2025 MT rams

[Labman]

A real giant out of 302 last year. I’m sure glad they shave a month off that season to save the breeding stock.
I wish I could come to grips with how a 3.5 yr old sub 24” ram is legal, or why such a sheep is legal.
Letting game reach even sexual maturity seems to be a problem in this place.

https://myfwp.mt.gov/getRepositoryFile?objectID=114626

 

[Big Sky Guy]

A real giant out of 302 last year. I’m sure glad they shave a month off that season to save the breeding stock.
I wish I could come to grips with how a 3.5 yr old sub 24” ram is legal, or why such a sheep is legal.
Letting game reach even sexual maturity seems to be a problem in this place.

https://myfwp.mt.gov/getRepositoryFile?objectID=114626

Don’t you mean 1.5 year old?

 

[LopeHunter]

How old and big was the Mrs. Boddington “ram”? It was ruled legal, yes? MT, yes?

 

[DFS]

Sad to see the sheep decline, when I shot my ram he was mediocre now he’s towards the top. We just can’t have nice things in this state.

 

[Labman]

Don’t you mean 1.5 year old?

I was being extremely sarcastic, that’s the ram I was referring to.

In all seriousness, if they haven’t figured it out yet these people who draw tags just can’t fathom eating them. They have to fill them even with a newborn lamb for reasons I can’t comprehend. Just like any other unit that closed a month early, wtf are they afraid of, a mature ram getting killed?

Don’t look at the goat stats, they are just as bad. Actually worse. Plenty of 1.5 yr old females that got tagged.

 

[Labman]

How old and big was the Mrs. Boddington “ram”? It was ruled legal, yes? MT, yes?

The hardest trophy in North America, an unlimited ram. Somehow legal, yes.

 

[Forkyfinder]

Sad to see the sheep decline, when I shot my ram he was mediocre now he’s towards the top. We just can’t have nice things in this state.

Just asking - but are there places where this trend is the "right direction" in your mind?

Hunters do ugly stuff and i don't disagree we are a little to hot on opportunity- but unit 622 isn't completely gone because of hunting opportunity.