New World Record Bighorn sheep

[mkcj]

Was Killed by a car in Alberta
http://www.boone-crockett.org/news/featured_story.asp?area=news&ID=245

[bearpaw]

   huge ram

A bighorn sheep killed in a highway collision in Alberta has the largest horns ever recorded for the species. Boone and Crockett Club measurers today certified the specimen as a new World’s Record.

The horns’ final score of 209-4/8 B&C points edged out the previous World’s Record, a ram taken near Luscar Mountain, Alberta, in 2000 that scores 208-3/8.

The new No. 1 ram was hit by a vehicle on a highway west of Longview, Alberta.

[jasnt]

What a shame.

[C-Money]

That is a monster ram! Sure would have liked to have seen him on the hoof in person.

[Rainier10]

Wow that is a big set of horns!  Would have loved to see the entire animal and what it did to the car.  It had to have a Sherman tank of a body to be packing that much headgear.

Incredible, thanks for sharing.

[RadSav]

Rumor has it that ram was missed by an archer not long before it was hit on the highway.  If true I bet that guys nightmares are starting all over again this week!!

[GurrCentral]

There is a live pic of the ram going around on FB. I'll try to find it..

[724wd]

There is a live pic of the ram going around on FB. I'll try to find it..

are they not the same animal as the live photos posted at the bottom of the article?

[GurrCentral]

There is a live pic of the ram going around on FB. I'll try to find it..

are they not the same animal as the live photos posted at the bottom of the article?

Ah shoot...I didn't scroll down far enough to see the live photo's of the ram at the bottom of the article...sorry...lol...the photo that I was talking about was one of the ones in the article..my bad!  Amazing ram though.

[Tbob]

Daaaaaaaaaaaaang it! That this is huge!