Ram down

[scree]

Sweet! 

[Geno]

Great ram Steve! Tell us the story.

[Dan-o]

STO-RY!

STO-RY!

STO-RY!

STO-RY!

STO-RY!

STO-RY!

STO-RY!

P.S.   NICE ram!   

[NWWA Hunter]

awesome and congrats.

[blacktailer]

What a Beauty... Congrats...

[starbailey]

good looking ram! Story?

[muleracks]

Ridge; Thanks for sharing that great Chelan Butte ram.  Swakane produced another great one as well.  Cheers.

[Rainier10]

Ridge; Thanks for sharing that great Chelan Butte ram.  Swakane produced another great one as well.  Cheers.

Did I miss the thread with the Swakane ram or are you just teasing us?

[dingle]

Lets just say I have seen the pic of before the shot and after, it is a great Ram. I do not know if the pictures are on line. I will ask if they can be posted when i talk to Dan, his brother is the tag holder.

[blindluck]

I agree, that's a shooter hope its going on the wall.

[Mickey Jay]

This is long overdue, but here are a few more pictures of the hunt, and the group of guys we went with.  In all my years of hunting with my dad, I must say that the scouting and this day's hunt were some of the best times I've had in the field.  I'm proud and feel very lucky to have been along for this ride, and enjoyed every minute of hauling that great beast up and off of that hill!

Coming down from the towers, my dad Steve on the left, our longtime hunting buddy Jim Ross on the right.


Steve scoping out the rams 340 yards below.  I was sitting next to him with the spotting scope.


The shot.  He shot from the rocks right next to us 340 yards down to the boulder just behind and to the right of the prominent tree in the photo.  The ram was standing on top of the boulder.  In the high res picture, you can actually see the other sheep still hanging out 20 yards behind the boulder.


Approaching the kill with Jimmy, Blake, and Brian.  The ram dropped right in his tracks.  It was the cleanest, most humane shot I think I've ever seen.  He hardly moved.


With Brian in the background, we could finally see our prey.  As mentioned the ram dropped right where he was.


Look at the awesome curl.


Another great front/side shot of the ram and Steve.


One more, just for good measure.

[h2ofowlr]

Dandy ram.  A true trophy.

[X-Force]

Thats a dandy. Glad you got around to posting up a story and more pics!

[wildweeds]

Sweet Ram, Don't skimp on the mount,1/4 lifesize on that bad boy,gotta have the front legs on it quartering out of the wall!

[Rhino]

Congratulations! Very nice ram!