Saw a massive ram this afternoon

[deerhunter_98520]

what an awsome story! congrats!

[littlemac]

Thanks for bringing us along, great ram, good job!

[Elkstuffer]

You killed him just in time Steve. We would have been soaked packing it out. It's really ugly up there today. You did a great job and took a beautiful ram. Congrats!

[tlbradford]

Awesome job Boom!  Thanks so much for sharing your hunt with us.  It was very enjoyable and you did a wonderful job putting this tag to great use.  Congrats.   

[carpsniperg2]

congrats on a fine ram and a hard earned trophy

[BOOM!!]

OK here is the rest of the story, better late than never. It’s getting close to 6 now, less than an hour of good light and I am in unfamiliar terrain. My helper had stayed down below at the truck to keep an eye on the sheep incase I lost track of them. It would take him at least an hour to get up here. There is no way I can get this ram caped out and make it down the hill before dark. I had talked to several people about this scenario before and had received what I thought was good advice. It was cooling down quickly and the wind was blowing hard so I made the decision to gut him out, prop the cavity open and come back for him at first light. I covered him up with brush and left human scent (a sweaty tee shirt works well) and came down the hill. I got a bit of panic attack and thought about returning up the hill with a pack out team but was talked out of it. I tossed and turned all night and got up to make coffee at 4 am. We started up the hill at first light and everything turned at great!

My son and me at daybreak

[BOOM!!]

It’s great when one of your packers is a taxidermist. Thanks Ric aka Elkstuffer!

[BOOM!!]

Ric sharing trade secrets with my son

[BOOM!!]

Let’s get down the hill

[400out]

that is still very awesome! Are you glad you missed the first one or was it a bigger Ram?

[saylean]

Congrats on a great Ram boom!!...im glad you came away with success!~ Good read and good effort! Thanks for posting it up.

[agchawk]

Great job!! Awesome story and and great ram is down. CONGRATS

[cowcall]

Hey Boom......Whew!!.......Omg......Bet that was the worst nite in your life.....thinkin of your once in a lifetime sheep left out there......Ugggh!!....Great story ending tho.......great pics......thanks for sharing.......You'll hafta stop by when your in our neck of the woods and exchange sheep stories with Ron-bo.Ha!Ha! Now called....Ram-bo!

[cowcall]

Ram-bo meets Ram-Boom!! Ha!Ha! 

[boneaddict]

Great updates.  Good to see fellow members in on it together.