AZsheep 46B

toddrice · Dec 18, 2003

LAST EDITED ON Dec-18-03 AT 07:40PM (MST)[p] I'm back from AZ and what a trip it was. The Cabeza Prieta is a really cool place, I could talk for days about some of the wonderful things we saw and experienced. I had a friend of mine pack myself and three friends about 6 miles into the wilderness. He used 6 horses and made two trips in, with food and water for almost a weeks stay. We saw 6 to 10 sheep a day, but only young rams. I killed the largest sheep we spotted about 6 miles from camp and 12.23 miles from our trucks!!! He is not a huge ram, 158 B&C and 8 years old. I have taken some high scoring animals in my hunting years ( 3 B&C ) BUT THIS RAM IS BY FAR, MY MOST EARNED AND TREASURED TROPHY!
If someone could help me with posting a pic and a short video of the ram being shot at 80 yards, You can see what a beautiful ram he is.
P.S. For anyone of you who has the fortune to draw a AZ sheep tag, You will find that there will be alot of great people who open their arms and help you. From the AZ G&F people (who I have never had a great relationship with!), the AZ Desert Sheep Society ( Brian Dolan ) other guides ( Pete Cimellaro/Mark Bool)
and past hunters. What a blast Todd Rice
Fox Island, WA.

NVBighorn · Dec 18, 2003

Congratulations on your ram. Can't wait to see the pix/video. I can post pictures but don't know much about video. I know there are others here who can.

dwalton · Dec 18, 2003

Congatulations! Those sheep sure do mean a lot when you have to put in an extreme effort to get one. I'm glad you scored. Looking forward to seeing pictures.

swish · Dec 19, 2003

Todd,
Great Job on your ram, sounds like you had truly a hunt of a life time, can't wait to see the pictures. I'm glad you finaly posted your results been checking each day for the last week to see howyou did.

Splash · Dec 19, 2003

Great job Todd on a great ram. You earned it. Sounds like you had an experience that will last a lifetime. Once again congratulations!

toddrice · Dec 19, 2003

Thanks guys. Can someone explain how to post a picture?

zack · Dec 19, 2003

Todd, send me an email of your ram picture to [email protected] I will help you post it.

How many megabytes is your video? Email will reject larger file sizes, but I have an email that will accept huge attachments (not the fixedpower one). If your email can handle it, I can help. Let me know and I can get this done for you.

In the mid 90's did you write an article in Trophy Hunter about a big bull elk you killed? Maybe in NM or AZ? I can't help but remember names from all sorts of places. Just wondering. Amazing that was 8 or 9 years ago.

I just moved from Seattle in June, BTW.

zack · Dec 19, 2003

Great looking ram, Todd!

NVBighorn · Dec 19, 2003

Great ram indeed. He wears 158 very well! Congratulations again.

D13er · Dec 19, 2003

NVBighorn,

Well said, I was thinking the same thing. They usually look smaller but this one looks awesome.

ToddRice,

That is a great ram and that is awesome country. Congratulations.

JB

PleaseDear · Dec 19, 2003

Great hunt Todd!!! Thats a great looking Ram for sure. He'll look Ram-tastic in your trophy room!

Bura Nut · Dec 20, 2003

Todd, great looking ram. I think it is great that someone from here on MM.......Mark Bool...Helped out. I remember when you were asking about this hunt and Mark jumped in with some info. Glad to hear it all worked out great........... Allen Taylor......

kilowatt · Dec 20, 2003

Todd,

Congrats to you on a great looking Ram, what a beauty. Are you going with a full mount or shoulder?
Great looking picture by the way too.

Brian

toddrice · Dec 20, 2003

Thanks again guys, Allen have you heard anything about Pete and Mark's client in 46B ? Brian, I plan on a shoulder mount to go with the other sheep I have. I have only one life size (Brown Bear) mount, and when I someday get my Grand Slam I would like to have all four sheep on one wall! Todd

AZBuckSnort · Dec 20, 2003

Todd,
Congrats man! That is a beautiful ram. It's neat how the tips are intact and flare out kinda like a Stone sheep's horms. looks great and sounds like you earned it.
Jim

Bura Nut · Dec 20, 2003

Todd, I havent talked to Mark for a couple days so I havent heard. Again, nice ram and congrats on the hunt....... Thanks, Allen Taylor......

kilbuc · Dec 20, 2003

Todd...one really fine looking ram. Congrats, all rams are well deserved.

from the "Heartland of Wyoming"

Coueswt · Dec 20, 2003

Great Ram Todd, congrats!!!

Love the red colored horns that the 46's are known for.

There use to be some super rams in 46B but i think with the Illegals contaminating the little water there is has hurt the sheep numbers.

FALCON · Dec 20, 2003

Todd:

What a beautifull animal. Nice Job!!! I only dream of getting drawn in Washington. I shared with my wife the other night of a goal of hunting dall sheep in Alaska before I'm 50. She was ok with it, so worse case senerio I'm looking at 9 years max.
Good Post!

warbird · Dec 21, 2003

Todd hi it's Dom awsome job pete told me about it at a meeting we had the other day.It coulden't of happened to a more deserving person.Keep in touch maybe we'll go hunting again together.
Dom

ramslam · Dec 21, 2003

Todd,

Congrats on a great looking, hard-earned ram.

toddrice · Dec 21, 2003

Thanks again guys! Hey Dom, what is Julius up to and how did Pete and his hunter do in the Cabeza? Todd

redrabbit · Dec 22, 2003

Nice sheep, Todd. Sounds like a fun hunt taking the horses across the desert. Hope you don't start a trend that all the Zonies move to WA so they get drawn for sheep. Didn't Marvin have that tag a few years ago? Again, congrats.

Doug/RedRabbit