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[pat2bear]

Nice ram pat is he 8 1/2 . that stud rick has is the ram I passed on day one of my clemans b hunt oooops !!!!!!!!!

Ya, the bio said 8 1/2 yrs. I know that there are some big old boys in the Tieton, but rams do seem to grow faster on Clemens. I saw another Clemans ram at the game dept. that had almost 1" bigger bases than my ram and at least 2 yrs younger. Coach, I saw that stud up at Rics but I wouldn't beat myself up too much. The limpy ram you got is way cool! The best advice I got for BOOM is it's your tag and hunt it the way you want to hunt it. Take my hunt and coach's hunt for example. It was a little disappointing to have my hunt over as quickly as it started. It was hard for me to shoot on the first day but I had a goal and I knew this ram was something that I'd be more than satisfied with. Coach passed a great ram and never had the opportunity to go back and get it. But he still ended up with a great trophy and he got a lot more boot time than I did which has a value of it's own. The hunt is what you want to make of it. Bottom line, do what makes YOU happy, and just have fun. That's why your there. Happy hunting.

[Elkstuffer]

Well said Pat!

Something else I can add to all of you sheep hunters out there: Make sure that all of your friends and family can judge sheep horns or tell them to stay quiet. When you get right down to the heat of the moment and you have 2 people, one in each ear telling you to shoot, it usually always turns out with a subpar ram on the ground. I've seen too many unhappy hunters come into the shop with rams that they were not happy with. It's a shame to see on a OIL hunt.

[BOOM!!]

Great advice everyone! A guy at work told me a sad story, sad to me anyways, he knows a guy from Olympia that got a tieton tag. He told him to drive up oak creek road and glass the hillsides and he should spot some sheep. Well, the guy drives over from Olympia and starts up the road and right off the bat spots some sheep on his left so he slows down to take a look and notices a ram on his right side, seeing that it has a nice curl he drops it! Just minutes into his hunt he is done and tickled pink! He must of thought you should hunt them like blacktails on the west side. I think I will leave my gun unloaded!

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[coachcw]

Never shoot a ram that you cant really get a scope on and judge , IE Limpy Ram.

[Elkstuffer]

Never shoot a ram that you cant really get a scope on and judge , IE Limpy Ram.

I would have shot "Limpy" over any ram I've ever taken in. You will be hard pressed to see let alone shoot a ram 11+ years old anywhere. That makes him a very unique trophy in my book. Coach, you know how excited I was about your ram! That ram lived through it all for over 11 years and it took a hard hunt and some luck to finally bring him down.

[HoofsandWings]

How about considering your competition? You have scouted and you know there is only one good ram in the bunch.
There are 2 other permit holders and the auction hunter and the raffle ticket hunter all in your permit area.
That is what happened to me. If you take your time, and what happens if the other four don't?

[BOOM!!]

How about considering your competition? You have scouted and you know there is only one good ram in the bunch.
There are 2 other permit holders and the auction hunter and the raffle ticket hunter all in your permit area.
That is what happened to me. If you take your time, and what happens if the other four don't?

TAG SOUP?  Oh ##it I am shooting the first nice ram I see!!!

[BOOM!!]

By the way, before I jump to conclusions, you did get one right? 

Did I mention that I am going to try for one with a bow the first 3 weeks?

[HoofsandWings]

Yes.

[coachcw]

Boom a little advise is enjoy your hunt and take it all in . I passed a ram on the first day thats know sitting in elk stuffers shop , he's a stud . But my hunt would have been over on the first day . the second day I shoy at 3 408 with my bow took seven yards off the shot and still shot right over him . Don't believe the ark in that steep crap he probibly is a state record archery ram 165 ish. the third day after seen most of the rams in the unit along withy two days before the season , I shot limpy the only ram we didn't get the scope on for twenty minutes , he took off and at 300 yards running ( with a limp there tough to judge) he was toast.these rams can be decieving because a tight curl can look bigger than he is , look for a ram that drops below his jaw and then makes the curl, he'll score well. good luck .by the way I really dont regret passing the 172 ram on the first day .