Colorado Bighorn Success

IronBuck · Sep 13, 2004

We had a friend in our archery elk camp who drew a Colorado Bighorn tag. After many miles, many climbs & some very hard work glassing and hunting he took this fine ram :grin:

Here he is shortly after the kill :grin:

My buddy John & I take a break from our elk hunt to climb up & help Anthony with his ram. Here we are posing with his trophy

The weather was brutal up top that day. Here is my buddy John with Anthony after caping out the ram. Notice the rainbow in the background. A fitting end!

Some pictures with Anthony the next day....packout day!

Some views of a fine Colorado Ram. Congrats to Anthony! :grin:

Boskee · Sep 13, 2004

Nice Ram congratulations to your friend and you guys on a sucessful sheep hunt. They really are magnificent creatures and you earn every one of them. Thanks for posting the pictures and fueling my imagination until I am lucky enough to draw my tag!

supersider34 · Sep 13, 2004

Congrats on a successful hunt. very nice ram.

muddy_spud · Sep 13, 2004

IronBuck, you have a pm.

Harry

dwalton · Sep 13, 2004

A beauty of a ram!! It looks like a very wet day. What unit was it taken in?

PleaseDear · Sep 13, 2004

Nice Ram! Congrats to your buddy.

littlefoot · Sep 14, 2004

congrats to the hunter, and nice job with the pics...thanks

IronBuck · Sep 14, 2004

HArry,

Thanks for letting me know about the PM. My firewall does not let that stuff show up & I have to turn it off to see it....or even post on this site for that matter.

Anyway, it was a real fun hunt. I can't wait to go back next year!

Bill (IB)

austin · Sep 14, 2004

Very nice ram! Congratulations.
Looks like you guys had a great hunt.
Nice pictures.

ridgetop · Sep 14, 2004

Beatuiful ram and country! Congrats to your buddy!

IronBuck · Sep 14, 2004

Here are the official stats on the Ram:

From the Division of Wildlife office in Durango today where the ram was measured and plugged. Here are the results:

Length of horn around outside curve
Left horn: 30 1/4
Right horn: 29 3/8
Basal circumference at hairline:
Left horn: 13 1/8
Right horn 13 1/4
Horn spread: 19 1/4
Annual growth rings: 7 1/2
Curl: 7/8

A nice one!

DeerKing · Sep 15, 2004

Fine looking ram on what I'm sure was a difficult hunt! Well deserved.

eelgrass · Sep 15, 2004

The stuff dreams are made of.......A big high five!

Great photography of a beautiful Ram.

Steve

BCBOY · Sep 17, 2004

Bill,
That is a sweet looking ram in some sweet looking country. Congrats to your friend and glad you got to share those special memories with him.

BUCKSPY · Sep 20, 2004

Very nice looking ram! Congratulations. Was that from the same herd/unit as Rammin's sheep in the other post?

Rammin · Sep 20, 2004

LAST EDITED ON Sep-20-04 AT 12:35PM (MST)[p]Buckspy, I think this is an S16 Ram, although I'm not positive. I know who the other two hunters that were in my unit and have seen one of the other rams. All three of us got our rams but this ram was taken in a unit other than 28.
A fine ram none the less. It's a beauty. Great photos as well.