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Originally Posted by ram crazy
Horns haven’t been stained. They're that dark from when he was alive. It's the lighting.
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Thanks for that pic.
Please don't take this in any way as a dis' against you or the ram.
Worst case with this question, your thread will go to ten pages.
How did they get nine+ years?
I can see seven annuli clearly (seventh annuli at 12 O'clock on the left horn)
Maybe an eighth an inch up from the base.
Proportional horn growth through 8 years would appear normal, with severe regression occurring this year.
Based on horn growth, I suspect this ram is 8, and stopped growing this year.
If this ram is 9, that means he stopped growing at seven, which is a concern.
Maybe just an individual animal issue, maybe a herd issue, and either way a F&W aging issue.