Saw a massive ram this afternoon

[JoeVon]

You better get some rest.....

[cowcall]

Oh man Boom......cant waiy to here from you today....uggh......your smiley face was a killer...... .....your killin us here.. ....ha!ha!hope you come back today with some good stories.....

[BOOM!!]

OK, Thursdays hunt. We start the morning off heading back to the top of the canyon that held the 5 rams the day before. I sneak onto the first ledge right at first light and pick over the ledge  . Oh man, 2 rams looking right at me about 40 yards away, how did they know I was there? I through the scope on them and they are small, a few seconds later they bust down the canyon. Now I am thinking maybe these are the 2 small ones from the day before and the 3 shooters are right behind them. Now my hearts beating. I look below me to the left and behind a tree right below me not more than 20 yards  , 2 white butts, oh my gosh that's got to be them. I put my binoculars on them and make out a ewe and horn, ram. I freeze on them and wait but they know something is wrong. They start down the hill keeping behind the tree and manage to slip away without giving me a clear view, crap. So I decide to just sit and wait and see if they pop out into the view somewhere down the canyon. I wait about 20 minutes I think, maybe only 5, and they pop out about 100 yards down the canyon, 4 ewes and a ram. I am disappointed see that he is not one of the 3 shooters and decide not to take the shoot. My helper says “you should take that ram, he’s not that bad and it’s a easy pack out". I take another look and say oh what the hell he’s not what I want but I am never going to find what I want. I set up and gently let off a shoot BOOM!! and down the canyon they go. My helper yells “YOU GOT HIM” and I am feeling it too. We wind down to the rock he is laying behind which is way rougher than either of us realized and after we finally make it to the rock, no ram  . No blood, nothing, I slide down the chute looking for any trace of a hit, nothing. What the hell, no way I missed that shoot. I’ve got to check my gun to see if it is still sighted in. Before the season I had sighted it in at 3 inches high at 100 yards which put me in the zone out to 300 yards. I decide to drive all the way down the mountain to the bottom of bear canyon where there is a nice safe little spot to sight in. 7 inches high at 100 yards, what the heck? This time I set it for 2 inches high at 100 and after a few shoots feel confident in my gun again.

OK time out, got to type some more and finish a chore or two

[boneaddict]

What made your partner think you got him?

[BOOM!!]

He said since it just disappeared he was sure it was down. He was standing on the rock and he turned quickly to the far side of the rock. It seemed from were we were that we would see him if he went down the draw but when we got there we saw that there was a chute behind the rock that we couldn't see. I went down the chute looking for him and any sign of blood. we spent about 3 hours looking for any sign and found nothing. We were both pretty confident that he just spun off the rock and shoot down the canyon.

[400out]

that sucks but think of it this way it wans't ment to be! you will get the one you want!! 

[Ridgerunner]

So have you killed a ram or not?  Quit dragging this thing out. 

[tlbradford]

You better double check why your gun lost zero, not just sight it in again.  Check your scope ring screws, mounts, etc.

[Ridgerunner]

I'd be getting my backup rifle you are down to 2 days!

[BOOM!!]

Ok so now its late, too late to drive back on top. We had seen a group of rams driving down oak creek and the rams were showing much interest in the ewes so I figured we should do some glassing from the highway. We stopped in a few pullouts and started glassing. About the 3rd stop we found a herd that had a nice ram following the ewes at about 500 yards. I said this is it. I decided to take off and try to side hill and have about 150 yard shot. As I got to the spot I had picked out I could see that they were moving faster and were now crossing over the hip into the next draw. I look at my phone for the time and it is now 4:30. OK I’ll come back tomorrow and try to find them again. Wait a minute, screw that, I have been to patient and not aggressive enough, I am going after them. I get lucky and find a nice game trail that takes me through the draw and to the next ridge pretty quickly. I look around and nothing, they must have crossed over the next ridge. Too late to stop now, I take off again and make my way into the next draw. Still no sheep! OK now its getting late I guess I have to turn back. I take one last look around and spot a ewe way up high on the rocks. I look at the time 5:30 hour and a half of good light. OK I have a half hour to try and find them, lets go. I start up the hill and after going only about 30 yards and there in front of me through the rocks about 70 yards I spot the herd. They are feeding up moving fast. This is it, I take out my shooting stick and set up in the rocks and start glassing. There he is, working up hes still too low for a shoot. He steps up a few more steps but sheep all around him. Then he steps to his right and gives me a perfect shoot, BOOM!! RAM  DOWN

[cowcall]

uh hello....Boom.....Your still killin us..... ......did you drop him or what?

[400out]

SSSSSSSSWWWWWWWWWWWWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEETTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!! PICTURES  congrats

[cowcall]

Soooooo.......whatcha get.......the hunt of a lifetime ram? 

[cowcall]

Heres to Boom.... .......Awesome!!!! Congrats........Cant wait to see your pics!!

[Holg3107]

Hell yea BOOM, can't wait to see some pics. Congratulations on an awesome OIL hunt. This is one of those threads that I've been waiting for a conclusion. Well done.