Thanks for the well wishes.
The area was 205S. The kill was made south of Calvada Summit. Since sheep tags are basically once in a life time, location of kill should be no big secret. Know the biologist that used to work that area and a couple hunters that drew the area recently and all were very helpful and deserve great thanks.
Found this ram the night before bedded on top of a mountain with 2 others(smaller). My brother came in late that night from that socialist republic to the west (LOL) and went out with me 1st thing next AM. We found a group of young rams, ewes and lambs about 600yds that were feeding. from the road 1st thing. I saw that same bunch the AM before and there were 23 sheep in the group with the largest ram a 4yr old. Went down the road to look for rams I saw the day before. Didn't find. Went back to large group and counted 26 with a couple mature rams. Apperently rams from evening before joined up with large group. Watched, waiting for them to bed. Then they spooked, bunched up and ram up the canyon out of sight. Moved down the road, looked back and they only went about 100yds. Settled down, started to feed. So we went back up the road, got out of sight and took off up the draw. Came over the top, saw 1 small ram to the right. The rest came out of the bottom, stopped. We found the largest ram and when he cleared the rest made the kil. Only 220-240 yds.
The other hunter is my brother. Several others were supposed to show up but didn't make it, there loss. That night I tossed and turned all night and only got about 2hours sleep...LOL. 10 years ago I killed a B&C typical mule deer in NV and the same thing happened except then everytime I thought about the buck it brought tears to my eyes.
Took a stone in B.C in 1977. Wanted to go on a classic sheep hunt, saved for 5 years, was very lucky since I could never afford it now. Then in '83 (saved more $$)took a Dall in the Yukon, followed by a bighorn in WY, area 5 in '98. Took that long to draw(thank the preference system and enough sense to get in on the ground floor). Drew the desert after putting in for 25 years.
from the "Heartland of Wyoming"
