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Offline Hornseeker

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It Happens
« on: September 17, 2015, 10:27:39 PM »
Well, just wanted to share a little of my fall so far. I drew a pretty special Montana Ram tag this year and was fully prepared to spend all season, which goes from September 4 until the Sunday after Thanksgiving, searching for a "big enough" ram. The unit I drew holds a lot of whoppers.

On the other hand, I also simply wanted to have a good hunt and know, when I did pull the trigger, that I would be satisfied. Judging Rams is not the easiest thing... So in the end, I decided I "would know" when I saw the right one.

I got six days of scouting in this summer and saw about 30 rams. None were huge, I'll post a few pics eventually. Then I got about 5 days of bow hunting in. While bow hunting I had three different mature Rams that I passed stalking ops on because they just didn't look like what I wanted. I don't think any of them were much over 175... And they just didn't have "that look" I was hoping for.

I'm going to expand on the story tomorrow... But about 7 hours into rifle season, this is the view I had.

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Re: It Happens
« Reply #1 on: September 17, 2015, 10:29:40 PM »
Best view in town. :tup:
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Re: It Happens
« Reply #2 on: September 17, 2015, 10:31:24 PM »
awesome :tup:
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Re: It Happens
« Reply #3 on: September 17, 2015, 10:34:09 PM »
Nice. Congrats Ernie. We're going to need a few more pics now!!
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Re: It Happens
« Reply #4 on: September 18, 2015, 03:54:08 AM »
Nice!
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Re: It Happens
« Reply #5 on: September 18, 2015, 06:41:47 AM »
That is a fantastic pic!  Can't wait to see more.  Congratulations!  :tup:
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Re: It Happens
« Reply #6 on: September 18, 2015, 06:55:11 AM »
Good view, I prefer the front side view myself though, don't tease.
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« Reply #7 on: September 18, 2015, 06:55:15 AM »
Congratulations!
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Re: It Happens
« Reply #8 on: September 18, 2015, 10:50:59 AM »
Congrats!   You had exactly the hunt you wanted and that is what really counts.  BTW, that looks like a great ram :tup:
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Re: It Happens
« Reply #9 on: September 18, 2015, 10:56:27 AM »
Congrats Ernie.  Don't tease us!
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« Reply #10 on: September 18, 2015, 11:00:11 AM »
 :tup:
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Re: It Happens
« Reply #11 on: September 18, 2015, 11:02:24 AM »
 :tup:
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« Reply #12 on: September 18, 2015, 11:12:59 AM »
 :tup:
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« Reply #13 on: September 18, 2015, 11:16:04 AM »
Patiently waiting for more pict's and story.
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Re: It Happens
« Reply #14 on: September 18, 2015, 11:58:29 AM »
You Dog........No wonder I haven't heard from you.
Can't wait for the story
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