Colorado bighorn sheep hunt
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The sheep had a good reason to be nervous. I was a very lucky winner of a Colorado sheep tag this year. This is the results. 5 days in on a 6 day hunt. Sheep tags are special!!
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Re: Colorado bighorn sheep hunt
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Very nice! That hunt will have you pumped up for a while.
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Re: Colorado bighorn sheep hunt
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Very special!! Great sheep. Once in 10 guys lifetimes. Your a lucky guy.
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Re: Colorado bighorn sheep hunt
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Nice ram what did he tape out at? He had 15 inch bases, 35 inches of horn. 5 1/2 years old.
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Re: Colorado bighorn sheep hunt
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man hes a nice ram!! looks to be prime of his life.... you doing full body mount or just the head?
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Re: Colorado bighorn sheep hunt
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Scenery shots
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Congratulations! Sheep hunts are the ultimate.
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Re: Colorado bighorn sheep hunt
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Is that the start of your grand slam? I am now officially a half slammer.
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Congrats on a very nice ram. Packing my truck tonight and leaving in the morning to try and fill my ram tag.
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Is that the start of your grand slam? I am now officially a half slammer. What other sheep species did you take? Is it hard to draw a sheep tag in CO? Jim
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Congratulations rpmartin,
Drawing a tag is almost as good as going hunting
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Congrats on a very nice ram. Packing my truck tonight and leaving in the morning to try and fill my ram tag. Oh man! That's awesome Best of luck to you.
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This is a high mountain lake. Around 13,000 feet or so.
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Awsome pics. I put in for sheep and goats in CO for 16 years but never drew. Moved here about 9 years ago and now living my dreams. That stone is a brute. Congrats on both of them.
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Awsome pics. I put in for sheep and goats in CO for 16 years but never drew. Moved here about 9 years ago and now living my dreams. That stone is a brute. Congrats on both of them. Actually it's a Dahl sheep from Alaska. It was a brute, 41 inches and some change.
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Rp my apologies, screen on my phone is pretty messed up and the size of the horns caught my eye first.
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That’s a extremely hard tag to get, congrats on your success
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Awesome sheep awesome scenic countryside ,and love that Dall Sheep .Next to a nice deer mount my favorite mount is a Dall Sheep . What did you use to kill it I used a weatherby mark v lightweight in a Remington 280 caliber. Topped with a Swarovski 3 1/2 to 18 by 44 scope. Ammo was 150 gr hornady eldx bullets. Very accurate and did the job ok, but wouldn't use them on any bigger game than this, fwiw.
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Rp my apologies, screen on my phone is pretty messed up and the size of the horns caught my eye first. No problem, I wish it was a stone, lol.
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Congratulations on both the Dall and Bighorn!
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Awesome sheep awesome scenic countryside ,and love that Dall Sheep .Next to a nice deer mount my favorite mount is a Dall Sheep . What did you use to kill it I used a weatherby mark v lightweight in a Remington 280 caliber. Topped with a Swarovski 3 1/2 to 18 by 44 scope. Ammo was 150 gr hornady eldx bullets. Very accurate and did the job ok, but wouldn't use them on any bigger game than this, fwiw. What was the distance of the shot .I deer hunt using the .280 caliber and the 140 grain bullet . Mostly knocks them dead on the spot .Again a great looking trophy
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The shots were 275 yards. Both were killing shots. This is what's left of the only bullet recovered, complete separation. This is from a non magnum round. Very poor performance in my book. I would never consider using this ammo on anything bigger than deer.
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Great mounts! I just had a good friend of mine take a Dall Sheep. It had a full curl and as always he gets the full body mount. Thanks for the pictures and story.
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I'd say it weighs a little more, but the body size is about the same as a mature mule deer. The head and horns weigh about 35 lbs or so alone. I was meaning mule deer when I said deer sized game. The 280 is a great round, I love mine. You just have to make sure you match the bullet you use to the size and toughness of the animals your using it on. Imo.
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