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12-27-2019, 01:06 AM
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Beauty ram! Congrats!!
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12-27-2019, 04:58 AM
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12-27-2019, 06:37 AM
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This Ram ended up going 178. It's amazing how much they dry, for instance the bases were 16 1/8 when I shot him and now they are at 15 6/8. He is an awesome Ram the pics don't do this Ram justice. It'll be hard to beat. He was aged at 9.5 yrs
Last edited by ram crazy; 12-27-2019 at 06:42 AM.
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12-27-2019, 08:15 AM
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Great ram, congratulations.
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12-27-2019, 11:00 AM
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Beautiful Ram .
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12-27-2019, 11:43 AM
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Great ram, Was that scored before or after he was repaired?
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12-27-2019, 12:11 PM
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Great ram, Was that scored before or after he was repaired?
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Before. The after repair score is actually less.
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12-27-2019, 02:37 PM
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Congrats nice ram
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12-27-2019, 03:50 PM
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Beauty ram bud, what’s the story on the repair ?
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12-27-2019, 04:00 PM
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Approx 35” long then ? Great ram
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12-27-2019, 05:53 PM
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Approx 35” long then ? Great ram
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37 1/4” set tip back in place that was till attached.
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12-28-2019, 01:22 PM
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It's hard to see the annuli with the stain on the horns.
Got any better pics that show 9 rings?
Congrats on a beautiful ram!
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12-28-2019, 02:37 PM
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Horns haven’t been stained. They're that dark from when he was alive. It's the lighting.
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12-28-2019, 08:06 PM
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Beauty ram & nice write-up. Well done!!
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12-29-2019, 09:36 AM
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Quote:
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Horns haven’t been stained. They're that dark from when he was alive. It's the lighting.
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That’s a great trophy,congratulations!
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12-30-2019, 10:44 AM
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Quote:
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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.
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12-30-2019, 11:56 AM
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I see 9.5
Man those horns look dark.
Beauty Ram!
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12-30-2019, 01:57 PM
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Congrats on an awesome ram!
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12-30-2019, 04:32 PM
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awesome ram
your persistence paid off with quite a trophy
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12-30-2019, 06:03 PM
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I see 9.5
Man those horns look dark.
Beauty Ram!
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I see 9.5 yrs as well. Like I said pics don't do this Ram justice, he is a dark Ram.
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01-02-2020, 10:57 PM
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That is a great ram. Thanks for posting.
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01-03-2020, 09:07 AM
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ram, I love your posts but I'm with Walking Buffalo on this one. I see only 7.5 years old. I was given some humble pie on my ram this year as they only aged him at 6.5, I had 7.5.
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01-03-2020, 09:09 AM
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my thoughts are that ram would have been 8 this Spring(2020).
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01-03-2020, 10:12 AM
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I’m only getting 7.5 but I could be missing something
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01-03-2020, 11:06 AM
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congrats on a beauty ram !!
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01-03-2020, 11:08 AM
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here is my thoughts on age, last one closest to the base might not be a true annuli. still a stud Ram!!!!!
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01-03-2020, 12:40 PM
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Here's my thought. Either way it's still not a mature Ram as some say a 10.5 yr. Old is mature.
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01-03-2020, 12:42 PM
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We killed a ram 11 yrs. ago that had 17.5" bases that went 182 and it was aged at 6.5 yrs old.
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01-03-2020, 12:46 PM
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Quote:
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We killed a ram 11 yrs. ago that had 17.5" bases that went 182 and it was aged at 6.5 yrs old.
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Wow 17.5 any pics of that one you may share.
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01-03-2020, 01:28 PM
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its a mature ram in my mind, anything over 4 is a breeder. lots of 5 and 6 year old rams that are studs, anything over that special.
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