So, 4/5 curl for our first ram and possibly our second. Then full curl only after that. This should stop the 'every other year ram meat hunter', shouldn't it? The only problem with this is, as has been said on here before, some areas old rams never get to full curl. From what I have read, south of the Bow even very old rams may never reach full curl. So, maybe, either full curl or over 8 years old - although that opens up the whole debate of determining how old a ram is. Sounds like even F&W has trouble figuring this out on a dead ram let alone a live one. But some restriction on the age harvested (including non-residents) after having taken a few rams may help recruit more rams into that upper age and size class.
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