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mwj
08-13-2010, 02:16 PM
Early aug. 2010, 5:36 pm.
i'm nestled into a small rocky saddle that overlooks a high mountain basin. i've been here about 4 hours and i've taken over 100 pictures plus some video. my decision is made and i slowly reach for my rifle. i slide the 7mm into position and line up on the big ram that's bedded 122 meters away. i eaze the saftey off, exhale and squeeze.
I should about now back up and start at the beginning(now that i've got your attention).a few days earlier I met up with 2 friends of mine, cole and kevin. The 3 of us headed north to look for sheep. All of us are "well seasoned" lol, maybe a little "salt and pepper" mixed in. its my 33rd sheep season and i'm looking forward to a good trip.
"Are we there yet" I want to say as we hike up a remote mountain drainage. It's hot, about 30 celcius and there's lots of blood sucking bugs. a couple more hours and we'll set up spike camp. that evening while glassing i spot 3 rams way up there. "in the nose bleed section" cole says.
During the night we get a monsoon rain storm. I'm soooo glad i bought a new tent(that's for andy lol). In the morning we're socked in but by about 8 am the sky is clearing and all of us are spotting for sheep. we can't find my 3 rams anywhere. cole says he's heading further up the drainage to hunt and kevin is going up and over the top to look into another valley. both of them, without any discussion between us, are staying away from the basin where i spotted rams the day before. i tag along with kevin but my real goal is to gain elevation and then side hill over to where the rams where yesterday.
more to come soon.

daywalker
08-13-2010, 02:20 PM
Good start to the story got me interested know. Can't wait to hear all the hunting stories and pics soon to come.

mark
08-13-2010, 02:24 PM
There had better be some pics.....I hate big reads without any pics! :evil:

moose2
08-13-2010, 02:28 PM
How long do we have to wait Mark I am looking forward to seeing the pictures again.
MIKE

4 point
08-13-2010, 02:47 PM
This is starting off like it's going to be good......

BlacktailStalker
08-13-2010, 02:50 PM
:lol: Mark you're a funny man.
Now were you "with kevin" or slightly behind... IIRC he is quite the "speed goat"!
I look forward to the rest and should come down to hear the real deal (and see the pics because I know being on dial up is a p.i.t.a and I wont get to see them all on here... so people, if you get ancy, this is why there is a delay :))

mwj
08-13-2010, 02:51 PM
having technical difflcuties lol, can't seem to cut and paste. still working on it

Brett
08-13-2010, 02:57 PM
:mrgreen::mrgreen:OH MY GOD! don't stoooppp !:mrgreen::mrgreen:

mark
08-13-2010, 03:03 PM
Here ya go....

http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/../photos/data/500/medium/202.jpg (http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/../photos/showphoto.php?photo=20033&size=big&cat=recent&limit=recent)
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http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/../photos/data/500/medium/197.jpg (http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/../photos/showphoto.php?photo=20032&size=big&cat=recent&limit=recent)
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Some nice scenery, but wheres the ram??? Did you miss??? :twisted:

sawmill
08-13-2010, 03:43 PM
Drama queen.

whitetailsheds
08-13-2010, 03:59 PM
oooohhh....I got mildly aroused there for a minute....

mwj
08-13-2010, 04:09 PM
i get to my "small rocky saddle" in the early afternoon. i know i can't hunt much further so i elect to wait here for the rest of the afternoon anyway. the first thing i do is take a couple of pics and then i range the small basin. i can see where the big ram was bedded the day before on a rocky pinacle, it's 122 meters away.http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/medium/196.jpg (http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/showphoto.php?photo=20031&size=big&cat=recent&limit=recent)

mwj
08-13-2010, 04:11 PM
http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/medium/197.jpg (http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/showphoto.php?photo=20032&size=big&cat=recent&limit=recent)

mwj
08-13-2010, 04:13 PM
the picture above is the upper part of the basin i'm watching. the peak is over 7000 ft

mwj
08-13-2010, 04:21 PM
this is looking up the drainage. cole is up there somewhere.http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/202.jpg (http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/showphoto.php?photo=20033&limit=recent)

mwj
08-13-2010, 04:24 PM
andy,
i was slightly behind kevin lol.
my technical difficulties were solved by swiching to internet explorer

moose2
08-13-2010, 04:31 PM
Hey Mark
This is what the valley looks like around the corner from the picture you took. I believe it is called zipper mouth creek.
MIKE

http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/sheep_hunt_2_006.jpg (http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/showphoto.php?photo=20035)

mwj
08-13-2010, 04:35 PM
so it's hot and i'm getting pretty comfy. i'm lying in an old sheep bed...the next thing i know i wake myself up with a snort...oops. i peak over the edge, no sheep, lucky! i eat a genisoy protein bar. its about 4 pm, i peak over the edge again. HOLY! There's a big ram RUNNING down the basin towards me. I'm trying my best to get the spotting scope on him but he's moving to fast. CHRIST it's going to run right by me without even getting a good look!!!! then he turns a bit, runs right up to that pinacle, climbs up and beds exactly where he was yesterday. And i already know thats 122 meters away!

mwj
08-13-2010, 04:41 PM
mike,
i already forgot where i was. happens when your over 50 lolhttp://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/medium/205.jpg (http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/showphoto.php?photo=20036&size=big&cat=500)

sawmill
08-13-2010, 04:43 PM
And then you shot him.C`mon,get on with it .

sako_300
08-13-2010, 04:52 PM
give the guy a break - no wonder nobody posts pics and stories on here. We should be grateful that he's even posting this up for us. If you don't want to wait check back tomorrow; it might all be up.

From the other posts I gather he's on dial up - relax and have a beer. It's Friday.

MichaelB
08-13-2010, 05:01 PM
:shock:I am getting excited! Somehow it seems so foreign to me that sheep hunts have already ended for some. (I've never hunted in August before) Looking forward to the ending! Is this my 100th post??? Also very exciting!

mwj
08-13-2010, 05:17 PM
i get the spotting scope focused on the ram. we're going to call this ram lefty because his left horn is broomed. i can see that lefty is a good ram, he's heavy and has a fairly open curl. lefty is below me and at that angle i can't get a "view squarely from the side". wait a minute i think, there were 3 rams yesterday. where are the other 2 ? i spot them on the skyline. stubby and butthead i'm calling them. stubby has deformed horns and butthead is , well i think it's self explanitory.

mwj
08-13-2010, 05:21 PM
stubby on the right and butthead on the lefthttp://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/medium/206.jpg (http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/showphoto.php?photo=20037&size=big&cat=500)

mwj
08-13-2010, 05:26 PM
a quick check back on lefty. he still won't give me the correct view of his horns. hurry up and wait i guess.http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/medium/2131.jpg (http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/showphoto.php?photo=20038&size=big&cat=500)

mwj
08-13-2010, 05:30 PM
http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/medium/2152.jpg (http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/showphoto.php?photo=20039&size=big&cat=500)l
lefty shaking his head trying to get rid of the flies

kennyj
08-13-2010, 05:39 PM
Great story and photos so far.
kenny

pg83
08-13-2010, 05:41 PM
keep 'er coming. Great so far.

cavebear
08-13-2010, 05:47 PM
more tell me more :-D

whitetailsheds
08-13-2010, 05:53 PM
Excellent thread.....

BCRiverBoater
08-13-2010, 06:00 PM
Did you try aging this ram from one of those photos while looking at home waiting for a better view? Curious what you figured his age was at this point.

Toad Hunter
08-13-2010, 06:08 PM
River Boater - what do ya figure for age?

mwj
08-13-2010, 06:12 PM
here's butthead coming up to challenge lefty.
BCRiverBoater lefty was 8 i was uncomfortable shooting him on age alone, besides i was having an incredable experiance.
http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/2222.jpg

mwj
08-13-2010, 06:15 PM
lefty and butthead squareing off
http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/2231.jpg

BCRiverBoater
08-13-2010, 06:18 PM
Well I am not the best at aging so I was going to say maybe 7 but if counting first ring as 2 then would be 8 I guess. I am still working on aging from weird angles etc and from distances. I am hoping I do not need to count on it as I am not 100% comfortable. :-|

mwj
08-13-2010, 06:22 PM
here's where things get dicey. buttheads now officially a pain in the ass. he has come across the basin and "spots" me. there's only 20 yds between us. he starts an alarm snort, kind of a cross between a "snort" and a "baa".http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/medium/2271.jpg (http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/showphoto.php?photo=20042&size=big&cat=500)

mwj
08-13-2010, 06:26 PM
BCRiverboater,
there's an annuli thats hard to see right close to the hairline. hard to see from the side but quite plain in a frontal view.

mwj
08-13-2010, 06:32 PM
http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/medium/2241.jpg (http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/showphoto.php?photo=20043&size=big&cat=500)
lefty has a look across to see whats going on.

mwj
08-13-2010, 06:35 PM
http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/medium/233.jpg (http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/showphoto.php?photo=20052&size=big&cat=500)
butthead goes the right way.

mwj
08-13-2010, 06:37 PM
http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/medium/236.jpg (http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/showphoto.php?photo=20058&size=big&cat=500)
and then comes back,"dam".

luckynuts
08-13-2010, 06:40 PM
This is awesome !!!!!!!!!!!! Fantastic pictures keep em coming!!!!!! Thanks

W.

mwj
08-13-2010, 06:42 PM
and then, thank god, the flies become more important than me.
http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/medium/244.jpg (http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/showphoto.php?photo=20059&size=big&cat=500)

mwj
08-13-2010, 06:45 PM
http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/medium/258.jpg (http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/showphoto.php?photo=20060&size=big&cat=500)
butthead beds down 15 yds away. keeping an eye on me i guess lol.

whitetailsheds
08-13-2010, 06:47 PM
Hahaha...u r surrounded.....priceless!

mwj
08-13-2010, 06:55 PM
now that buttheads calmed down i get a picture of stubby who's bedded in a different part of the basin.stubbies right horn is very short and his left is deformed also.http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/medium/2571.jpg (http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/showphoto.php?photo=20061&size=big&cat=500)

srupp
08-13-2010, 06:59 PM
MOST EXELLENT READ, AMAZING PHOTOS...well done....

keep em coming////.......

cheers
Steven

sako_300
08-13-2010, 07:01 PM
I wish I had made popcorn a couple hours ago...

Great thread and wicked hunt thus far. Doesn't matter if you pulled the trigger or not (I'm guessing you did though).

pg83
08-13-2010, 07:04 PM
I am loving these pics. You must have had such a blast.

d6dan
08-13-2010, 07:10 PM
Teaser thread, But lov'in it...Great pics and story..

MOL
08-13-2010, 07:28 PM
Hey Mark, I saw the pics when the boy was on the trampoline, it looked like kevin was the shooter on this trip based on pack configuration and trophy pics!!!!:mrgreen:

dougster
08-13-2010, 07:35 PM
cmon mwj, we need a fix, keep the story goin

Ambush
08-13-2010, 07:40 PM
I'm leaving at 5:00 AM tomorrow. Hope I don't have to wait a week to see some "grip'n grin" pics. Congrats to someone anyway!!!!

mwj
08-13-2010, 07:44 PM
inbetween taking pictures i'm constantly watching lefty. so much has happened over the last 90 minutes that i'm in awe, and then i get the view i need. i slowly reach for my 7mm and slide the rifle into position. butthead is still there 15 yds away and watching. i ease the safety off, exhale and squeeze. boom...thwack....boom...thwack...boom....thwack.
despite 3 hits lefty still manages to kick his way out of his bed and falls/rolls about 50 ft down hill before coming to a rest. whooohoooo!!!!

mwj
08-13-2010, 07:46 PM
http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/medium/275.jpg (http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/showphoto.php?photo=20062&size=big&cat=500)

mwj
08-13-2010, 07:48 PM
http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/medium/277.jpg (http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/showphoto.php?photo=20063&size=big&cat=500)

troutseeker
08-13-2010, 07:48 PM
WEll done! It was only a matter of time. Is butthead still at your elbow?

