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Re: Wanna Butt?
« Reply #30 on: January 12, 2009, 03:18:23 PM »
Holy ball bag batman :yike:

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Re: Wanna Butt?
« Reply #31 on: January 12, 2009, 05:23:58 PM »
Wow.  Those are some great pics Pope.  I need to go for a hike.  Most of the Rams that  i see around my area are not as big. Are those big boys on public lands or park?
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Re: Wanna Butt?
« Reply #32 on: January 12, 2009, 06:08:27 PM »
Well, I would say the difference is that these are rocky mountain rams klickriver.  California rams like those in most of WA just don't get as large.  Rams like this are common in every unit and park in Montana and Alberta.  Three rams over 200" were killed recently in the "breaks" of Montana...  One thing seems common in my quest to photo rams, no matter where I go I always seem to hike 6-12 miles every day.  Some of the toughest rams I photograph are from parks like Glacier and Waterton.  It's hard to find rams there.

It's all relative.  It's kind of like comparing blacktails to mule deer or whitetails to cous deer.  They look alike but there is a difference as one just doesn't get as large as the other. 

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Re: Wanna Butt?
« Reply #33 on: January 12, 2009, 07:32:42 PM »
Absolutly awesome pictures Shawn! Every year when I'm caping bighorns its amazing the amount of scar tissue and broken bones that I see. All over a woman. LOL
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Re: Wanna Butt?
« Reply #34 on: January 12, 2009, 11:05:07 PM »
I would say to those of you that want to see some mega rams in WA we have them.  When I was in college I would go down to Idaho unit 11 south of Lewiston or the WA units almost every weekend.  I would spot big 185"+ rams for hunters that would go take some of these rams or try.  Black Butte use to have a 190" ram all the time and sometimes more than one.  Sometimes they are in Oregon and then come over the border.  Then there are other units like Mountainview and such that hold sheep but are more difficult to locate due to timber but it can be done.  I know there are rams in the Wenaha, but I have failed to find any on at least 5 different hikes in there.  A lot of those herds are hurting bad.  These days, I hear there are a few big ones in the Asotin/Tucannon herds.  I use to get a ton of ram pictures that way.  That reminds me, I should go do that again here...  Plus, you can make it a steelhead trip and kill two birds with one stone.   A boat does help with some of the areas.  The wafnaws website has pictures of some of the mega rams from the last couple years.  I wish these herds would come back but too much ranching and domestic animals are killing them all. 

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Re: Wanna Butt?
« Reply #35 on: January 12, 2009, 11:17:01 PM »
Shawn, That Triple Slam is awesome!!! Great pics man, great pics!!

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« Reply #36 on: January 13, 2009, 01:49:14 AM »
Very cool pics, my head is spinning just looking at this series.  Also on a sidenote, welcome back Shawn.   :hello:

 


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