Good Ram?

[Sneaky]

How do you tell? is this one a shooter?

[Timberstalker]

Hard angle to tell but he definetly doesnt have that "mass"  He is a younger ram for sure

[popeshawnpaul]

So many variables but the short answer is no.

[M_ray]

No not if I had a tag!

[bowhunterforever]

He doesn't look very massive. So probably not a shooter, just depends what you think is a shooter and what you would be happy with.

[Bean Counter]

I would put a round in him from a distance then walk up and check.  There's a reason you don't notch your tag until after the kill.     

Okay being serious: if it were the last day of the season I would take him, but definitely not a shooter to me for a once in a lifetime hunt.

[joebear]

There are allot of things to think about here.
1. What unit are you hunting in for instance in the rimrock area this is a good ram
2. What day of the hunt are you on
3. What standards did you set for yourself

with all that said I would not shoot this ram. I would age him around 5-6.
he is Pretty thin at the bases and looks to be 5 to 7/8 curl.
I'm thinking with this photo he is around a 165 ram.
I am sure it would be hard but we should let this one grow.

[jackelope]

165?

[WDFW-SUX]

140

[gasman]

Sorry guys, it's a trophy in my book.

 
I would take it and mount it on my wall.



I guess i just don"t have high expectations, O well.

[Skyvalhunter]

Bigger one on the other side of the hill!!

[jackelope]

 

[M_ray]

165???  I'm think maybe mid 140's at best! 

[gasman]

Bigger one on the other side of the hill!!

There is always a bigger one on the other side of the hill.
With my luck i would be mounting my tag 

[andrew_12gauge]

if you see a 165 ram in washington unless youre on a rocky mountain hunt its probably time to start shooting that being said this ram doesnt have the mass to push him into that range and hes probably more like 145-150 and thats being generous and hes probably only about 4 years old doesnt even look like hes broomed off his lamb tips