greatwestern
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LAST EDITED ON Feb-18-11 AT 00:33AM (MST)[p]so, we've just looked at a CO Ram that we all seemed to think was mid 170s-180 based on the image of this dude by himself
well, i wasn't trying to be deceptive or make anybody look foolish...hell, ANY good sheep person could be fooled by a ram like this! but he won't score anywhere near what we would've judged him at if we'd found this dude by himself...why? because he is a dwarf...a hobbit ram...a dog sheep!
look how little he is! his average bodied 7 year old buddy dwarfs him, and Frodo is standing a good yard or two closer to the camera, from about 60 yards (also note bottom of his other side, visible under his jawline)...yet, he wasn't the only one that day
while milling about on the mountain taking pictures of all the boys, i glassed up a ram that was about 3 1/2 miles north of us on the primary ridge, headed our way...he trucked on over in not much over an hour, feeding only sporadically. well he finally popped over the top and looked down and saw these rams, then got all happy and came trotting down to say hi
i didn't even notice until he got down to the others, but he's a dwarf as well! and who does he go right up to for a nuzzle and some horning? ol' Frodo! his long lost buddy... all the other rams ignored him, and he them
Frodo is obviously second from right, with his very light, kinda 'fannin' colored hobbit buddy just to his left
looks like the young class IVs are taking their old puppy dogs out for a stroll
i have seen dwarves in several populations of wild sheep, but never two in one general herd (there were rams all over that hill), and much less best little buddies like that
O'Connor describes a lone Dall he once killed that he thought would be pushing 45 long...but alas, it was a hobbit! he was well over full curl, but went almost 4 inches shorter than ol' Jack had thought, obviously had small bases, and a skull length that measured two inches shorter than a 42 inch full curl that was brought in a few days later
its funny how many decent sheep people don't really believe in dwarf rams, and seem to pass it off as hunters just trying to justify small horns when they kill one of these older little buggers...sure, plenty of 'normal sized' age class rams have small horns, like this miserable old fellow here in the foreground:
but such rams are obviously not dwarves (incidentally, the big dude in the back that i called Brutus was killed later that year and went 181+...NOT a Colorado ram)
Anyway, beware the tricksy Hobbit Rams...they're really out there!
and anyone else with any stories or examples of Dog Sheep, please post them on up
Cheers'
well, i wasn't trying to be deceptive or make anybody look foolish...hell, ANY good sheep person could be fooled by a ram like this! but he won't score anywhere near what we would've judged him at if we'd found this dude by himself...why? because he is a dwarf...a hobbit ram...a dog sheep!
look how little he is! his average bodied 7 year old buddy dwarfs him, and Frodo is standing a good yard or two closer to the camera, from about 60 yards (also note bottom of his other side, visible under his jawline)...yet, he wasn't the only one that day
while milling about on the mountain taking pictures of all the boys, i glassed up a ram that was about 3 1/2 miles north of us on the primary ridge, headed our way...he trucked on over in not much over an hour, feeding only sporadically. well he finally popped over the top and looked down and saw these rams, then got all happy and came trotting down to say hi
i didn't even notice until he got down to the others, but he's a dwarf as well! and who does he go right up to for a nuzzle and some horning? ol' Frodo! his long lost buddy... all the other rams ignored him, and he them
Frodo is obviously second from right, with his very light, kinda 'fannin' colored hobbit buddy just to his left
looks like the young class IVs are taking their old puppy dogs out for a stroll
i have seen dwarves in several populations of wild sheep, but never two in one general herd (there were rams all over that hill), and much less best little buddies like that
O'Connor describes a lone Dall he once killed that he thought would be pushing 45 long...but alas, it was a hobbit! he was well over full curl, but went almost 4 inches shorter than ol' Jack had thought, obviously had small bases, and a skull length that measured two inches shorter than a 42 inch full curl that was brought in a few days later
its funny how many decent sheep people don't really believe in dwarf rams, and seem to pass it off as hunters just trying to justify small horns when they kill one of these older little buggers...sure, plenty of 'normal sized' age class rams have small horns, like this miserable old fellow here in the foreground:
but such rams are obviously not dwarves (incidentally, the big dude in the back that i called Brutus was killed later that year and went 181+...NOT a Colorado ram)
Anyway, beware the tricksy Hobbit Rams...they're really out there!
and anyone else with any stories or examples of Dog Sheep, please post them on up
Cheers'
