After about 25 years of applying, I finally drew a Nelson Bighorn tag in Nevada for Unit 271. Does anyone have any tips or advice on this unit? This is my first hunt for a Desert Ram and I am more than a little excited about it! I don't think I have another 25 years to wait for another. I would appreciate any tips anyone can provide. My 7mag is good a little past 400 yards with Barnes TSX, my boots are broken-in Lathrope & Sons, and I am wearing my new Eberlestock pack on daily hikes in the mountains getting ready for this hunt. Have you guys noticed that the mountains seem a little steeper this year?
Nevada Desert Bighorn
- Thread starter MTShasta
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Yes I do notice the mountains getting steeper.
C
camuleycrazy
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Congrats Mtshasta. I went with a friend in another unit. You are going to have a great time. Take plenty of time, look at alot of sheep and then kill a good one. Have fun!
littlebighorn
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LAST EDITED ON Jun-22-10 AT 04:34PM (MST)[p]Congratulations!
This is the Breakdown of last year's hunters, where they killed their sheep, How many days they hunted, how old their ram was, the ram's score and the seal #. You can probably find a prettier rundown on the NV website. Anyway everyone killed their ram and only three of the nine hunters had to hunt longer than a week. Average age of ram was 5.9 and it looks like a 150 plus ram is a good ram for that unit.
Good luck and make sure you post pictures and a story!
271 Cannon James Horse Springs 11/20/2009 1 4 147 1/4 310
271 De Long Will South Side of Moapa Peak 11/20/2009 1 6 145 3/4 162
271 Garijo Jeff South of Moapa Peak 11/20/2009 1 8 156 7/8 159
271 Lavoie Raymond Hackberry Springs 12/10/2009 12 9 158 1/2 124
271 Perkins David West of Miner's Spring 12/1/200 8 3 139 5/8 343
271 Taras Richard Horse Canyon 11/25/2009 6 4 145 048
271 Wolfgram Brian East Mormons (East Side) 11/21/2009 2 9 155 311
271 NR Hodges Charles Four Miles Northwest of Hackberry Spring 11/23/2009 4 5 165 3/8 325
271 NR Jones James Jack's Pockets 12/9/2009 5 5 159 3/8 353
This is the Breakdown of last year's hunters, where they killed their sheep, How many days they hunted, how old their ram was, the ram's score and the seal #. You can probably find a prettier rundown on the NV website. Anyway everyone killed their ram and only three of the nine hunters had to hunt longer than a week. Average age of ram was 5.9 and it looks like a 150 plus ram is a good ram for that unit.
Good luck and make sure you post pictures and a story!
271 Cannon James Horse Springs 11/20/2009 1 4 147 1/4 310
271 De Long Will South Side of Moapa Peak 11/20/2009 1 6 145 3/4 162
271 Garijo Jeff South of Moapa Peak 11/20/2009 1 8 156 7/8 159
271 Lavoie Raymond Hackberry Springs 12/10/2009 12 9 158 1/2 124
271 Perkins David West of Miner's Spring 12/1/200 8 3 139 5/8 343
271 Taras Richard Horse Canyon 11/25/2009 6 4 145 048
271 Wolfgram Brian East Mormons (East Side) 11/21/2009 2 9 155 311
271 NR Hodges Charles Four Miles Northwest of Hackberry Spring 11/23/2009 4 5 165 3/8 325
271 NR Jones James Jack's Pockets 12/9/2009 5 5 159 3/8 353
Thanks for the helpful info. I can't believe my recent turn of good luck. I also drew a Desert Sheep tag here in Calif. for the Kelso Peak/Old Dad Mtns. I am listed as an alternate and will have to call DFG tomorrow and find out exactly what this means. It sounds like I "almost" drew a tag. It's too much to hope to be this lucky in one year, but I'll take it!
littlebighorn
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So are you the luckiest guy in the world or just almost?
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camuleycrazy
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I wouldn't think very many people would turn in a sheep tag but maybe for medical reasons.
D
D13er
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>I wouldn't think very many people
>would turn in a sheep
>tag but maybe for medical
>reasons.
a second alternate has gotten a tag before in cali.....but I wouldn't plan that hunt just yet.
great post/pic, thanks for sharing
JB
>would turn in a sheep
>tag but maybe for medical
>reasons.
a second alternate has gotten a tag before in cali.....but I wouldn't plan that hunt just yet.
great post/pic, thanks for sharing
JB
Zeke
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Good luck to you!
My brother was the first alternate for a Stone Sheep hunt in one of the ext-ram-aganza drawings. A woman won the hunt. I offered to have some of my contacts "visit" her before the hunt but my brother declined the offer. JK
My Bro went on to "finish" with a Stone sheep a couple years after that (2004).
Have fun in Nevada. It's a wonderful place. I hunted sheep there 27 years ago (1983) and with my cousin a couple years ago (2007).
Zeke
My brother was the first alternate for a Stone Sheep hunt in one of the ext-ram-aganza drawings. A woman won the hunt. I offered to have some of my contacts "visit" her before the hunt but my brother declined the offer. JK
My Bro went on to "finish" with a Stone sheep a couple years after that (2004).
Have fun in Nevada. It's a wonderful place. I hunted sheep there 27 years ago (1983) and with my cousin a couple years ago (2007).
Zeke
