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It was Arivaipa

Tight curled rams can be hard to judge. I took forever to finally decide to shoot my ram because he was so tight curled and didn’t have the classic “ drop”. But then the mass just overcame everything and ended up being a no brainer.

Been almost a year now and I still can’t get over him. Such a beast of a ram

Nothing wrong with a big tight curled ram with mass from heck😉😉😁😁

My sheep from last year is almost finished. My taxidermist is here in show low, so that probably won’t help you out for what your looking for. Brian

6225E988-482B-4B57-A677-E0AC7B523722-8198-0000086ED92A02B7.mov To say my hunt turned out to be great would be an understatement. It was one of the best experiences ever, from scouting to the time laying hands on my ram. Memorable to say the least especially with just my nephew, grand nephew and I getting I done. So quick a run down… ram was aged at 8, but with the gnarly bases G&F said he could be 9+ but couldn’t tell for sure. Ram scored 174. One circumference landed in the bad spot in his horn which kept him from scoring higher but that just adds great character to the ram. His good side measures 91”. Oh in the last pic with grand nephew, the road that goes through the saddle, that saddle is where I shot from Brian

Any of you sheep guys ever seen teeth like this?!?!?

Thanks! The morning I killed him is the first time I laid eyes one him.

Awesome ram!! I watched your whole YouTube video several times through the summer and fall leading up to my sheep hunt. So cool! Brian

They never seen it. They had no idea

A little tired….yes. 😁 The adrenaline rush and then come down is real. Yeah, there definitely is a little panic , Even though ram is dead on his feet. Jubilation is an understatement. I’ve never been so excited with an animal and experience in all my life. So I had 30 points. I have not had the chance to eat any yet. I’ve never had sheep before so I’m excited to try it.

Here is another

I see what you are seeing. I have a bunch of pics and video of the other ram before I shot and there isn’t anything showing up on those.

Unit 43a

Some scouting stuff… 5117E2D3-B4C4-4075-BFDC-A1BC1267351C-1466-000000E79C5F7C8A.mov

Haha. That’s why I put the video in.

Thank you. If his other horn wasn’t the way it was he would have been 180-181.It’s a 6.5 creedmoor.

Thanks. From what I’m told it’s not to unusual for a sheep to take some lead. The third shot I put it right through both shoulders and he went four legs in the air. 460 yards.

Things worked out pretty good!!😁

My dad passed from it last year. When diagnosed he was staged 4. It had spread to most of the bones throughout his body. Fought for nearly 4 years after diagnosis. Brian

Drew 43a sheep. Brian

30 points. Either 43a or 28

I just got hit for a sheep tag!!! Brian

No. Boat fishing. Brian

I was able to put closure on my archery deer hunt today. Last Saturday I had this buck come in. I drilled him perfect right behind the shoulder. As soon as I hit him, It proceeded to hail and rain. I got out of the blind as fast I could to start following blood trail. Only made it about 40 yards before hail had covered the ground and washed all the blood away. For the next 2.5 hours it proceeded to rain 4 1/2 inches. I searched the whole time in the downpour but to no avail. I decided to head out and make a few calls for help. On way out to cell service, I barely made it out due to flooding. So I made my phone calls and tried headed back in with it still raining but flooding had overtaken the roads and they had been barricaded and closed. So now for the rest of the weekend the roads were closed and I couldn’t make it back in. I was just sick. Couldn’t believed what had happened. So my tag was filled and wasn’t going to do anything else but find this buck. Finally today, one week later, I was able to catch a whiff of a dead animal while seaching with a friend. Few minutes later he hollered and said he had found him. He had only went about 125 yards. I had probably walked by him 4 or 5 times with 20 yards and just couldnt see him where he fell. Bear had found him and chewed his antler points pretty good. Wasn’t much left of the buck. About gagged me to death cutting the head off. Velvet was mostly ate off. Bear had Chewed up eyeguards, ends of main beams and other points but I was happy to put my tag on a really great buck. Taxidermist is going to be able to rebuild points and put velvet back on him. Bitter sweet ending losing the meat but was able to recover him. Brian