Scoring/Aging Rams

PleaseDear · May 26, 2013

'morning All,

For those of you with the sheep tag in hand for 2013 season---

Here is a good DVD to coast you along as you scout and prep for your hunt.

http://www.stoneydale.com/index.php?cPath=24&osCsid=pdu2ui5hk9e6rr30en980se9u1

Robb

beech18 · May 27, 2013

Got mine on order, should be here any day.

kilowatt · May 27, 2013

Brian
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littlebighorn · May 29, 2013

Robb,
Does this video cover all NA sheep?

TUT · Jun 6, 2013

There are (two) videos.

*Field Judging Wild Rams
*Advanced Field Judging Wild Rams

Has anyone seen both of the videos.?

Do you think one may be better then the other if someone was to only buy one or the other...?

sticksender · Jun 6, 2013

LAST EDITED ON Jun-06-13 AT 02:36PM (MST)[p]Kilowatt if you don't mind my asking, where's that photo from, and what is the time of year? Is that a Stones Sheep? If that was a Bighorn in late fall or early winter pic, I would've replaced the "1" marking with a "6 mo" and the "2" with a "1.5".

I guess it somewhat depends on the time of year, but a late-fall yearling bighorn (1.5 years old) should have a much bigger circumference than that pic is showing at the "1" marking. Could be an issue of scale/perspective too. And maybe different for Stones. Here's a pic of a yearling ram (about 1.4 years old) I took in late September in Colorado. He's the small bodied sheep turned in profile view. Part of his lamb tips, maybe an inch or a little more, are already busted off.

Thunderclapper · Jun 6, 2013

Kilo...That's a good picture!

kilowatt · Jun 6, 2013

Sticksender.....I do not remember where I seen this picture but it was interesting how someone edited the Ram so I just made a copy and saved to my computer.

Brian
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PleaseDear · Jun 6, 2013

Both movies spend most all of the footage with the Rocky Ram.

Robb

bighornbob · Jun 7, 2013

>Sticksender.....I do not remember where I
>seen this picture but it
>was interesting how someone edited
>the Ram so I just
>made a copy and saved
>to my computer.
>
>Brian
>http://i44.tinypic.com/es7x8z.jpg[/IMG]

The picture is from this link. Very informative on ageing sheep.

http://bchuntingblog.com/blog/2012/06/16/judging-stones-sheep-in-the-field/

One thing you have to remember is that there is a huge difference between thin horns and big horns. Up here in BC a thinhorn will only have a max 2" lamb tip. Where most of the bighorns will have lamb tips close to 6". This has gotten more then a few bighorns confiscated as guys figure the sheep has broomed off more then a years growth were in fact its only broomed a its lamb tip off. Hence when they count the annuli they are off by a year and end up shooting a 7 year old sheep when they have to be 8 years of age to be legal in some areas.

BHB

littlebighorn · Jun 8, 2013

LAST EDITED ON Jun-08-13 AT 08:04PM (MST)[p]Thanks for the link Bob!
I would love to hunt those salt and pepper rams of BC.

rutnbuck · Jun 8, 2013

Hey Robb I knew I was going to draw the BT this year. I was getting all hyped up. Then got the letter the big UN> Next year for sure.
Rut

beech18 · Jun 26, 2013

Back to the orginal post. Anyone order the DVD's? I did about a month ago and still havent recieved them. Just curious if Im the only one or anyone have this?