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Big Game Hunting => Other Big Game => Topic started by: teanawayslayer on October 02, 2025, 01:51:12 PM

Title: Plugging bighorn sheep?
Post by: teanawayslayer on October 02, 2025, 01:51:12 PM: A friend of mine shot a ram yesterday and a biologist came over to his house today to inspect the ram and plug it. He placed the plug in the skull at the base of the horns. Isn’t the plug supposed to be in the horn? I guess that’s the only place I’ve ever seen them. It seemed odd where he put it.
Title: Re: Plugging bighorn sheep?
Post by: Itsintheblood on October 02, 2025, 04:03:21 PM: My 2021 ram was plugged in the horn. I’m not sure if they changed their method but I was under the impression the horn is where it goes.
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Post by: timberhunter on October 02, 2025, 05:01:30 PM: I wonder how many horns get pinned to the bone inside. Just a guess but maybe to avoid it?
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Post by: Ridgerunner on October 02, 2025, 05:24:42 PM: I've only seen them plugged in the horn and the bio gave me the choice of where each time.
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Post by: Hitsman3 on October 02, 2025, 06:36:22 PM: Mine from last year was done in the horn.
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Post by: JBar on October 02, 2025, 08:52:38 PM: Yah sons ram was plugged in the solid portion of the horn
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Post by: time2hunt on October 04, 2025, 05:10:03 PM: Just to age myself, they stamp mine.

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Post by: geauxtigers on October 04, 2025, 09:41:05 PM: 2020 - in the horn, biologist let me pick where.
Title: Re: Plugging bighorn sheep?
Post by: EnglishSetter on October 05, 2025, 10:30:48 AM: Having never been a sheep hunter, this was new to me.

So I searched and found this:

https://www.google.com/search?q=what+is+plugging+a+ram.horn&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari