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Had a great scouting season and hunting season for sheep. 8 year old ram with a 38 yard steep downhill shot. Big thank you to my wife and kids for tagging along and being very instrumental to my final success. ![[Linked Image from imagizer.imageshack.com]](https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/640x480q90/924/9kQCcQ.jpg) ![[Linked Image from imagizer.imageshack.com]](https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/640x480q90/924/yzohCb.jpg)
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Congratulations my friend! Can’t wait to grab lunch soon and hear all about it
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Hellz yeah!
Glad you were able to connect (though we had little doubt).
Congrats!
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Congratulations Kurt!
I heard there was a Tuner sighting too.
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I grew up in CO. The hardest part of getting a ram in CO has always been just getting the tag. They offer very few tags so none of the sheep really get hunted hard. I took this ram near Georgetown and the goat came from down by Buena Vista. I figured one of each was all anybody deserved so I never tried for the tags again. ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/SVxtPHI.jpg) Nice ram. Congrats. You'll be amazed how good the meat is.
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Congrats on a nice looking ram.
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Had tenderloins and ribs last night. Very delicious. Success rate for archery tends to run around 20% so feel pretty blessed that things worked out.
Congrats on your ram Mac. Good looking trophy wall there.
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Congratulations Kurt!
I heard there was a Tuner sighting too. Trying to keep up with those 2 about killed me. They have a big adventure coming up soon. It should be quite good.
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Superb, big congrats. Bet that was a fun hunt....
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Congratulations! Sheep hunts will get one hooked!
Enjoy the meat!
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Congratulations that’s awesome.
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Very cool and nicely done.
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Beautiful ram - congrats to you on your success!!
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read the story over on the bow forum. Awesome and congrats..
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Wow! Holy Comgrats Kurt! That’s awesome and man, I bet it was a good adventure too!
Awesome stuff right there.
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Most excellent! The tag is the tough part here in Oregon. Been trying since 1975. Once in a lifetime for us unless one has the $$ for the auction tags. A bit frustrating when kids from my Hunter Ed classes pull a tag with their first application.
That is one big kid too.
Let us know how the sheep scores as table fare, please.
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Excellent! Congratulations and good work!
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Nice Kurt!! Congrats on a great ram. Now you have time to take Harvey hunting huh??😁😁😜
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Killing a ram with a bow is the pinnacle of hunting. Congratulations.
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Hellava deal kurt!! Archery ram, don’t get much cooler! 👊🏻
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Congratulations! Memories that will last a lifetime for all of you...
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Big congrats on a very nice ram
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That's the best "trophy" in North America right there.
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Congrats! Awesome pics.....Thanks for sharing. Looking forward to reading the details.
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Had a great scouting season and hunting season for sheep. 8 year old ram with a 38 yard steep downhill shot. Big thank you to my wife and kids for tagging along and being very instrumental to my final success. Congrats, man, beautiful ram!
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Very well done!! The fact that the family was along for the hunt even more special!
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Oh boy. Bog congrats. Thanks for sharing.
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Nice job all around. That ram’s horns have some “patina” from 8 years of head butting. 😁
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Very cool!!! Congrats!!!
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Too cool. Big congrats from where I'm sitting.
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Congrats on a great ram and for having your family along.
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what a great hunt, you know how to do it right Kurt, and what a beautiful animal...congrats my friend!
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Basically the coolest schiet you can do in the outdoors
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Well, I thought it was a vereh lovleh storeh. And you tell it so well. And with such enthusiasm......
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Thank you Don. I get tired of long winded stuff. Glad you liked the pics.
Appreciate all the compliments on the adventure from everyone.
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You’d better take up another avocation; gonna be hard to top that.
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Damn Kurt, many congrats to be given. Congrats on drawing the tag, to start with.
Then there's that picture. Obviously a bruiser, old, battered, battle scarred.... and then there's the ram! He's a good one too! What a beast!
