RM Sheep hunt

[kk]

LAST EDITED ON Nov-28-11 AT 07:12PM (MST)[p]I have had several people asking me for pictures and information about my sheep hunt.
I drew a Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep tag for the 9 mile /range creek unit. It was a self guided hunt but I had lots of friends and family who helped. My brother Kim and Colby were there when I got my sheep. Other friends that helped were Theron, Russell, Ryan, Zeph, Tim, Troy, Richard, Beau my dad Delvin and my wife Kehli.
It was a very tough but fun hunt. We saw a lot of sheep, and it was hard to pass up the good rams looking for a better ram.
I shot it with my muzzleloader, and the first shot went threw his ear and hit his horn (I am lucky he still has two horns!) It was a great feeling when he went down!


Here is a good ram I passed.

Found this Bobcat while glassing for sheep.

Other Rams

2 Rams that I liked.

A good ram we named Chippy. Because we were watching him when he was hitting heads with another ram, and we saw a big chip fly out of his horn.

My Ram

 

[Bullelk1]

Great pics and tremendous trophy! Congrats.

 

[treedagain]

Kurt you did AWESOME....that is one of the BEST looking rockys i have ever seen, i knew you would shoot a GREAT ram. congrads ..... i will have to make the trip out to get my hands on him, and show you my desert....

 

[one_dryboot]

That is an awesome ram Kurt!

Each day that passed I wondered how the hunt was going, then towards the end of the hunt I started to worry a little hoping you wouldnt settle for a lesser ram. WEll, Those good rams you passed gave you the chance at a great ram and you made it count. Congrats on a awesome ram, you put in the time and dozens of miles and earned him.

 

[eldorado]

Congrats on an awesome ram.

Eldorado

 

[nfh]

awesome ram, congrads

 

[ShowThemToMe]

Nice!
Can we see the Bullet damage?
Were you trying to hit him in the head or was there a little Ram Fever?

Hot Dog,Hot Damn,I love this Ameri-can

 

[PaleHorse]

Outstanding ram!

 

[kk]

I will try to get a picture of the bullet damage and post it on tonight. They have tough horns.

 

[bowhunt]

Great job! beautiful Ram for sure

 

[tallbuck1]

Awesome story and GREAT ram!

Tallbuck1

 

[Zeke]

That's another beautiful ram from Utah this year.
You did well and it sounds like you looked at a bunch of sheep before you found the one that turned your crank. I'd be proud of him for sure.
Good job and congratulations on your success! Thanks for sharing.

Zeke

 

[Ihuntthereforeiam]

In the horn? What were you looking at?
At least you didnt shoot him in the face like someone else i know.
Great ram...

Shoot em till their dead

 

[kk]

LAST EDITED ON Nov-29-11 AT 05:39PM (MST)[p]Here is the work of the great first shot.

I did some adding up miles of my trip.
2200 miles in my truck.
430 miles on my ATV.
67 miles hiking
Floated across the Green River 5 times.
1 Bighorn Ram Priceless!

 

[Tagalong173]

Thats a stud. Good thing you didn't break his horn off!! haha

Congrats

 

[ShowThemToMe]

>LAST EDITED ON Nov-29-11
>AT 05:39?PM (MST)
>
>Here is the work of the
>great first shot.
>

>
>
>I did some adding up miles
>of my trip.
>2200 miles in my truck.
>430 miles on my ATV.
>67 miles hiking
>Floated across the Green River 5
>times.
>1 Bighorn Ram Priceless!

Now I know what happened to 'Chippy'

Hot Dog,Hot Damn,I love this Ameri-can

 

[littlebighorn]

Awesome ram KK,
It is very tough to hold out with any tag, much less a OIL sheep.
Congratulations on a great ram!

 

[Romulus]

What are the measurements on that ram? Great looking sheep!

 

[kk]

I have not had it scored for B&C yet, have to wait my 60 days. The DWR measured it at 183 6/8 UT Score. Right horn is 38" long and 15 6/8 Base, Left horn 36 7/8" and 15 5/8" Base.
Right horn total score 91 7/8". Left horn total 90 4/8".
He carries his mass out good. I looked at a lot of Rams and I think he was the best one.

 

[Dr_Hunter]

LAST EDITED ON Dec-01-11 AT 06:52PM (MST)[p]Congrats! Awesome Ram!


I don't think there is any other quality
so essential to success of any kind as the
quality of perseverance. It overcomes
almost everything, even nature.
-John D. Rockefeller

 

[Yakatak]

He is a Great Ram KK, Congratulations! Punching your tag with a muzzleloader in hand makes it Sweeter Prize for sure. I plan on filling my Desert tag with my black powder gun as well when I draw. So I have to bring up the question, Did you pack another rifle or barrel for your Encore just in case of a distant shot or did you go All-Out and carry just this one gun after your OIL trophy?
Again, That's one Awesome ram, Well done!
Yak

For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and armed militia is their best security.

Thomas Jefferson

 

[kk]

I carried my bow, muzzle loader, and rifle. Most all the time I had 2 of the 3. When I killed my ram I had my muz and rifle.

 

[rutnbuck]

Nice Ram Good Job.
Rutnbuck

 

[TOOTHandTINE]

Super Ram, congrats !

 

[Lien2]

Awesome Ram!!!
Congrats!

Lien2

 

[TOPGUN]

That is one awesome animal! Congratulations on your success!!!

 

[Zackman]

Congrats on a great ram!

 

[hunt4130]

solid sheep! congrats!

 

[elkdreamer]

WOW..he is a awesome ram

 

[greatwestern]

Great lookin ram, and super pics...Well done man!

 

[kk]

I had my ram officially scored for Boone & Crockett and Long Hunter. The final score is 181 4/8.

 

[littlebighorn]

Congratulations KK.
That about as good as Utah Rockys get, and I am guessing it is a new Long Hunter state record. Am I right?
Way to go.

 

[treedagain]

way to go Kurt....he is a beautiful ram, you did great

 

[kk]

LAST EDITED ON Jan-24-12 AT 04:36PM (MST)[p]Thanks, He should be the #1 Muzzleloader Ram for UT.

 

[kk]

I got my sheep back from the taxi. a couple months ago.

 

[treedagain]

he turned out very nice....he really looks good next to your sweet UT desert ram



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[Zeke]

Sweet!
Congrats again.
Zeke

 

[littlebighorn]

He looks great KK,
So was I right? Is he the new LH state record?
If not he is way up there!

 

[kk]

Thanks guys,
Littlebighorn, I have not heard any thing yet. I got the official score 181 4/8 and its in LH and I am still waiting on B&C. But thats all I know so far. I guess when Rusty Halls next Big game records book comes out I should know.

 

[dslaughter]

outstanding! I love all of the pics you took as well. It really told a good story.
I can't wait!
ds

 

[Dobber]

Looks great, nice pictures, congrats.

 

[big6]

I thought i recognized these pictures coby is a great guide and sure knows his rams and where to be. how many days did coby help you out? How do you know coby are you from green river?

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[kk]

My brother lives in Green River, I meet Colby through him, Colby hunted with me around 3 or 4 days, We had a good time and we both learned a lot about sheep while we was hunting.