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Big Game Hunting => Other Big Game => Topic started by: time2hunt on December 02, 2014, 10:56:49 AM

Title: State record Ram
Post by: time2hunt on December 02, 2014, 10:56:49 AM: Have I missed this post or pics ???
http://www.nbcrightnow.com/story/27522037/kennewick-teen-shoots-and-kills-possible-record-size-bighorn-sheep

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Title: Re: State record Ram
Post by: birddogdad on December 02, 2014, 11:19:37 AM: great story! Great job!
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Post by: bearhunter99 on December 02, 2014, 11:30:51 AM: Congrats to the young hunter!

Sidebar-I love the opening scene of the news story "Record Bighorn Caught" :chuckle: :chuckle:
Title: Re: State record Ram
Post by: bobcat on December 02, 2014, 11:33:49 AM: Quote from: bearhunter99 on December 02, 2014, 11:30:51 AM
Sidebar-I love the opening scene of the news story "Record Bighorn Caught" :chuckle: :chuckle:

:yeah:

It's like they caught a fish. :chuckle:
Title: Re: State record Ram
Post by: Skyvalhunter on December 02, 2014, 11:50:28 AM: Congrats to the hunter wonder if he is a member. Largest for his age group huh?
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Post by: boneaddict on December 02, 2014, 12:11:04 PM: Chelan Butte already notched, was this the Swakane?
Title: Re: State record Ram
Post by: benhuntin on December 02, 2014, 12:14:52 PM: I think it said raffle tag.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it!
Title: Re: State record Ram
Post by: boneaddict on December 02, 2014, 12:21:01 PM: I didn't think you could hunt either of those units with a raffle tag

( I cant see the video, just going off of the report)
Title: Re: State record Ram
Post by: GurrCentral on December 02, 2014, 12:22:00 PM: Quote from: boneaddict on December 02, 2014, 12:11:04 PM
Chelan Butte already notched, was this the Swakane?

This was not the Swakane ram.
Title: Re: State record Ram
Post by: jackelope on December 02, 2014, 12:22:32 PM: Quote from: boneaddict on December 02, 2014, 12:21:01 PM
I didn't think you could hunt either of those units with a raffle tag

Correct.
Title: Re: State record Ram
Post by: Curly on December 02, 2014, 12:26:07 PM: I wonder if it was really a raffle tag. The author of the article could have gotten the term wrong instead of saying special permit maybe they incorrectly said "raffle". :dunno:
Title: Re: State record Ram
Post by: boneaddict on December 02, 2014, 12:30:11 PM: I guess it could be the Manson tag. I forgot about that unit in Chelan county. Cool for him. Something I have dreamed about since his age or before. Lucky young man.
Title: Re: State record Ram
Post by: HighCountryHunter88 on December 02, 2014, 12:32:52 PM: looks like manson to me
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Post by: whacker1 on December 02, 2014, 12:36:06 PM: It looks like he got several things wrong on the story. It appears to be "State Record for HIS AGE". The Ram is nice, but to me it doesn't look like a state record over all. Unless I am missing something with the scoring. It appears to be 3/4 or slightly better curl.
All this said, I am not trying to do the young man a dis-service, by knocking his Ram. I think it is a heck of an animal, but the terminology in the news is flawed. And I think Bone is correct in that it would be Manson tag based on the pictures and the knowledge of the other tags being filled already.
Title: Re: State record Ram
Post by: mulehunter on December 02, 2014, 12:39:40 PM: Quote from: boneaddict on December 02, 2014, 12:30:11 PM
I guess it could be the Manson tag. I forgot about that unit in Chelan county. Cool for him. Something I have dreamed about since his age or before. Lucky young man.
:yeah: I want one. :'(
Title: Re: State record Ram
Post by: coachcw on December 02, 2014, 12:41:36 PM: youth class... congrats
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Post by: X-Force on December 02, 2014, 12:52:58 PM: Congrats to the young man.
Title: Re: State record Ram
Post by: wa.hunter on December 17, 2014, 10:09:35 AM: Sorry but I can say my son in 1991 at the age of 11 was successful in harvesting a 180 3/8" 41" ram and this only got him started. He has since been successful in harvesting a BC Moose and 2 BC Mountan Goats in Washington state. His sheep was live size mounted by Buzzi Cook of Olympic Taxidermy and displayed on stage at the founding year of FNAWS banquet in Feb. 1992 now Washington Wild Sheep Foundation. Guess what, he probably isn't done either but at least a little older.
Title: Re: State record Ram
Post by: JBar on December 17, 2014, 10:27:04 AM: wa.hunter the article said largest this year " KENNEWICK, WA - A teenager from Kennewick could soon hold the state record in his age group for hunting and killing the largest bighorn sheep in Washington this year." . Yes bigger have been killed by youth and others but lets not take away this young mans 15 minutes of fame! Nice job Cody :tup: Most of us can only dream of getting this tag!
Title: Re: State record Ram
Post by: Ridgerunner on December 17, 2014, 12:18:34 PM: Definately a manson ram, but I highly, highly doubt that is the largest ram killed in the state this year. Maybe for a youth but not overall. Regardless he should be congratulated on a great hunt for a critter most guys will only dream of killing.
Title: Re: State record Ram
Post by: GurrCentral on December 17, 2014, 12:25:49 PM: Quote from: wa.hunter on December 17, 2014, 10:09:35 AM
Sorry but I can say my son in 1991 at the age of 11 was successful in harvesting a 180 3/8" 41" ram and this only got him started. He has since been successful in harvesting a BC Moose and 2 BC Mountan Goats in Washington state. His sheep was live size mounted by Buzzi Cook of Olympic Taxidermy and displayed on stage at the founding year of FNAWS banquet in Feb. 1992 now Washington Wild Sheep Foundation. Guess what, he probably isn't done either but at least a little older.

Yes, other youth have killed larger rams in WA in the past. (many have not been entered in NW Big Game Records, or if they have they were not entered in the YOUTH category). We should congratulate this young man on a fine ram and encourage his future hunting endeavors.

WA.Hunter, congrats to your son on his ram as well. I would encourage him to display it at the WA Chapter Wild Sheep banquet this year. It is awesome to say the least to see all of the rams on display at once!
Title: Re: State record Ram
Post by: grade-creek-rd on December 17, 2014, 10:26:56 PM: This was killed in the Manson Unit...there is a blog with the entire story at Northwest Sportsman Magazine website (nwsportsman.com) I can't copy/paste the link as I'm on my tablet right now. Sad part is that the kid caught hell from the anti's after the news story ran...it didn't help KNDU ran the kid telling about the kill shot...sucks but its a different world we live in.

G-C-R
Title: Re: State record Ram
Post by: bobcat on December 17, 2014, 10:49:12 PM: I found the story:

http://nwsportsmanmag.com/reader-trophy-tales/ (http://nwsportsmanmag.com/reader-trophy-tales/)
Title: Re: State record Ram
Post by: csaaphill on December 18, 2014, 12:41:38 AM: :tup: and grats to the young man
read that in the paper too
Title: Re: State record Ram
Post by: Tbob on December 18, 2014, 08:42:20 PM: That's awesome ! Looks like an upstanding young man! Way to get it done! Wish my dad had been putting me in for hunts like that when I was a kid!