Ambush
08-13-2010, 07:50 PM
Awesome!! Congratulations and perfect ending to a great story.

Looks like eight years old to me to.

mwj
08-13-2010, 07:50 PM
http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/medium/279.jpg (http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/showphoto.php?photo=20064&size=big&cat=500)

mwj
08-13-2010, 07:52 PM
http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/medium/282.jpg (http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/showphoto.php?photo=20065&size=big&cat=500)

dougster
08-13-2010, 07:54 PM
he looks pretty clean for 3 shots, where did you hit him?

Mtnhunter
08-13-2010, 08:03 PM
Fantastic story! Congrats on memories of a lifetime!

mwj
08-13-2010, 08:04 PM
ihttp://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/medium/287.jpg (http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/showphoto.php?photo=20066&size=big&cat=500)i
i was well into caping ect, working away with my head down when a well timed shout from kevin scared me so bad i just about jumped off the mountain. we both had a good laugh, i was glad to see him.
this is me with my ram.

srupp
08-13-2010, 08:08 PM
again WELL DONE !!!

Steven

Gus
08-13-2010, 08:15 PM
Just awsome, good for you.

mwj
08-13-2010, 08:20 PM
kevin with "lefty".
troutseeker, butthead didn't stick around long after the first shot lol.
MOL, somehow kevin packed out the horns and cape and i packed out the meat. not quite sure how that happened being he's 9 years younger lol.
http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/medium/293.jpg (http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/showphoto.php?photo=20067&size=big&cat=500)

rollingrock
08-13-2010, 08:27 PM
Just got home. The first thing I did was turning the computer on, then clicking on huntingbc.ca through Favorites, then looking at how many people were viewing Mainland British Columbia...I saw 94 people were viewing. I knew something is going on here. :D

Great story with a beautiful ram!

kootenayslam
08-13-2010, 08:30 PM
Congrats on the beauty Ram, great read!

dougster
08-13-2010, 08:32 PM
great story, im kinda sad its over. great ram

moose2
08-13-2010, 08:38 PM
Great job Mark
I hope your walk was shorter than your story " LOL " again good job buddy the pictures and story was great. Lefty is going to make a great mount.
MIKE

Blainer
08-13-2010, 08:43 PM
Great story!
Great pictures!
Great Ram!

Swamp Rat
08-13-2010, 08:45 PM
Congrats! thanks for taking the time to post the pictures and sharing your hunt.

BlacktailStalker
08-13-2010, 08:53 PM
Great, well deserved ram Mark.
The events preceeding the shot likely could not have been any better :cool:

d6dan
08-13-2010, 08:53 PM
Sweet Ram mwj!
Congrats to you..thanks for the good story and pics...:-D

luckynuts
08-13-2010, 09:05 PM
As said before, Huge Congrats and thanks for the story and all those great pictures totally awesome!

W.

Bear Chaser
08-13-2010, 09:07 PM
Congratulations. I really enjoyed the pictures & story.

pg83
08-13-2010, 09:12 PM
Thanks for the pics and story once again, congrats to you on a great ram.

behemoth
08-13-2010, 09:22 PM
Nice work, great story!!!

cavebear
08-13-2010, 09:30 PM
threads and expeirences like these are why i hunt and why i love the great outdoors. Thanks for sharing an amazing experience. :-D:mrgreen:

kodiak10
08-13-2010, 10:17 PM
Great story,It was worth getting yelled at for not having the kids in bed.

duckhunt
08-13-2010, 10:20 PM
those are some awesome pics and a great story. congratulations

whitetailsheds
08-13-2010, 10:20 PM
That was one of the better threads....first of all a Stone's ram story....then having all the scenery and to top it all off....live pics! Well done and thanks for posting! Congrats to you guys!

Sitkaspruce
08-13-2010, 10:27 PM
Congrats on a great ram!!!!!

And one hell of a story!!!

Cheers

SS

Brambles
08-13-2010, 10:38 PM
Awesome, thanks for taking the time to post up a story and pics, patients sure paid off, lots of guys would have just jumped from basin to basin thinking the rams had headed off. Great photo's too, must have been a rush when the little guy bedded down to keep an eye on you.

