Big Desert Bighorn Ram

hillshooter · Tuesday at 11:47 PM

I'm a newbie when it comes to sheep, but I think that this guy would be a keeper. I found him while out deer hunting this weekend. How does this ram rate, is he a shooter or does he need to grow some more. I'll never have this tag, but hopefully my boy will in the next 100 years, so I'd like some input from those that are more experienced with judging sheep.

PleaseDear · Wednesday at 3:28 AM

Nice Ram

Robb

hawkbill · Wednesday at 4:24 AM

Nice Ram, Geez Robb I had to do a double take, I thought the girl on the right in your avatar was my daughter

DonVathome · Wednesday at 5:14 AM

Nice ram for sure.

Gadjet · Wednesday at 8:30 AM

Beautiful classic flaring desert ram.

heartshot · Wednesday at 11:58 AM

IMO Unless someone had already scouted something bigger. That looks like an opening morning no-brainer pull the trigger.

Ranger1 · Wednesday at 12:06 PM

Beautiful Ram!

gundog2 · Wednesday at 4:29 PM

I am hunting DBS on the Dirty Devil this year. We have only seen one immature ram so far, but hoping to have better luck in the last couple weeks of the season. I would not hesitate to go after a ram like this one.

yotebuster17 · Wednesday at 4:35 PM

Looks like a great ram with lots of potential. Hard to see with those pics but I think he’s 5 years old. Maybe 6 but I wouldn’t think any older. Certain units in certain states he’d be a no brainer but in a lot of AZ units or NM ones you’d be better off waiting.

hillshooter · Wednesday at 9:33 PM

I've got some more footage of him that I can go through to see if I can get any different pictures of the rings that you guys are talking about. What are you looking at specifically for aging a ram like this?

hillshooter · Wednesday at 9:38 PM

I also wanted to pay it forward, and say that if someone has a sheep tag that is looking for a ram, I would be happy to share what information I have with them, regarding this ram and the unit he's in. When I had my OIL Moose tag, I had people on here that I didn't know helping me out and I couldn't thank them enough.

gundog2 · Thursday at 10:30 AM

hillshooter said:
I also wanted to pay it forward, and say that if someone has a sheep tag that is looking for a ram, I would be happy to share what information I have with them, regarding this ram and the unit he's in. When I had my OIL Moose tag, I had people on here that I didn't know helping me out and I couldn't thank them enough.

I have a sheep tag for the Dirty Devil and I could use any help that I can get to find a ram like that.

Willametteriveroutlaw · Thursday at 11:00 AM

yotebuster17 said:
Looks like a great ram with lots of potential. Hard to see with those pics but I think he’s 5 years old. Maybe 6 but I wouldn’t think any older. Certain units in certain states he’d be a no brainer but in a lot of AZ units or NM ones you’d be better off waiting.

I thought I could see 8 annuli.

nontypical · Thursday at 1:09 PM

That ram is 8 or 9 years old. I'm trying to kill him.

Gadjet · Thursday at 1:58 PM

nontypical said:
That ram is 8 or 9 years old. I'm trying to kill him.

Great ram! Good luck.

And I agree on the age.

Muleman · Thursday at 2:14 PM

Looks young , let him walk. All depends on where you hunt. In NM you would let him walk

hillshooter · Thursday at 10:11 PM

nontypical said:
That ram is 8 or 9 years old. I'm trying to kill him.

I wish that you were with me when I saw him. He and his ewes were 226 yards away from us just feeding like they didn't have a care in the world. He was also in a really good spot to kill him. PM me if you'd like and we can talk more about it, and where I saw him.

Bluehair · Friday at 7:46 AM

Let him grow (although in some pop’s he might be as big as he gets). Those lamb tips make him look bigger than he is, although thats a pretty deep curl (32/33”?)

$.02

littlebighorn · Friday at 9:53 AM

hillshooter said:
I wish that you were with me when I saw him. He and his ewes were 226 yards away from us just feeding like they didn't have a care in the world. He was also in a really good spot to kill him. PM me if you'd like and we can talk more about it, and where I saw him.

PM sent