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Re: Giant BC Rocky Mountain Ram
« Reply #15 on: March 13, 2009, 01:59:57 PM »
I don't know if it's too much to ask, but I don't quite understand how you guys are counting the rings.  What exactly qualifies as a ring and what doesn't.  I can see how you could count far more than 10 rings on the right side of this particular ram.  Is there any way someone could do an edit to highlight where the rings are to give me a better idea of how to correctly count them?  That way, I can compare a side-by-side picture - one without the edits and one with the edits to gain a better understanding of this. 

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Re: Giant BC Rocky Mountain Ram
« Reply #16 on: March 13, 2009, 02:27:01 PM »
9 or 10.  Incredible ram.

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Re: Giant BC Rocky Mountain Ram
« Reply #17 on: March 13, 2009, 02:59:07 PM »
I tried to point some out.  Some have 2 rings in one year.  They will be within an inch of each other though.  I had to add them up by looking at 4 pictures at different angles.  There isn't one shot that can show them all with this ram...


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Re: Giant BC Rocky Mountain Ram
« Reply #18 on: March 13, 2009, 03:04:56 PM »
Here is another example...


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Re: Giant BC Rocky Mountain Ram
« Reply #19 on: March 13, 2009, 03:05:07 PM »
TOP ten rams in Alberta are over 200"    Record ram is 208 3/8   WOW, looks like this one is a CONTENDER

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Re: Giant BC Rocky Mountain Ram
« Reply #20 on: March 13, 2009, 03:07:03 PM »
One other thing...  Sometimes there is a small indent where the year mark is.  If the lighting isn't right sometimes I look for that.  They get closer and closer together near the base and get more difficult.  Then you add in a double ring year and it can get confusing. 

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Re: Giant BC Rocky Mountain Ram
« Reply #21 on: March 13, 2009, 03:09:04 PM »
We have had some rams approaching 200" in WA.  If we get the domestic sheep out of Hells Canyon and fix our sheep herd down there we could expect 190-200" bighorns out of there every year... 

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Re: Giant BC Rocky Mountain Ram
« Reply #22 on: March 13, 2009, 03:09:54 PM »
I thought there might be one more between 4 and 5 from the skull :dunno:  like you said, hard to tell

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Re: Giant BC Rocky Mountain Ram
« Reply #23 on: March 13, 2009, 03:13:13 PM »
I thought there could be too until I compared with the horns from the rear angle...  I think that was just a good growth year? 

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Re: Giant BC Rocky Mountain Ram
« Reply #24 on: March 13, 2009, 03:15:42 PM »
I think he had several.  Incredible specimen.

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Re: Giant BC Rocky Mountain Ram
« Reply #25 on: March 13, 2009, 03:17:45 PM »
Have you guys seen the Rams from Colorado that live in the gravel pit?  Both are over 200.
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Re: Giant BC Rocky Mountain Ram
« Reply #26 on: March 13, 2009, 03:18:43 PM »
Yes.  But I could always see them again...  ;)

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Re: Giant BC Rocky Mountain Ram
« Reply #27 on: March 13, 2009, 03:20:31 PM »
I dont have them but they are in unit 35 if anyone is interested :dunno:

Don't you have those pics shaun?
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Re: Giant BC Rocky Mountain Ram
« Reply #28 on: March 13, 2009, 03:22:11 PM »
Here are some more pictures of the big ram and a friend.  They are all over the internet so I don't think anyone will have a problem with me posting them here...?


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Re: Giant BC Rocky Mountain Ram
« Reply #29 on: March 13, 2009, 03:23:17 PM »
I don't think I have them saved but saw them on a sight...maybe MM once...

 


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