Ground checking 2 rams when neither turned out to be legal should result in more than a reprimand regardless. Manning up and packing all that meat/cape/horn off the mountain at that point would require a hell an effort, both mental and physical. But that is why you look before you shoot...
I can't tell from the story if he was trying to seal one of the rams mentioned, or if it was a third animal. What a clusterfuck.
