New archery World record bighorn ram from South Dakota badlands confirmed

[jdinny]

" come west my friend you've been told ......"

some hard work, determination and of course a little luck and trophies can be had in many western states all 100% public land.

 

[Kurtr]

not what I heard.....;:;popcorn

well what were you told? Even if they did pay for access what does your typical big horn hunt run 50000. still the cheapest sheep hunt a resident of SD will go on if he paid 10000 grand

 

[jdinny]

im interested in the story now....

i know how much access fees are for rams on the western side of the bighorns in wyoming as a good friend married into a ranch that has them.

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on a side not i got points going for bighiorns in wyoming its a 20 year wait x150 a point =3K but free access ill take it. unless of course they sell the land or something happens then im out 2-3k

 

[Kurtr]

in reality i dont care how much it cost the guy sheep hunting is not a cheap hobby. That 3000 k to draw the tag in wyoming is chicken scratch and an awesome chance to hunt sheep. The only other option if not spending 25000 grand on a Dall is the unlimited in MT and there is a reason they are unlimited haha

 

[jdinny]

in reality i dont care how much it cost the guy sheep hunting is not a cheap hobby. That 3000 k to draw the tag in wyoming is chicken scratch and an awesome chance to hunt sheep. The only other option if not spending 25000 grand on a Dall is the unlimited in MT and there is a reason they are unlimited haha

yes it is. I was finally hit with a large 2x6 about 3 years ago as hes very good friend in each others weddings etc and had been telling me to apply for whatver I want. $150 a point plus the cost of the tag isn't cheap but like you said you wont find a cheaper sheep hunt in my case with free access and pretty much guaranteed tag, I have been up there on the mountain 2x and saw bighorns both times. collared ram the one time and from what I can see they are dumber than shit just stood there this was during elk season so they obviously don't get a shit ton of hunting pressure. so I basically decided I aint getting any younger and if im gonna start taking advantage of this I better start grabbing points for whatever I can alas here I am following sheep threads ….

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phil post a link to the story you heard curios on that one

 

[Kurtr]

i dont know if i will ever afford one but i would not be opposed to just going and being a sherpa to have the experience some day. I have an uncle in alaska but dont think he is up to it any more wish i would have known what i know now about 20 years ago when he moved there

 

[MathewsZman]

Mass is king. So if it’s broomed U get way more mass. Every mass measurement is bigger if it’s broomed

I read it this way , mass measurement stopped at D4 then they measure the total length , so if he had the tip he would gain a little ??

 

[Bowhunter_24]

I don’t know how to read or I would have read

 

[jdinny]

I read it this way , mass measurement stopped at D4 then they measure the total length , so if he had the tip he would gain a little ??

I have no idea on measuring rams but if its like an antelope its in qtrs. so you take the length divide it into quarters so if that's the case yes a little off the length cut throw that 4th mass measurement back and gain mass??

 

[Duckslayer100]

Good on him! Better a hunter get the opportunity than a cougar -- or bacterial pneumonia like in Nodak.

 

[MathewsZman]

Not sure but by the picture it looks like the last mass measurements are before the tip a ways and the length would help the score .

 

[Chas'n Tail]

The way I understand it, if he's broomed his tips down, that's gonna move the D1-D4 up closer to the base on the circumference, and assuming that a typical ram is thickest at the base and thins from there on outward, the D2-4 would grow in circumference length. My only question would be whether or not that would be more of a gain than what the overall beam length would lose.

 

[JMF]

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A single broomed tip is gonna hurt the score.

 

[Kurtr]

all i have done today is read about sheep and sheep hunting stories. Is there some kind of group as i dont need this addiction

 

[Frosty....]

This should help you Kurt...

 

[MathewsZman]

all i have done today is read about sheep and sheep hunting stories. Is there some kind of group as i dont need this addiction

 

[scrotcaster]

What the hell did i just watch .? ..lol

 

[wjschmaltz]

sign me up for that addiction meeting. For some reason my stupid brain thinks that I'll be drawing a tag in a particular area this year. So I spent WAY too much time this morning researching a tag I probably wont draw. Not that it matters, once I find out I didn't draw it in 2 weeks I'll just be looking at other areas every day until August.....

Frosty, them park rams or are you gonna send some coordinates?

 

[Wallike]

Well that's 3 minutes and 6 seconds of my life I'll never get back...

 

[Kurtr]

This should help you Kurt...

next you will be teasing us with those desert big horns. Keep the pics coming they are amazing