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Finally getting around to do a brief story on my Uncle's (uncle to Shane and Alec VG as well)sheep hunt. It was fast and furious, and he was able to get it done on opening day. Alec VG, Bear and Alec's dad were along as well. We located some good rams just below the dam on the eve of the opener. There were two rams in particular we figured would go in the low to mid 160 range that were number one on the hit list. We located them in the morning and planned the attack. They were bedded on an open hillside with ewes above. Long story short, we closed the distance to around 150 yards, but due to the contour of the hill we couldn't see the rams. Bear and Rick were signaling us in. The wind was swirly and they caught our wind and were off. They never slowed down for a couple of miles or more. It was a bit of a "wake up" call for us. My uncle Mel is turning 69 this year, and it was in the mid-90's that day. We had passed a band of rams earlier on our climb and thought they warrented a closer look. Bear found them from the opposite side of the canyon and walked us in. Another long story short, Mel shot this guy out of a group of 4 rams. I believe all four rams would have scored within 5 points or so of each other but were all unique. This is the one he chose. It is an older ram. Biologist aged him at 6 1/2- 7 1/2. I scored him right out at 150 and change. Though it would have been nice to have had a crack at one of the two big rams in the first herd we saw, he was very happy to have this ram on the ground. His goal for the hunt was to harvest a mature ram and not kill himself trying. It was a privilege to join him along with Alec, Bear and Rick. Thanks to Rick in Tieton who was a wealth of information...
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Nice. I photo'd the group last night. You'll have to check and see if the two were part of the group. There were 8 total. Congrats on your guys Ram.
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Awesome. Congrats to the old fella.
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Congratulations to the hunter. Nice ram
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Very nice Ram, Good for you guys.
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hope to be able to go on a ram hunt someday. looks like a blast. congrats to your uncle.
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Nicely done, and way to set reasonable goals and attain them!
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It was an awesome hunt. One I will remember forever.
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Nice ram congrats!
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Congrats I was wondering how the hunt went, glad to see he got a good ram.
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Doug, did you see the big collared ram with the orange eartag??? I notice the pic you had posted with the broken horn ram and the other two nice rams. The other two rams looked familiar though it's very hard to tell. The collared ram was abviously unique
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ram hunts are a blast !
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Very nice. Did you bump any chukar covies?
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Congrats, nice ram.
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Congrats on the Ram!
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Nice ram, congrats
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Nice ram!
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Great job on doing an OIL tag justice, great looking ram. Congratulations!
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Congratulations on the beautiful ram! I love his coat color and love glassing that area for the sheep. It is one of my favorite places to camp, relax and glass.
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Very cool and congrats to him
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Congrats on a dandy ram
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Any Ram is a great Ram!
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Congrats
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Hopefully they just floated down to the bridge!
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Congrats, beautiful country, great ram!
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how long did it take to pull up the Jon boat?
Alec wanted to float it down river, but we opted to pack it back up the hill. there was an old "skidder-type" road that sidehilled down to the RR tracks. Alec, Bear and I packed it back up the hill without too much of a problem. All said and done, I wish we would have left that damned boat at the truck. With three of us in there, we kept getting hung up on the rocks, and I had to bail out and drag it across the river anyways. Coming back across it worked good. We put all the gear and sheep in the boat and all 5 of us waded back across the while hanging on to the boat
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Great job. Be careful though, sheep hunting can be a sickness that all involved in have a hard time curing!
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Congrats on your ram.
Great story and pics.
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