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Offline Mfowl

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Swakane Ram
« on: November 08, 2020, 06:15:38 PM »
So this is a little late but still wanted to share. This was my buddies tag not mine. He took this ram on day 3 after he kicked our butts the previous 2 days. We had him in the scope at 190yds on opening day but rams were crowded in on him and they spooked w/out a shot. We re acquired him across a massive ravine but it was too far for a good shot (600+yds.) We found him two canyons south on day 2 and made a move on him in the afternoon. We worked in on where he had been but he vanished. We thought he must have spooked again and began retreating the looong way up hill back to the truck only to turn around and see him standing exactly where my buddy and our other partner had worked in to from about a 1000yds back up the spine. It was late in the day so we decided to back off and hopefully he would stick around there. He did and we quickly acquired him early AM on day 3. We made the same stalk as day 2 but this time he was in view the whole time. My buddy and our other partner worked in to 220yds. The ram new something was amiss, he stood like a statue starring at my buddy head on on top of the big spine we were on. My buddy had to belly crawl in to position for a good rest and to stay out of sight of the ram. He eventually got settled and on target and was able to drop the ram with a front on shot. He bulldozed forward and managed to stand back up where he took a follow up shot which put him down for good. I don't know the official score yet as the ram is at the taxi but he should be in the low 170's. He is basically the biggest ram we saw throughout the hunt.
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You guys were a tremendous help on this hunt! Thank you for your time and effort! It was great to share the experience with you!
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Re: Swakane Ram
« Reply #1 on: November 08, 2020, 06:20:13 PM »
Congrats to the hunter. Didn't know Pope was still around
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Re: Swakane Ram
« Reply #2 on: November 08, 2020, 06:21:22 PM »
Nice Ram!!!

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Re: Swakane Ram
« Reply #3 on: November 08, 2020, 06:33:28 PM »
Beautiful ram......that thing is a hog !!!
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Re: Swakane Ram
« Reply #4 on: November 08, 2020, 06:44:43 PM »
Gorgeous ram.

Very cool.

Thank you for sharing.
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Re: Swakane Ram
« Reply #5 on: November 08, 2020, 06:54:07 PM »
Congrats to the hunter. Didn't know Pope was still around

Ditto. Haven’t seen Pope in years

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Re: Swakane Ram
« Reply #6 on: November 08, 2020, 07:05:20 PM »
Great Ram, congratulations
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Re: Swakane Ram
« Reply #7 on: November 08, 2020, 07:19:03 PM »
Very cool Great job
So did you guys hunt from the top down or bottom up. I know that country well.

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Re: Swakane Ram
« Reply #8 on: November 08, 2020, 07:28:00 PM »
Awesome ram.  Looks like you guys were in there with heavy smoke. Tough conditions
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Re: Swakane Ram
« Reply #9 on: November 08, 2020, 07:30:27 PM »
Very cool Great job
So did you guys hunt from the top down or bottom up. I know that country well.

Opening day we hunted bottom to top, 1500+ vertical feet in a 1/2 mi at dawn! That was fun! The pic with the reflector tower is opening day. Days 2 & 3 we hunted from the top down off Birch Mt. Rd. We packed the ram down to the hiway and got  lift back to our trucks.
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Re: Swakane Ram
« Reply #10 on: November 08, 2020, 07:34:32 PM »
Awesome ram.  Looks like you guys were in there with heavy smoke. Tough conditions

Yes! The smoke posed some significant problems for glassing at times. It was in and out daily. At times, if the sheep weren't in the open and obvious you didn't have a chance to pick them out through the smoke.
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Re: Swakane Ram
« Reply #11 on: November 08, 2020, 07:42:34 PM »
That’s how I hunt late archery
Less people hunt like that lots a work.
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Re: Swakane Ram
« Reply #12 on: November 08, 2020, 08:13:06 PM »
That is a beast of a ram, congrats to the hunter! Cool you got to tag along and share it with us. And as usual sounds like some good help from some folks on here. Couple guys that know their sheep  :tup:.

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Re: Swakane Ram
« Reply #13 on: November 08, 2020, 08:48:09 PM »
Great story and a beautiful ram, congratulations

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Re: Swakane Ram
« Reply #14 on: November 08, 2020, 11:30:15 PM »
Great ram. Thanks for the story.

 


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