Opening day success

[ehunt]

Man, it sucks that after your once in a lifetime hunt you spin a story like this. Bottom line is, rams move and you lost your ram. He moved into where our guys had last seen our target ram. In fact, it’s less than a half a mile where we had last seen our target ram and killed the ram you had seen all summer. You also didn’t know they killed until I told Pat. If they were so close, why didn’t you guys hear a shot? If you had some kind of agreement, wouldn’t you need to meet or talk to our guys which you never did, until they invited you to camp that night after they killed . A video was never sent, that right there is another lie. Man, move on and enjoy the stud you killed. 

[firstcoueswas80]

Sheep hunting is weird. I have been on exactly one sheep hunt. Came across a well known guide outfit who had killed a nice ram, they had it at their SxS's and we checked it out. All was good, but a few of the young guys that were helping were definitely staring us down for whatever reason. Seems like sheep hunting draws odd attention, whether an animal is tagged or not!

[Riley]

1 hour ago, GJMauro12 said:

1. I am the other hunter. Likely true 
2. I found and began filming this ram in July. Likely true
3. I set camp on November 3rd for my November 15th hunt.likely true 
4. I was a DIY hunter, I did not use a guide/Outfitter   True
5. I did not run into ADO from 11/4-11/13 during my pre-hunt   scouting. Or anyone in the heat of the summer from July through October.  ADO was present in the unit
6. I spoke with all the deer camps in that area and the only sheep hunter they witnessed during this time frame before the hunt was me. We were hunting, not socializing 
7. Someone sent my videos of this ram to Bryan with ADO on Wednesday November 13. Thursday November 14th ADO showed up. Not true
8. I was told ADO moved into the area because they lost their target ram and thought he might have moved into the area I was hunting my #1 target. We didn’t “move into” any area.  We killed this ram in the same area that our target ram was in. 
9. I was also told ADO would let me hunt the ram I had been watching for 5 months. They would hunt the ram they had planned on and I would hunt the ram I had planned on. We continued to hunt the area we had been in, while I assume you continued to hunt the area you’d been in
10. They called it the "Sheep Code" All these sour grapes aren’t part of it. 
11. I went to the ADO camp Friday night to congratulate the hunter and to see his ram. True. We were happy to have you all. 
12. I immediately recognized the ram and mentioned it to Bryan who attempted to act like he didn't realize it was the ram from my videos. I don’t think Bryan knew it was the ram you were after. Even if he did, I was the one sleeping on the ram, out of cell service and with no way to send pics.  I just knew I had a very large ram
13. It was obvious I got played as everyone had a different story to tell me from we stumbled into the ram to we slept on it Thursday night. Nobody “played” you. Both are true- the stumbling and the sleeping on the ram. I stumbled into the ram about half an hour before dark, the night before the season opened.  I then slept on it.  It’s a good strategy for not losing big rams that you want to kill. 
    When I stumbled into it, I was moving to change my angle on the mountain our target ram was on to see the west face, the only face we hadn’t looked at much that day. He was with 5 others 145 yards from me and the wash I was walking in. 
     

What's done is done. I have nothing to add to the story. Congratulations to the hunter on the best ram I found in the 50+ days over 5 months that I spent looking at sheep.