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I had forgotten what a great thread this is.
What do you think the odds of a ram bigger than the Chadwick monster ever being taken?
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I had forgotten what a great thread this is.
What do you think the odds of a ram bigger than the Chadwick monster ever being taken?
Zero to none, in my opinion...
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I had forgotten what a great thread this is.
What do you think the odds of a ram bigger than the Chadwick monster ever being taken?
Zero to none, in my opinion... I agree with you wholeheartedly. The Chadwick ram may be the greatest hunting trophy of all time.
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I certainly agree with Pat, although I'd be interested in the scores from Waterrats just for S&Gs.
I just don't think there is any undiscovered territory like there was when that ram was shot.
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What do you think the odds of a ram bigger than the Chadwick monster ever being taken? I have no clue but the odds of it being taken with a wood-stocked .404 Jeffrey are astronomical.
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What do you think the odds of a ram bigger than the Chadwick monster ever being taken? I have no clue but the odds of it being taken with a wood-stocked .404 Jeffrey are astronomical. Tom Soucek photographed this fellow in the NWT about 15 years ago. He's gotta be pretty darn close!
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AKbob Martins ram was 174b&c in camp and the 43' ended up at 177 if my memory serves me. I don't either was entered! Here's my ram from Tok,,he was 39 7/8", that's my buddy and I couldn't get away with calling him 40,,,,,,,
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Rat, Tis a magic number, isn't it. . Don't feel bad, My one and only goat is 9.9999" Regardless, you are a stud!
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Great thread! Some monster rams! This one is from BC, an older gentleman who was like a mentor to us hunted this ram & never connected, but his buddy killed him the next year. As he was dying of cancer he willed it to my friend, who also died of the same thing several years ago. RIP Ron Custis Nevada Rocky deadhead My Desert
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WeaselsRus, The sheep skull in the tree fork, is that from Pearl peak in the Ruby Mtns?
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We watched the only other tagholder in this unit wound this ram, decided to see if he needed help packing meat. He was already gone when we got there. NDOW cited him for wanton waste and confiscated the head & cape.
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WeaselsRus, The sheep skull in the tree fork, is that from Pearl peak in the Ruby Mtns? Good guess! It's now in the Elko Museum. The Indians used to hang the heads that way.
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WeaslsRus, I used to hunt mule deer on that mtn. in the mid 1980's. No sheep on the mountain at that time. They did a transplant in the Rubys and I understand the sheep migrated to pearl peak. i understand why it's a steep rugged S.O.B. One day while hunting there I saw a large mulie cross a ridge just below the peak and climbed up there hoping to get a shot. He was gone, and I was so close to the summit I went ahead and climbed to he top. I was younger and tougher back then!
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It's mean mofo alright, we hunt it a couple times each year. The easy part is the drive to the top. Just hunting down to the road wears you down.
Never saw a sheep there, but did see 27 goats once and some great mulies. Most sheep we see are north of Harrison Pass. Both sheep & goats recovering from a dieoff 5 yrs ago.
Did you see the head in the tree before they hauled it off the mountain?
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weaslsRus, I didnt see the skull on the mtn. I hunted the east side just south of indian creek. Do you know were on the mtn. the skull was found?
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Good guess! It's now in the Elko Museum. The Indians used to hang the heads that way.
They did indeed. I know of a ring of trees around a spring with three rams heads in them left there likely by Sheepeaters. Big Medicine.
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Good guess! It's now in the Elko Museum. The Indians used to hang the heads that way.
They did indeed. I know of a ring of trees around a spring with three rams heads in them left there likely by Sheepeaters. Big Medicine. Brad, That's cool. was that in Idaho?
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Someday I'll draw a tag. I get around sheep quite a bit. Here's a shot I took one evening, and is my favorite. It's an untouched photo in absolutely natural, late-evening light:
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That's interesting, I didn't know the sheepeaters were in Mt.? Learn sumthin new everyday. I know in the River of no Return country they had plenty of sheep and sheepeaters back in the day.
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