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Old 01-04-2010, 02:32 PM
sheephunter
 
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Originally Posted by sheepguide View Post
It is tougher but is possible to age a bighorn(as we have argued about b4).
And there arent very many F&W officers that have seen a bighorn in the wild let alone understanding up from down about judging them. They have lost this issue in court due to their lack of experiance in measuring rams.(a person I know just went through this and won, the ram was legal by 3/4 of an inch).
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Considering there isn't a jurisdiction in North America that allow bighorns to be shot on age, I think that says something. Growth rings, especially on southern Alberta rams can be very indistinct.....definitely not obvious enough to determine legality at a distance through a spotting scope.
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