Congrats

todbartell
08-13-2010, 10:42 PM
mwj, congratulations on becoming a premier memeber of the intraweb. great pics and story! good ram!

TyTy
08-13-2010, 10:53 PM
good story/hunt, right amount of suspense :)

mark
08-13-2010, 10:54 PM
A nice way to present a great hunt, thats something I have to do one day!

Riverratz
08-13-2010, 10:57 PM
First off, congratulations.
A most excellent hunt, story and pic's. Very well done in all respects.
RR

lostindian
08-13-2010, 11:09 PM
Congrats to you on you ram I should of grabbed a bag of popcorn before I started reading :-D

JDR
08-13-2010, 11:19 PM
Awesome story and pics!! Felt like I was there! Big congrats on the ram!

Fisher-Dude
08-13-2010, 11:23 PM
Congrats! Very nice ram and a great story!

steepNdeep
08-13-2010, 11:48 PM
Awesome!! Thanks for the good ending to a long week (of work... )

troutseeker
08-13-2010, 11:53 PM
A nice way to present a great hunt, thats something I have to do one day!

Me too Mark, me too. I have all of August 2011 off with the idea of giving it a try.

Stone Sheep Steve
08-14-2010, 12:03 AM
Very cool documentation! Thanks for thinking about "us" here on HBC before worrying about taking that fine ram:-D.

Congrats!!

SSS

Kid Hunter
08-14-2010, 12:09 AM
Awesome story and a great ram!! Looks like a good hunt!

BCRiverBoater
08-14-2010, 12:34 AM
http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/medium/277.jpg (http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/showphoto.php?photo=20063&size=big&cat=500)

Now I see eight but I could not in the first few photos. That is why I asked.

BCRiverBoater
08-14-2010, 12:37 AM
Great story and even better photos. Congrats!

MB_Boy
08-14-2010, 07:36 AM
Awesome story.......congrats on the ram!!! :mrgreen:

pitbell
08-14-2010, 07:37 AM
That was one of the best posts I've read. Great Ram.

sheep.elk.moose fanatic
08-14-2010, 08:28 AM
great story and pics congrats!!!

pearljam
08-14-2010, 08:32 AM
great looking ram!

trigger
08-14-2010, 09:32 AM
great storey, and pics. Congrats on a beauty rams guys

6 K
08-14-2010, 09:33 AM
Thank-you !
From someone who didn't get to go after sheep this year.
Excellent story, pictures and timeing of posts.
Thoughly enjoyed every aspect, Congratulations.
You mentioned that this was you 30 something sheep season, not your first ram though? Or is it?

mwj
08-14-2010, 09:47 AM
6K,
this is my 2nd stone. 5 rams in total. my other stone was taken in october with a winter cape, i'm looking forward to seeing a summer cape on the wall beside my 1st stone

gameslayer
08-14-2010, 09:51 AM
Love it, great way to bring us on the hunt with you mwj, I am jacked to go hunting now, not that I need any incentive. Thanks for sharing and congrats. I guess Kevin figured you get to keep the horns at home so he wanted some alone time with them while the old man packed the meet :)

mwj
08-14-2010, 10:02 AM
gameslayer,
i was poking some fun at kevin. if anything kevin is "up" for whatever needs doing. he had a brand new pack on this trip so he got the "clean" stuff to pack back to camp.

pappy
08-14-2010, 10:06 AM
Very good storie and pics, I can't wait to get up north this year. I'm heading to the island for a small vacation before I try for a ram, but I'm more excited to go sheep hunting. This post makes it that much harder to wait. Thanks for the read.

Bow Walker
08-14-2010, 10:10 AM
One of THE BEST hunting stories that have been told here. The photos make it even better. This has to rank in the top 3!

Thanks for posting.

