Rackmastr
11-17-2010, 03:57 PM
My wife was drawn for a late season Cadomin Alberta sheep tag this year. She has hunted deer and elk in the past but never hunted sheep. It was bound to be one heck of an adventure and with Cadomin producing some giant rams we knew it would be a great time.
The Cadomin area is a hunt around a mine site that has produced plenty of rams in the 180+ range and is the spot where the World Record ram was taken. It is the type of place that makes sheep hunters DROOL. For us, we would aim high but be happy if my wife could shoot a ram that was representative of a nice Alberta ram. Its the kind of hunt where a person can hold out for a 180" ram and be successful, but with only 6 days for us to hunt, we wanted to see if we could just put a good ram on the ground.
We had an AMAZING hunt for the past 5 days. Kim passed a legal ram on Day 1 that was a nice full curl (younger) ram. She wanted to see what she could do with the tag. We hiked our butts off each morning and were the first ones to where we wanted to be each day. Had some pretty good weather but also dealt with some nasty stuff as well that pushed us to the limit a few times.
We saw a pile of giant rams on the mine each day, but none of them made much of a mistake. On day 4 Kim missed a good big dark ram on a longer shot that we had to rush. It was a tough day but we kept trying. We got some good video of that ram as well. He was a good 170"+ ram with good brooming on one side and nice full-curl on the other.
Day 5 it was just the two of us, as Cody had gone home after helping out for 4 days. What a great friend to come hike the mountains and provide inspiration and help on such a cool hunt. Its a shame he couldnt have been there for Day 5 cause it was a magical one!
We found this ram as we hiked up a sheep trail to a saddle. We knew he was legal and knew we didnt have a pile of time left. Kim had made the decision she wanted to fill the tag and be successful on her first sheep hunt, so at 140 yards she dropped this ram. What an awesome sight to watch your wife shoot her first bighorn!
Anyways, he's a young ram at only 4.5 years old, but has great bases at 15 3/4" and he is just under 35" on his long side, and about 34" on his short side.
What an awesome hunt and an awesome adventure!
A few pics for now...more to follow....
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a297/Rackmastr/IMG_4484.jpg
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a297/Rackmastr/IMG_4547.jpg
The ram my wife passed up on opening day....I was super proud of her to have the determination to see what she could do with the tag.
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a297/Rackmastr/PB110459.jpg
The storm moved in packing this guy out!!
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a297/Rackmastr/IMG_4574.jpg
The Cadomin area is a hunt around a mine site that has produced plenty of rams in the 180+ range and is the spot where the World Record ram was taken. It is the type of place that makes sheep hunters DROOL. For us, we would aim high but be happy if my wife could shoot a ram that was representative of a nice Alberta ram. Its the kind of hunt where a person can hold out for a 180" ram and be successful, but with only 6 days for us to hunt, we wanted to see if we could just put a good ram on the ground.
We had an AMAZING hunt for the past 5 days. Kim passed a legal ram on Day 1 that was a nice full curl (younger) ram. She wanted to see what she could do with the tag. We hiked our butts off each morning and were the first ones to where we wanted to be each day. Had some pretty good weather but also dealt with some nasty stuff as well that pushed us to the limit a few times.
We saw a pile of giant rams on the mine each day, but none of them made much of a mistake. On day 4 Kim missed a good big dark ram on a longer shot that we had to rush. It was a tough day but we kept trying. We got some good video of that ram as well. He was a good 170"+ ram with good brooming on one side and nice full-curl on the other.
Day 5 it was just the two of us, as Cody had gone home after helping out for 4 days. What a great friend to come hike the mountains and provide inspiration and help on such a cool hunt. Its a shame he couldnt have been there for Day 5 cause it was a magical one!
We found this ram as we hiked up a sheep trail to a saddle. We knew he was legal and knew we didnt have a pile of time left. Kim had made the decision she wanted to fill the tag and be successful on her first sheep hunt, so at 140 yards she dropped this ram. What an awesome sight to watch your wife shoot her first bighorn!
Anyways, he's a young ram at only 4.5 years old, but has great bases at 15 3/4" and he is just under 35" on his long side, and about 34" on his short side.
What an awesome hunt and an awesome adventure!
A few pics for now...more to follow....
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a297/Rackmastr/IMG_4484.jpg
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a297/Rackmastr/IMG_4547.jpg
The ram my wife passed up on opening day....I was super proud of her to have the determination to see what she could do with the tag.
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a297/Rackmastr/PB110459.jpg
The storm moved in packing this guy out!!
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a297/Rackmastr/IMG_4574.jpg