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A friend drew a permit for the Swakane Unit here in Wenatchee Washington, the only permit for the Swakane unit. A once in a life time permit for this state. He put his time in on the scouting and this is the result, I don't have a score at the current time but he did use a Tikka T3 in .300 WSM with a 150gr Hornady Interlock. I will get all the details later and post them, his world is buzzing enough after planting this big boy.    -------------------------------------------- Nothing like a trail of blood to find your way back home. | ||
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An amazing Ram. | |||
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Wow, what a great sheep! Happy for him, a bit jealous, but happy! | |||
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 What a beautiful trophy | |||
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Hey I think I know that guy. Does he work at Hooked on Toys? Howard Moses Lake, Washington USA hwhomes@outlook.com | |||
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Thats a Heck of a Sheep. SWEET! W.  | |||
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Exceptional ram, trophy of a lifetime! "There are worse memorials to a life well-lived than a pair of elephant tusks." Robert Ruark | |||
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Several in the know how have scored it at 191+, it still needs to be officially scored. As of now it looks like he will have the new Washington state record. Howard, that's the guy! -------------------------------------------- Nothing like a trail of blood to find your way back home. | |||
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Super ram! Congrats to the hunter.  Tony Mandile - Author "How To Hunt Coues Deer" | |||
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Wow! Self guided and didn't pay $150,000 at an auction to get the tag. An awesome ram for sure!!! ____________________________ If you died tomorrow, what would you have done today ... 2018 Zimbabwe - Tuskless w/ Nengasha Safaris 2011 Mozambique - Buffalo w/ Mashambanzou Safaris | |||
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OMG...you mean he used a hornady interlok on a trophy hunt...that can't be... That is a gorgeous specimen. Very symettical...classic look. Tell him congrats and we are all jealous. Mike Legistine actu? Quid scripsi? Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue.  What I have learned on AR, since 2001: 1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken. 2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps. 3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges. 4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down. 5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine. 6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle. 7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions. 8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA. 9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not. 10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact. 11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores. 12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence. 13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances. | |||
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Oh my!!! What a great old ram!!! Graybird "Make no mistake, it's not revenge he's after ... it's the reckoning." | |||
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Beautiful Ram, congrats to him! BTW, Wenatchee is where my friend Dr. Richard Gramley excavated the Wenatchee Clovis cache along an ancient Buffalo trail. Some of the Clovis knives were nearly 9 inches long, making them some of the largest fluted paleo artifacts known to science. LDK Gray Ghost Hunting Safaris http://grayghostsafaris.com Phone: 615-860-4333 Email: hunts@grayghostsafaris.com NRA Benefactor DSC Professional Member SCI Member RMEF Life Member NWTF Guardian Life Sponsor NAHC Life Member Rowland Ward - SCI Scorer Took the wife the Eastern Cape for her first hunt: http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6881000262 Hunting in the Stormberg, Winterberg and Hankey Mountains of the Eastern Cape 2018 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4801073142 Hunting the Eastern Cape, RSA May 22nd - June 15th 2007 http://forums.accuratereloadin...=810104007#810104007 16 Days in Zimbabwe: Leopard, plains game, fowl and more: http://forums.accuratereloadin...=212108409#212108409 Natal: Rhino, Croc, Nyala, Bushbuck and more http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6341092311 Recent hunt in the Eastern Cape, August 2010: Pics added http://forums.accuratereloadin...261039941#9261039941 10 days in the Stormberg Mountains http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7781081322 Back in the Stormberg Mountains with friends: May-June 2017 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6001078232 "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading" - Thomas Jefferson Every morning the Zebra wakes up knowing it must outrun the fastest Lion if it wants to stay alive. Every morning the Lion wakes up knowing it must outrun the slowest Zebra or it will starve. It makes no difference if you are a Zebra or a Lion; when the Sun comes up in Africa, you must wake up running...... "If you're being chased by a Lion, you don't have to be faster than the Lion, you just have to be faster than the person next to you." | |||
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Lucky guy, beautiful ram, congratulations! ~Ann   | |||
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Ridiculously nice ram. | |||
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Wow. Good for him. ----------------------------------------- "I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. -Henry David Thoreau, Walden | |||
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Pictures added. -------------------------------------------- Nothing like a trail of blood to find your way back home. | |||
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Smack, What a ram, I have 15 sheep points for WA but never put in for the Swakane unit becaus of only one tag available. I may have to rethink this. I've seen some good rams while chuckar hunting that unit. | |||
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Congrats to him. Incredible ram! Good Hunting, Tim Herald Worldwide Trophy Adventures tim@trophyadventures.com | |||
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I'm still amazed. I looked at the thread the other day but had no words. You have an excellent trophy. I'm jealous. Ted Kennedy's car has killed more people than my guns | |||
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It's now officially the new SCI California Bighorn sheep world record. It officially scored in at a little over 190. I can't recall if it was 3/8's or 5/8's I'll check tomorrow. -------------------------------------------- Nothing like a trail of blood to find your way back home. | |||
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bee-utiful ram!!! | |||
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what a dream animal, congrats to the lucky hunter !!! Best Regards, Craig Nolan Best Regards, Craig Nolan | |||
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Great ram!! Congrats to the hunter. | |||
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Amazing ram | |||
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Good for him.....as for the ram.....WOW!! ________________________________________________ Maker of The Frankenstud Sling Keeper Proudly made in the USA Acepting all forms of payment | |||
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That Rams' head could be pictured on every box of Hornady Interlock bullets. What an impressive animal and hopefully he gets it full mounted. It is surely worth the cost and effort. Makes a lot of wealthy sheep hunters envious, thats for sure. I would like to be at the dinner tables at the next FNAWS annual banquet and listen to the chatter. | |||
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He just had a shoulder mount done and from what he said. He's allowing it to go on tour :-). -------------------------------------------- Nothing like a trail of blood to find your way back home. | |||
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Congrats to him, amazing animal I would love to see the story posted. | |||
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The body must be near record size too by the look of it. My back hurts thinking about humping that monster out of the hills. | |||
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Beautiful Beautiful Beautiful | |||
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WOW "Evil is powerless if the good are unafraid" -- Ronald Reagan "Ignorance of The People gives strength to totalitarians." Want to make just about anything work better? Keep the government as far away from it as possible, then step back and behold the wonderment and goodness. | |||
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Here are a couple shots on the hoof.   | |||
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Sorry for the late response but figured you'd like to know. I know the shooter, Aaron Roth is his name. Yes, he works at Hooked on Toys here in Wenatchee. Great guy, very deserving. Lots of pictures at the store and he's happy to tell you anything you want to know, still works there. Amazing Ram. -Power | |||
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Dear Smack That is a great nice sheep. Lucky in more ways than one 1 guess. Well done. Mark | |||
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He has a four page story about the hunt in this months Hunting Illustrated. | |||
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Fantastic sheep. I know nothing about N.American sheep but most photos of Californian Big horns seem to show heavily broomed horns. This ram has relatively pointed horns. Congratulations & thanks for sharing. "When the wind stops....start rowing. When the wind starts, get the sail up quick." | |||
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