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Wild Images
03-06-2013, 09:19 AM
Take away the fact that he is a hog and totally legal, try and age this guy.
Pic was zoomed in from 10 feet, from a couple hundred yards on a live ram would be pretty well
impossible.
This may help to explain why the age criteria is now gone for bighorn rams
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o309/wildimages/BighornPedistal013_zps1ea08308.jpg
bighornbob
03-06-2013, 09:24 AM
6 years of age. And you are right from any distance this would be really tough.

BHB
tinhorse
03-06-2013, 09:27 AM
looks 7 years. Yep tough, I wouldn't even try and count in the field, as Im not even confident counting on this close up.
Rackmastr
03-06-2013, 09:29 AM
Field judging bighorns is so damn tough for sure. Hell, some rams are hard once their in your hands, but at least if you can see the backside of the horn it becomes easier. But yep, sure makes sense why aging is out of the regs on bighorns.
bighornbob
03-06-2013, 09:31 AM
Went back and looked at the pedistal pics to get some different angles (crucial when aging bighorns) and I am sticking to 6 years of age.

BHB
wrenchhead
03-06-2013, 09:59 AM
I'm going with 7
proguide66
03-06-2013, 11:16 AM
I'm going 8. Never had to age a b horn. The lamb tips are much different than stones arent they? at 'first' I even got 9 !? The lamb tips confuse me on Bhorns.
Buck
03-06-2013, 04:05 PM
Yep i see at least 8 but would never shoot it going on rings.
bruin
03-06-2013, 04:10 PM
That's a toughy, you'd definitely need the right angle to catch the little shadows of the heavy rings. I'll call him 6.
Apolonius
03-06-2013, 05:18 PM
Nice ram.I dont think it is an old ram.He just had his 6th birthday??I hope i am right.Did you shoot it?If not lets see one of yours and maybe a storyline.We all like a little background real or not.We are droooooling!!
sheep hunter
03-06-2013, 05:35 PM
Tough to judge this one. I'm going with 8 years old .
Wild Images
03-06-2013, 05:38 PM
Those who said 6 years are correct, he is even harder to age from the back.

I didn't shoot him, only had the pleasure of mounting him. Any story of this
ram will have to come from someone else.

But I can give a few numbers, 16 1/2" bases, 40" long, and scores 181- 182
kennyj
03-06-2013, 07:06 PM
I'd say 6 1/2.
kenny
proguide66
03-06-2013, 07:42 PM
SHIT , imagine him at 10 !!!???
Apolonius
03-06-2013, 08:14 PM
I think kennyj wins.I bet he didn't see the posting above his.
riflebuilder
03-06-2013, 09:26 PM
I get 7 but it is hard to tell for sure, still he is legal by 1" so thats a good Ram
wrenchhead
03-06-2013, 11:50 PM
Had the pleasure to mount him eh.... Someone had to say it.
Darksith
03-07-2013, 06:20 AM
I got 7 1/2