New World Record Bighorn Sheep from Alberta 2014

[Drop_Tine]

Sure looks like bonedogg has a live pic of the ram aswell , not only just a pic and one of the mist amazing sheep pics I have ever seen !!!

[peakseeker]

Originally Posted by bighorn1

are we sure this is the same ram ?

I wondered at first to. But the 4 close rings and dark spot on the bottom of the left horn is a give away to me.

[peakseeker]

Originally Posted by Drop_Tine

Sure looks like bonedogg has a live pic of the ram aswell , not only just a pic and one of the mist amazing sheep pics I have ever seen !!!

Agreed! Awesome pic bonedogg!

[peakseeker]

here is another view.

[bighorn1]

Originally Posted by peakseeker

here is another view.

i now see what you are looking at and it definately appears to be the same one.
cool to have pics of this thing on the hoof.

[Ryry4]

Nice to see him on the hoof.

I'd get those pictures copywrited boys.

[ww2269]

looking at a few pics i have i would say for sure that is the ram alive. Funny he only made it til 10yrs. Lots of those rams get a few years older. Horns must have sucked the immunity out of him.

[ovis40]

Originally Posted by Torkdiesel

I doubt many of the park rams were heading to the area before the mine attracted all the ewes there too. I also agree that great feed makes a huge difference.

Go and read what Val Geist has to say about expanding sheep herds, then it will all make sense.

[albertadeer]

Looking back it looks like I might have a few pictures of this big guy...

[livinthedream]

Now that this big boy is dead it would be interesting to hear some stories from hunters/guides that knew about him and had tried to hunt him in the past. Any close calls or did he just never venture off the mine? How about the minister tag holders. Was this ram on your radar? Thanks.

[Huntnut]

From Boone and Crockett

Found Bighorn Misses World's Record Mark
MISSOULA, Mont.--A long winter buried in snow apparently swelled the horns of a bighorn sheep that died of natural causes. The ram was found this spring by Alberta wildlife officials and green-scored as a potential new World's Record.

Following the Boone and Crockett Club's mandatory 60-day drying period, the ram's horns lost an astounding four inches in net score. The original scorers reconvened to find that every measurement was smaller on both horns.

Still, with a final score of 205-7/8, the ram ranks No. 5 all time. It has been entered into Boone and Crockett records on behalf of the citizens of Alberta.

The reigning World's Record, taken by a hunter in Alberta in 2000, stands at 208-3/8.

"Though it's not a World's Record, it is another tremendous specimen symbolic of continuing, successful conservation programs. For that, we congratulate Alberta wildlife officials," said Richard Hale, chairman of the Club's Big Game Records Committee.

Hale added, "Biologists speculate this latest ram died of old age in early summer 2013, so the horns were exposed to the elements through the remainder of summer, all fall and all of a wet, snowy winter. Apparently, the horns absorbed an incredible amount of moisture, because four inches of shrinkage during the 60-day drying period is very rare."

The Boone and Crockett Club, long recognized as the leading authority on big-game recordkeeping, requires air drying all trophies at habitable room temperature for 60 days immediately prior to final scoring. It's a rule made precisely for this kind of situation.

"By standardizing the scoring process as much as possible, we ensure the credibility of our records. That's very important for the biologists who use these data to compare and contrast outstanding habitat, strong recruitment into older age classes, sustainable harvest objectives and other elements of sound wildlife management. It's also important to sportsmen in that all trophies are being treated as equally as possible," said Hale

[Ryry4]

I'm really surprised it shrank that much.

Still a monster ram regardless though.

[albertadeer]

Originally Posted by Ryry4

I'm really surprised it shrank that much.

Still a monster ram regardless though.

It's like it was put in a dehydrator... Huge shrinkage!


Still a world class ram from the province I'm proud to call home since birth.

[Hooter]

Originally Posted by livinthedream

Now that this big boy is dead it would be interesting to hear some stories from hunters/guides that knew about him and had tried to hunt him in the past. Any close calls or did he just never venture off the mine? How about the minister tag holders. Was this ram on your radar? Thanks.

Yeah, I'd like to hear from people that knew about this ram and/or hunted it. I'm sure it was all hush-hush before it died, but now it would be interesting to hear of some close encounters.

[Pony]

Wmu 410

[BackPackHunter]

Originally Posted by Pony

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[pikeslayer22]

Originally Posted by Pony

Wmu 410

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