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For you bighorn experts, let's play the annuli game

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I have a couple bighorn shots, so thought it might be fun to play the annuli game. I will post one every day or two for some fun. Feel free to throw one in as well.

How old is this guy?
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Photo one is 4, just turned 4 and judging by years 2 and 3 will put on significant growth by the time he turns 5.
 
Photo one is 4, just turned 4 and judging by years 2 and 3 will put on significant growth by the time he turns 5.
Agreed. He also must have either gone through a period of poor nutrition/significant weather period/illness not long before he turned two.
 
Rams add their annuli in the winter, at the "half" ages. So you can think of it as them having their birthday in between the annuli. The first one you see is almost always the 1.5 year mark, their second winter. I think this ram is 4 years old. I think the photo was taken in November and he will add his 4th annulus over the course of the next few months.
 
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