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>I just love when people go
>off about how nobody can
>do better, and then the
>numbers just flat prove them
>wrong. I just saw where
>Bowdy Gardner's ram(which from everything
>I can tell is the
>ram that rutrings and trammer
>talk about) scored 169 1/8"
>gross and 168 4/8" net.
> An absolute hog of
>a desert sheep, especially in
>Utah. But they both(rutrings and
>trammer) mentioned how they killed
>the biggest in the state
>and " Only one ram
>has ever been shot in
>the state of Utah that
>even comes close to Bodi's
>ram". This ram makes #4
>in the state, certainly something
>to be proud of but
>obviously not far and away
>better than anything else.
>
>In fact there was another sheep
>scored by the same official
>scorer. "I also measured Taylor
>Eyre's desert bighorn. It is
>the new #3 in Utah
>unless anything else is entered.
>It scored 169 6/8" gross
>and 169 2/8" net."
>
>
>Now don't get me wrong, I'd
>probably piss down both legs
>if I ever killed a
>desert ram over 160". To
>kill something of the caliber
>of either of these rams
>would be more of a
>dream to me than a
>reality. I get excited to
>see a desert ram in
>the 150s.
>
>But if there's one fact I
>know about hunting, any kind
>of hunting; when you think
>you're better than anybody else
>at what you do, you're
>probably not near as good
>as you think. There's
>always someone, somewhere that will
>work harder, smarter, better than
>you, or they'll just luck
>into it. Either way be
>proud and celebrate your accomplishment,
>but don't count out the
>next guy.
Ok, first of all, this post is in the wrong thread. This thread is about Ron's Rattlesnake ram, not Bo's Zion desert ram. Ron's ram was officially scored a couple weeks ago and netted 180 and 0/8". So it made book, and was the biggest rocky taken this year that I'm aware of.
Secondly, the comments made were that Bo's desert ram was the "pending state record" while it was awaiting the end of the drying period. Our green score measured big enough that we were fairly confident that it would take the state record or be very, very close to it provided normal drying shrinkage. However, when it was picked up from the taxidermist for display at the FNAWS banquet, it was evident that the said taxidermist had made a critical error in his preparation of the horns, and they had shrunk a great deal. I was not there to pick them up with Trammer and Bo, but I have been told that they were sitting on a shelf above the oven and that they were almost unrecognizable! This well known taxidermist was given detailed instructions of how to store these magnificent horns and he basically followed none of them. I know this sounds like a easy excuse, but it is truth and can be verified.
Anyone who has ever held true B&C scoring horns in their hands can look at the field pictures of Bo's ram and easily tell that it is a 170-175" ram. It's obvious. It was also obvious that it was the biggest desert taken this year, which was also something stated earlier. While it was a tragedy what happened to those horns, it's still a dandy ram, and what Trammer and I said was true until things out of our control happened. Bo's ram was the biggest or second biggest living ram on huntable ground that Utah has ever produced to be shot. Neither it, nor Trammer and I, should be slandered on a website for negligence that happened after the fact by someone else. ANd until you are in possession of all the facts, you may want to quit jumping to conclusions! If there's one thing I'VE LEARNED ABOUT HUNTING, it's that it's easier for some folks to criticize than congratulate!