Elkhound
08-14-2010, 10:10 AM
beautiful thread. Thank you. This is the stuff that keeps me on HBC

mwj
08-14-2010, 10:15 AM
anyone care to test their trophy judging abilities? i haven't mentioned any measurements on purpose.

http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/medium/2131.jpg (http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/showphoto.php?photo=20038&size=big&cat=500&ppuser=4431)

whitetailsheds
08-14-2010, 10:17 AM
157. And change.

kennyj
08-14-2010, 10:34 AM
Great thread! Storys and photos like this are what keep me looking and what make HBC awesome.
kenny

sako_300
08-14-2010, 10:38 AM
36x14 somewhere around 150

Coming_out_heavy.
08-14-2010, 10:40 AM
Mid 150's. Also, theres a slick way to age sheep that takes that "uncomfortable" feeling out of the whole deal. Heres a hint, you only need to count to 6.

Great thread, great pics, good effort, and awesome ram!

spear
08-14-2010, 10:46 AM
Awesome story, great pictures. Hope to experience that a few years down the road

shawnwells
08-14-2010, 10:58 AM
congrats! thanks for great pictures and great story

demlake
08-14-2010, 11:14 AM
Yep, great story and pics.

Thanks and congrats.

Creeker
08-14-2010, 01:56 PM
congrats on your ram.

ohno
08-14-2010, 02:13 PM
Great story and pics. Congrats on a great ram.

Mountaintop
08-14-2010, 06:54 PM
Just beautiful. As a newbie it is stories like this that got me interested in learning to hunt.

The photos are so good, I have to ask what camera equipment did you use?

Gateholio
08-14-2010, 07:29 PM
Great story and pics, Mark! Well done!:-D

BCrams
08-14-2010, 08:06 PM
Great ram and story Mark!! Love the ram bedded down on the little butte!!

Kitimat Killer
08-14-2010, 08:16 PM
great story and ram way to go love the live pics of all the rams again way to go

kk

ydouask
08-14-2010, 08:44 PM
It is so easy to get embroiled in the distressing stories of confrontation re resource use and abuse that our elected representitives and our employed enforcers seem unable to resolve in a timely manner... and then Sitkaspruce goes fishing and brings us with him as does MWJ who has shared an absolutely SUPER Story of a Stone's Sheep hunt....eehawww ! That's what we should all be so lucky to experience, and tell the world about ! Well done MWJ.

bushmonkey4
08-14-2010, 10:00 PM
37"x14.5??

Maxx
08-15-2010, 12:02 PM
Thanks for the great story, and huge congrats on taking a beautiful ram! Thanks for sharing.

BiG Boar
08-15-2010, 12:31 PM
Awsome story and a great hunt and finish! Glad I wasnt on the net much this weekend. I would have been glued to the computer! Wish I was in your shoes.

srupp
08-15-2010, 12:54 PM
Hmm wonderful photos and well written truly the second best to actually being there..CONGRADULATIONS AGAIN..

hmmm estimate....158 5/8...:wink:

cheers and THANK YOU

steven

Rackmastr
08-15-2010, 01:01 PM
Great ram! Great pics!!

I am still in envy of you guys in BC!!! I really need to move out there!

goatdancer
08-15-2010, 03:46 PM
Very nice ram. Awesome pics and a great story. Good to hear it all came together. Congratulations.

mwj
08-15-2010, 06:24 PM
mountaintop,
camers is noyhing special,olympus sp-510uz. it helps when your really close lol. some of the pics were taken through the spotting scope which can take a little practice.
for the guys who guessed on score we came to 162 2/8. it was a bit higher than that when i scored my ram but you shouldn't be allowed to score your own trophy lol. the right horn which is in most of the pics is 39x14.5.

Rattler
08-15-2010, 09:13 PM
Great ram and a even better story.

Thanks for posting.

ryanb
08-15-2010, 10:03 PM
Thanks for sharing the photos and the story. It's threads like these that really keep me coming back to this website during hunting season.

open-sights
08-15-2010, 10:21 PM
Absolutely awesome story, pics and details from a lifetime hunt, my hats off to you! Thank you!

hntcrazy
08-15-2010, 11:13 PM
thanx for sharing congrats on the ram!!!!
I guessed 38.5 x14 x 35.5 x14 and scored b&c 158 7/8 /......163ish before drying and sci ...............
nice ram

The Hermit
08-15-2010, 11:31 PM
Wonderful! Thanks for taking us along!

pmj
08-16-2010, 12:41 AM
Congratulations. Your hunt was amazing. Taking those pictures in the moment is incredible. This story and pictures deserve to be published. Thank you for taking us on the hunt.

hunter1947
08-16-2010, 02:26 AM
Very nice Ram you got there Mark as for your wright up on this hunt.