And to get to have the kid and his wayward friends involved.... How could it get any better?
Huge congratulations all around!
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Damn Kurt, many congrats to be given. Congrats on drawing the tag, to start with.
Then there's that picture. Obviously a bruiser, old, battered, battle scarred.... and then there's the ram! He's a good one too! What a beast!
And to get to have the kid and his wayward friends involved.... How could it get any better?
Huge congratulations all around! Almost spit out my coffee on that one. Thanks cwh2.
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Had a great scouting season and hunting season for sheep. 8 year old ram with a 38 yard steep downhill shot. Big thank you to my wife and kids for tagging along and being very instrumental to my final success. Congrats!!! Nice Ram on Top of a Great Hunt and experience. Thanks for Sharing. HS58
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Most excellent! The tag is the tough part here in Oregon. Been trying since 1975. Once in a lifetime for us unless one has the $$ for the auction tags. A bit frustrating when kids from my Hunter Ed classes pull a tag with their first application.
That is one big kid too.
Let us know how the sheep scores as table fare, please. Update on the ram for table fare. He is easily the best eating critter we have enjoyed so far. Had jerky from eye of round and it was actually quite tender and flavorful. The tenderloins cooked medium rare in mushrooms, butter and green peppers were amazingly tender and delicious. Packed the ribs out and they had a wonderful slightly greasy delicious fat on them, possibly cooked them a bit long though. The first round roast has had great texture and flavor also. And lastly, I cut this ram very carefully to yield as many steaks and roasts as I could get. That left about 10 pounds of ground. Used a pound for tacos and again, great flavor. Closest I can describe it to is a very high quality beef cut. It is a shame that tags are so hard to find for sheep as I can now understand why some tribes of indians focused their efforts on killing and eating sheep.
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Most excellent! The tag is the tough part here in Oregon. Been trying since 1975. Once in a lifetime for us unless one has the $$ for the auction tags. A bit frustrating when kids from my Hunter Ed classes pull a tag with their first application.
That is one big kid too.
Let us know how the sheep scores as table fare, please. Update on the ram for table fare. He is easily the best eating critter we have enjoyed so far. Had jerky from eye of round and it was actually quite tender and flavorful. The tenderloins cooked medium rare in mushrooms, butter and green peppers were amazingly tender and delicious. Packed the ribs out and they had a wonderful slightly greasy delicious fat on them, possibly cooked them a bit long though. The first round roast has had great texture and flavor also. And lastly, I cut this ram very carefully to yield as many steaks and roasts as I could get. That left about 10 pounds of ground. Used a pound for tacos and again, great flavor. Closest I can describe it to is a very high quality beef cut. It is a shame that tags are so hard to find for sheep as I can now understand why some tribes of indians focused their efforts on killing and eating sheep. I know several guys that put in for ewe tags just for the meat. Ewe tags aren't too hard to get and the meat is great.
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Congratulations!
It took me two tries to kill my archery ram.
To note how things have changed, I drew a archery ram tag for S9 in 1990, didn’t get one, and drew the same tag in 1992.
Yes, you could draw a bighorn ram tag with as little as one PP back then…
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Sheep meat is really good but like the bumper sticker says "Eat Moose--10,000 wolves can't be wrong" 
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Sheep maybe the tastiest wild game after pronghorn.
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Wat to go dude !
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Just awesome! Congrats. Top of the bucket list for me with archery!
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I spend a lot of time scrolling through pics of that ram. Need to get out bird hunting or up in a tree stand soon. But after many hours of looking, I think this pic is my favorite one from the hunt. I appreciate everyone's posts and hope that some of you can experience that hunt as well. ![[Linked Image from imagizer.imageshack.com]](https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/640x480q90/924/iIcqDA.jpg)
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Awesome picture Kurt. I hope it finds a nice frame for your wall.
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Something I always wanted to do but probably will never happen for me. Live vicariously!
Very nice ram congrats!
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