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I`ve always dreamed of sheep. Anders
Careful Anders. Comments like that can get you in trouble in parts of the West
Howard, Congrats to your brother. Chic had told me of your success. How cool that Tyler was able to participate. Who cares about the book. Beautiful ram.
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| Posts: 784 | Location: Michigan | Registered: 18 December 2000 |
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| Rifle is a Magnum Research, shooting 150 gr partitions. Range finder said 221 yds. Ram ran about 30 yards at the shot and stopped facing the other way. He was dead but Dale put in another shot as insurance. The exit wound from the first shot and the entrance from the second where less then two inches apart.
Can�t remember the unit number but was the Kofa Wilderness Area.
Game people at the check out station scored the ram at 153. Not high enough to make book but a very nice uniform set of horns.
The boy is my eight-year-old son Tyler. The ram was 2 1/2 miles off the road across some pretty rocky terrain. Tyler hiked it with a pack and not a complaint; he loved every minute of it. There is no question that I have a lifetime hunting partner. |
| Posts: 2341 | Location: Moses Lake WA | Registered: 17 October 2000 |
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| This is my understanding of the way it works in AZ. Dale is a resident and it is a once in a lifetime trophy. He had only applied for a few years but the odds of getting drawn are very high. In his unit the Kofa he was one of five tags issued. I do know there are other units, some with more tags issued. This ram was not spotted before the hunt. My brother lives in Flagstaff which is about six hours from the area so he had limited opportunities to scout. He did have our father who lives near the unit in Yuma as well as two highly experienced sheep hunters who live in Yuma and knew the area.
Anders I am not sure how the odds compare being a resident or non-resident. You can bet that I will be finding out though. I am really stoked to get a Desert Bighorn for myself now.
He shot the ram at 11:20 opening morning which highly pissed me off as I had no opportunity to put my new Leica Duovid 10X15 by 42 binos to the test. |
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| very nice ram-tell your bro congrats--I'm in the envious crowd also--chris |
| Posts: 304 | Location: San Francisco, CA, USA | Registered: 14 September 2002 |
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| Congratulations to your brother, Howard! That'll make a lot of people envious, including myself!!
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| Details Howard!! What unit was he in? caliber... load... shot. Congrats for him. |
| Posts: 2045 | Location: West most midwestern town. | Registered: 13 June 2001 |
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I`ve always dreamed of sheep. Anders
Careful Anders. Comments like that can get you in trouble in parts of the West :grin
I understand that now.. I was just a little quick posting it.. Better use some more time on the preview.. |
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