Rumor has it that Alberta Fish and Wildlife has picked up grizzly killed bighorn ram from Cadomin that nets 209 1/8". Was supposedly killed in the spring of 2013 and was found this spring.

There will be huge interest in this story.

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Wild Sheep Foundation Alberta
4 hours ago
Here are some details on the ram found at Cadomin:

Ram was found in the spring of 2014, likely died in the spring of 2013, was exposed to the elements for potentially up to 10 months

Officially scored at 209 3/8" gross, 209 1/8" net

Both sides measure over 45"

First three measurements are over 15", third quarter 10 7/8"

SRD is working toward a quick B&C panel score

Check back here as pictures will be posted as soon as they are available!

Will still have to go through B&C panel before being officially recognized.

B&C has a picture posted http://www.boone-crockett.org/...asp?area=news&ID=206

Incredible ram! There seemed to be a lot of people thinking that Montana would pass Alberta by producing a new #1. Not this year.

Alberta has produced every World Record Bighorn... so why is Montana expected to produce a new World's Record?

That picked up set of horns is astonishing, btw...

Demonical, I think it is because of the amount of huge rams that come out of the Missouri River Breaks area. Cadomin and that part of AB produce gigantic rams and always will…just not as many folks get to hunt it. Plus having the mine area closed off ensures that many of those giant rams never get shot.

Somebody correct me if I am wrong, but didn't the sheep that were stocked in parts of Montana come from AB?

Peter, there may have been Alberta sheep sent to Montana at some time but the sheep re-introduced to the Missouri Breaks were from the Sun River herd.

Incredible ram!

Huge!

From Boone and Crockett:

Found Bighorn Misses World's Record Mark
MISSOULA, Mont.--A long winter buried in snow apparently swelled the horns of a bighorn sheep that died of natural causes. The ram was found this spring by Alberta wildlife officials and green-scored as a potential new World's Record.

Following the Boone and Crockett Club's mandatory 60-day drying period, the ram's horns lost an astounding four inches in net score. The original scorers reconvened to find that every measurement was smaller on both horns.

Still, with a final score of 205-7/8, the ram ranks No. 5 all time. It has been entered into Boone and Crockett records on behalf of the citizens of Alberta.

The reigning World's Record, taken by a hunter in Alberta in 2000, stands at 208-3/8.

"Though it's not a World's Record, it is another tremendous specimen symbolic of continuing, successful conservation programs. For that, we congratulate Alberta wildlife officials," said Richard Hale, chairman of the Club's Big Game Records Committee.

Hale added, "Biologists speculate this latest ram died of old age in early summer 2013, so the horns were exposed to the elements through the remainder of summer, all fall and all of a wet, snowy winter. Apparently, the horns absorbed an incredible amount of moisture, because four inches of shrinkage during the 60-day drying period is very rare."

The Boone and Crockett Club, long recognized as the leading authority on big-game recordkeeping, requires air drying all trophies at habitable room temperature for 60 days immediately prior to final scoring. It's a rule made precisely for this kind of situation.

"By standardizing the scoring process as much as possible, we ensure the credibility of our records. That's very important for the biologists who use these data to compare and contrast outstanding habitat, strong recruitment into older age classes, sustainable harvest objectives and other elements of sound wildlife management. It's also important to sportsmen in that all trophies are being treated as equally as possible," said Hale.

Still A big boy. I can see the horns absorbing a lot of water as last summer was exceptionally wet and rainy.

I wonder how much more those horns will shrink till they are fully dried?