You deserve getting this ram with all the effort and hard work leading up to this hunt.
How where the legs and back all held up well for you on this hunt we are not getting any younger :wink:.

Like you said it will be nice to have a summer coat ram and a winter coat one to see the difference ,again Congrats on a well deserved Ram the two of you got http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/images/icons/icon14.gif http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/images/icons/icon14.gif http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/images/icons/icon6.gif..

sniper ren
08-16-2010, 09:50 AM
Awsome Ram! Thanks for the great story/pics!

mwj
08-16-2010, 10:34 AM
wayne,
i was a little worried before the hunt. i pulled a muscle in my calf in the middle of july, pushed it too hard on the first day of training lol. so i went into the hunt without any exercise at all. i guess i've got a few good years left in me lol.
mark

yama49
08-16-2010, 10:27 PM
Awesome story and great pictures. thx for taking the time to share it with all of us. congrats

pro 111
08-16-2010, 10:49 PM
anyone care to test their trophy judging abilities? i haven't mentioned any measurements on purpose.

http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/medium/2131.jpg (http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/showphoto.php?photo=20038&size=big&cat=500&ppuser=4431)
8.5 years 37 inches 13 and 7/8 bases . Nice sheep

porcupine
08-16-2010, 10:52 PM
Terrific pictures and story. An imspiration to the rest of us.

moosehunter21
08-16-2010, 11:42 PM
Amazing pics and story. Congrats on one helluva successful hunt.

hunter1947
08-17-2010, 04:43 AM
wayne,
i was a little worried before the hunt. i pulled a muscle in my calf in the middle of july, pushed it too hard on the first day of training lol. so i went into the hunt without any exercise at all. i guess i've got a few good years left in me lol.
mark


Well my hat goes off to you Mark you must of made up for not exercising by eating right months before your hunt and working hard around your home ,I would say not bad for an old fart :mrgreen:..

2slow
08-17-2010, 11:04 AM
Great story and pictures. Thanks for bringing us along

325
08-17-2010, 11:23 AM
Could someone show me how to age a ram like that?? It's obviously a full-curl, but I only cound 7 years....don't be too hard on me, I'm still learning.

sako_300
08-17-2010, 11:43 AM
use the search function for 'sheep aging' and other related sheep threads.

There is no way to show you definitively how to age a ram. Some guys have developed tricks which work a majority of the time but you still need to be confident before pulling the trigger. That confidence comes from experience.

Simple answer to the above is you're not counting the lamb tip.

Four years of sheep hunting and I'm still learning.

coach
08-17-2010, 12:06 PM
Great story and ram. Thanks for sharing this with all of us. This is part of what makes HBC such a great website. Well done!

Duk Dog
08-17-2010, 01:22 PM
Congrats on the ram, and good work on the story!

cas-has-cars
09-07-2010, 11:08 PM
Wow. I missed this one. Glad I found it, great read and thanks for the efforts made bringing this story to all of us here. Makes me want to climb a mountain somewhere, hell anywhere.
Thanks

Deaddog
09-08-2010, 07:15 AM
congrats, you are one patient guy! pics are fantastic, I leave tomorrow for the better part of a month.. you pics are the finishing touch that I needed.. DD

Mountain Hunter
09-08-2010, 09:31 PM
I think this photo sums up all that is great with mountain hunting!http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/medium/205.jpg (http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/showphoto.php?photo=20036&size=big&cat=500)[/quote]

BillyBull
09-10-2010, 05:32 PM
Many thanks for posting the story and pictures... looks like you had yourself and amazing adventure and even better that you could share it with your partner and all of us on HBC drooling to have such a hunt.

No Tag Soup Please
09-10-2010, 06:03 PM
Thanks to who ever brought this back up to my new posts :)

Great ram! AWESOME thread!

Now what did it score?