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Title: Umtanum Ram Down
Post by: blacktailer on October 04, 2013, 10:07:01 AM: Finally getting around to do a brief story on my Uncle's (uncle to Shane and Alec VG as well)sheep hunt. It was fast and furious, and he was able to get it done on opening day. Alec VG, Bear and Alec's dad were along as well. We located some good rams just below the dam on the eve of the opener. There were two rams in particular we figured would go in the low to mid 160 range that were number one on the hit list. We located them in the morning and planned the attack. They were bedded on an open hillside with ewes above. Long story short, we closed the distance to around 150 yards, but due to the contour of the hill we couldn't see the rams. Bear and Rick were signaling us in. The wind was swirly and they caught our wind and were off. They never slowed down for a couple of miles or more. It was a bit of a "wake up" call for us. My uncle Mel is turning 69 this year, and it was in the mid-90's that day. We had passed a band of rams earlier on our climb and thought they warrented a closer look. Bear found them from the opposite side of the canyon and walked us in. Another long story short, Mel shot this guy out of a group of 4 rams. I believe all four rams would have scored within 5 points or so of each other but were all unique. This is the one he chose. It is an older ram. Biologist aged him at 6 1/2- 7 1/2. I scored him right out at 150 and change. Though it would have been nice to have had a crack at one of the two big rams in the first herd we saw, he was very happy to have this ram on the ground. His goal for the hunt was to harvest a mature ram and not kill himself trying. It was a privilege to join him along with Alec, Bear and Rick. Thanks to Rick in Tieton who was a wealth of information...
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Post by: D-Rock425 on October 04, 2013, 10:14:32 AM: Awesome work.
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Post by: grundy53 on October 04, 2013, 10:14:48 AM: Nice work!

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Post by: boneaddict on October 04, 2013, 10:15:24 AM: Nice. I photo'd the group last night. You'll have to check and see if the two were part of the group. There were 8 total. Congrats on your guys Ram.
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Post by: NRA4LIFE on October 04, 2013, 10:16:03 AM: Awesome. Congrats to the old fella.
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Post by: PlateauNDN on October 04, 2013, 10:17:10 AM: :tup:
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Post by: PAW66 on October 04, 2013, 10:17:39 AM: Congratulations to the hunter. Nice ram
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Post by: dingle on October 04, 2013, 10:31:41 AM: Very nice Ram, Good for you guys.
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Post by: X-Force on October 04, 2013, 10:40:40 AM: hope to be able to go on a ram hunt someday. looks like a blast. congrats to your uncle.
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Post by: gunboats on October 04, 2013, 10:45:24 AM: Great Job! :IBCOOL:
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Post by: Pathfinder101 on October 04, 2013, 10:54:20 AM: Nice :tup:
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Post by: starbailey on October 04, 2013, 10:57:20 AM: Good job.
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Post by: DOUBLELUNG on October 04, 2013, 10:59:56 AM: Nicely done, and way to set reasonable goals and attain them!
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Post by: alecvg on October 04, 2013, 11:19:08 AM: It was an awesome hunt. One I will remember forever.
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Post by: lewy on October 04, 2013, 11:23:31 AM: Awesome :tup:
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Post by: Natures Way on October 04, 2013, 11:24:00 AM: Nice ram congrats!
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Post by: elkoholic1 on October 04, 2013, 11:33:34 AM: :tup: :tup:
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Post by: Ridgerunner on October 04, 2013, 11:58:53 AM: Congrats I was wondering how the hunt went, glad to see he got a good ram.
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Post by: blacktailer on October 04, 2013, 12:05:08 PM: Doug, did you see the big collared ram with the orange eartag??? I notice the pic you had posted with the broken horn ram and the other two nice rams. The other two rams looked familiar though it's very hard to tell. The collared ram was abviously unique
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Post by: coachcw on October 04, 2013, 12:53:06 PM: ram hunts are a blast !
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Post by: canyonduck on October 04, 2013, 01:00:01 PM: Very nice. Did you bump any chukar covies?
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Post by: Huntboy on October 04, 2013, 01:02:46 PM: Congrats, nice ram.
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Post by: JCClement on October 04, 2013, 01:08:06 PM: Congrats on the Ram! :tup:
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Post by: bowhunterforever on October 04, 2013, 03:05:23 PM: Nice ram, congrats :tup:
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Post by: ShaneTyTrey on October 04, 2013, 03:16:20 PM: Congrats that is great
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Post by: HUNTINCOUPLE on October 04, 2013, 03:21:13 PM: Nice ram! :tup:
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Post by: hunting4sanity on October 04, 2013, 03:36:48 PM: Great job on doing an OIL tag justice, great looking ram. Congratulations!
I wonder if I'll ever draw before I turn 69? :bash: If not, I hope I do close to as well as your uncle.
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Post by: steen on October 04, 2013, 06:57:06 PM: Congratulations on the beautiful ram! I love his coat color and love glassing that area for the sheep. It is one of my favorite places to camp, relax and glass.
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Post by: carpsniperg2 on October 04, 2013, 07:21:25 PM: Very cool and congrats to him :tup:
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Post by: Wanttohuntmore on October 04, 2013, 09:02:22 PM: Congrats!
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Post by: kramer on October 04, 2013, 09:16:52 PM: Congrats on a dandy ram
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Post by: mkcj on October 04, 2013, 09:22:13 PM: Any Ram is a great Ram! :tup:
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Post by: seth30 on October 04, 2013, 09:39:00 PM: Congrats :tup: how long did it take to pull up the Jon boat?
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Post by: 7mmfan on October 04, 2013, 10:00:10 PM: Hopefully they just floated down to the bridge! :yike:
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Post by: sakoshooter on October 04, 2013, 10:03:48 PM: Congrats on a good ram.
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Post by: shootsmall on October 05, 2013, 07:34:34 AM: Congrats, beautiful country, great ram!
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Post by: blacktailer on October 05, 2013, 08:18:18 AM: Quote from: seth30 on October 04, 2013, 09:39:00 PM
Congrats :tup: how long did it take to pull up the Jon boat?

Alec wanted to float it down river, but we opted to pack it back up the hill. there was an old "skidder-type" road that sidehilled down to the RR tracks. Alec, Bear and I packed it back up the hill without too much of a problem. All said and done, I wish we would have left that damned boat at the truck. With three of us in there, we kept getting hung up on the rocks, and I had to bail out and drag it across the river anyways. Coming back across it worked good. We put all the gear and sheep in the boat and all 5 of us waded back across the while hanging on to the boat
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Post by: coyotestalker22250 on October 05, 2013, 11:42:36 PM: Great job. Be careful though, sheep hunting can be a sickness that all involved in have a hard time curing!
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Post by: Falcon on October 06, 2013, 09:50:23 AM: Congrats on your ram.

Great story and pics.
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Post by: pashok23 on October 06, 2013, 10:44:14 AM: nice work.cool pics :tup:
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Post by: bearpaw on October 06, 2013, 10:46:28 AM: sweet, congrats :tup:
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Post by: MLBowhunting on October 07, 2013, 06:29:29 AM: Very nice ram, glad you guys got it done :tup: