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.

 

[Mule Kick]

Some interesting statistics. I noticed only 2 of 3 tags were filled in 30one as well..

 

[DFS]

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.

I would lean more to the domestic sheep side of things. We have extremely good sheep habitat and some good sheep but they live in spite of humans not because of them.

 

[BAKPAKR]

Not everyone is a trophy hunter — some people are meat hunters.

In other news, 121 tells the Breaks units, “Here, hold my beer!”