Willow Valley Pics

[jrs]

Once again, Willow Valley put on a great show. I ended up with a membership for them and FNAWS as well as dream hunt raffle tickets. Ted Morton ended up being a speaker and it was great, says he's going to fix the metis issue but has to be careful how he phrases it :) . Worth going again next year for sure. Ran into Rackmastr from the board here and a few other guys i haven't seen in a while. Great quality trophies and lots of good stories being shared. Seemed like a couple thousand people went through over the day, awesome. Enjoy

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[59whiskers]

I haven,t been to this event for about 10 years. I was impressed with the amount of quality trophies on display. It was great to see high profile cabinet minister Ted Morton as a guest speaker acknowledge the importance of organizations such as the Willow Valley Trophy Club and inform hunters this government is approachable on issues that concern us There were other speakers that discussed issues we have with CWD and habitat. There was also a tribute and stories of 3 of the founding members of this club that are no longer with us. The volunteers did a great job of putting this event together.

[JRS good pics]

Did you happen to notice if any of the 180 plus rams came from south of WMU 406. Just wondering if the same old same old 165 class rams from 400-404 were at the show.

[jrs]

I'm not sure where the two big rams came from. The one hunter was from Cochrane but thats all that was mentioned. Speaking of southern big rams though, over christmas my buddy saw a monster hanging out in WMU400. Said it was the biggest ram he's ever seen by far. I may go searching to see how big it really is. The show was still great though!

[I wonder if your buddy saw one that was shot recently]

You should phone blairmore or pc F&W offices and find out how many rams were taken by subsistence hunters. I know of three that were taken and only the heads were removed. I heard of six others most of these were registered all from 400 subsistence yum yum. I was told by a Oil field employee a group of six rams were shot (the entire herd) just recently must have been some good subsistence hunting. Easy access just isn't good for sheep. I hope you find that cranker of a ram, just to prove my belief wrong that there is almost no chance of harvesting a 180 plus ram in WMUs which are easily accessed by subsistence hunters.

[bruceba]

hunter way to steal a thread with junk, nice pics I had to work so I couldn't make it. Thanks jrs

[Duk Dog]

JRS - thanks for the pics. It is a great show, too bad I wasn't able to make it this year. Do you have any info about joining WV?

[Charmax]

JRS - Thanks for sharing those pics. Looks like alot of nice racks. Would you happen to remember what the one with the full head mount what that scored? It looks huge.

[bigbore]

some crazy bones in those pics, must have been fun

[Bruceba define junk]

What is junk. And how does anything I've mentioned not have anything to do with WillowValley Trophy Show. 400-404 are in Willow Valley's backyard. The show is another good indicator (other than record books) of trophy quality in those WMU's. Its obvious what the problem is.

[jrs]

"Would you happen to remember what the one with the full head mount what that scored? It looks huge."

I believe it was 215-220'', somewhere in there. Shot a few years ago down south here. (not as old as the mount looks, had something to do with a pet). Nice buck though.

As for info for joinging, i'll try to find it and post it here later.

[Duk Dog]

Thanks, JRS.

[Mackaylake]

How come no body is jumping all over Hunter for not being registered?

[Info for joining willow valley]

Call Rocky Mountain Taxidermy in Cowley 403 628 3977, or Jim Proudfoot 628 3636 or Paul Erickson 628 2462. Its best if you buy your membership at the door however or just get someone to pick you one up at the show itself.

Mackaylake I have no idea why no one is jumping all over me for not being registered must have more constructive things to do.

[101sonny]

How come no body is jumping all over Hunter for not being registered? Ok Hunter why in the H--l arent you registered>: are you related to warden had to ask.

[Mackaylake]

Nothing against you Hunter, just some others.

[Mackaylake]

Nothing against you Hunter, just some others. Seems like everytime there is an unregistered poster some one goes off the deep end on them

[RyanGSP]

Nothing against you Hunter, just some others. Seems like everytime there is an unregistered poster some one goes off the deep end on them

thats because it seems whenever a non registered user posts they are always trying to raise hell. There are some that dont.

[jrs]

I'd callJim Proudfoot to buy the membership (see his number is there). He's a great guy just to ahve a chat with, i didn't notice if he was around this year but he does lots for the club.

[Lazy Ike]

I've heard of one hunter from Cochrane whose buddy shot a REAL nice ram.

[101sonny]

I've heard of one hunter from Cochrane whose buddy shot a REAL nice ram. I knew a guy who shot a real nice whitetail once.

[jrs]

"I've heard of one hunter from Cochrane whose buddy shot a REAL nice ram."

It said cochrane on the score tag and i'd consider 188'' a pretty good sheep ;) . You only see big herds of those up around Cadomin and Jasper. If he got it anywhere near Cochrane its exceptional. The biggest ram harvested within my group of regularly visited hunting friends went 192'' and change. Theres one bigger pickup and a couple other slightly smaller around but that thing was a monster. It looks way bigger than the one at the show but had different genetic, only 4 points smaller. I love sheep hunting, can't wait to pull the trigger on my own.

[Faststeel]

Now I've heard about this place from last year. Where is it? thnks FS

[Rackmastr]

JRS,
The ram that went 180 was shot south of HWY #1......

[jrs]

"Now I've heard about this place from last year. Where is it? thnks FS"

If you mean the trophy night, its held in Pincher each year.
And about the ram location,
Thanks Rackmastr, i didn't manage to talk to many of the sheep hunters. Good to know.