easy to see from the side view....I would have liked to shoot a better one , but lots of hunters on my heals , my hunter was 60 with a bad knee and was on his 3rd stone hunt ( with out ever seeing a legal ram)...he was willing to shoot ANY ram but thankfully he played along and harvested this pretty sheep.
This doesnt make sense??? The number 7 ring which slee pointed out is only about 1 inch from the hair, (which would be this summers growth)
Another ring wont form until the harsh times of winter.
If your saying there is another burried right at the hair line, your suggesting that the ram didnt gain any growth since the dead of winter???
Nice ram anyways!
willy442
08-09-2009, 07:53 PM
This doesnt make sense??? The number 7 ring which slee pointed out is only about 1 inch from the hair, (which would be this summers growth)
Another ring wont form until the harsh times of winter.
If your saying there is another burried right at the hair line, your suggesting that the ram didnt gain any growth since the dead of winter???
Nice ram anyways!
I also only see seven
proguide66
08-09-2009, 08:07 PM
This doesnt make sense??? The number 7 ring which slee pointed out is only about 1 inch from the hair, (which would be this summers growth)
Another ring wont form until the harsh times of winter.
If your saying there is another burried right at the hair line, your suggesting that the ram didnt gain any growth since the dead of winter???
Nice ram anyways!
Look at the fur line above his eye...you can see the 8th ring...there's an inch of fur climbing up that horn....its an 8 yr old ram....the two pics might not show the details clear enough for guys on here.....fortunately the horns were in my hands as well as 6 others...its an 8 yr old ram.......with 8 clear rings around em...
;-)http://i443.photobucket.com/albums/qq155/proguide66/ram.jpg
Here's another one with similar growth rings....this ram has less fur up the horn and is wayy under the bridge. I looked at this guy at 100 yrds through a spotting scope for a WHILE before letting the guy claim it as his grandslam ram after 3 hunts for a stone as well.....its 8 and on his wall.
budismyhorse
08-09-2009, 08:28 PM
Nice sheep pal.
kennyj
08-09-2009, 08:54 PM
Beauty Rams proguide.You're living the dream man,several sheep hunts every year.Congratulations on getting these great rams for your clients.
kenny
mr.280
08-09-2009, 09:21 PM
Keep the sheep photos comming! Check out the annulus rings on this set,he died in his 11th winter and still wasn't full curl, found this set up a wash off of MacDonald Cr. in 1999.
http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss186/frederick280/42-1.jpg
porcupine
08-09-2009, 10:47 PM
The sheep im my avatar had very similar growth ring development. Both the guide (the late Doug London) and the inspector said it was 8 years old. Again, a ring close to the base of the horns. However, since the horns extended above the bridge of the nose, it was legal anyway. that's why I guessed 8 years old.
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Nimrod
08-10-2009, 04:57 AM
the guide (the late Doug London)
Doug passed away..
That's sad news, I worked as a wrangler for Doug on a few sheep hunts one year, he was a great guy and an awesome sheep hunter.
He was good enough to shared allot of information about sheep hunting with me...very grateful for that.
those hunts where what got me hooked on sheep hunting, none recovering addict ever since.
Seems to be too big of a difference in growth from his 6th to 7th year? False annuli maybe?? great ram either way!!!!!
http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg203/efdkelly/084-1.jpg
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