Montana Sheep Unit 503

[runningmt]

Curious if there is anyone on this forum who would like to share their experience drawing this tag, and how their season went. I would love to hear how the season progressed, and the stories of scouting and eventual harvest (or not).

thx

 

[SAJ-99]

MT Big Horn Ram Story

This story was in today's Billings Gazette. I thought it was a good read so cut and pasted it here. November 18, 2004 Montana outdoors: Ram of a lifetime Mark Henckel MONTANA OUTDOORS As soon as he learned he had drawn a 2004 bighorn sheep tag, Rob Seelye knew this would be his hunt of a...

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They don't give out many tags- like 3. So there might be 30 people who have done the hunt over the last decade. You have your research work cut out for you.

 

[Carnage2011]

A friend of mine had it last year. Scouted a ton and shot the second biggest ram he could find. Mainly small sheep, and I believe his ram was around 155-160”.

 

[MTLabrador]

A friend of mine had it last year. Scouted a ton and shot the second biggest ram he could find. Mainly small sheep, and I believe his ram was around 155-160”.

That’s a very good ram for the Pryors. It’s some really cool country.

 

[EYJONAS!]

I've got the harvest data for 503 the rams are not of trophy size compared some other areas. The pryors are one rugged son of a bitch though especially in that area with the sheep. Worth the trip to just go see that.

 

[MTLabrador]

I've got the harvest data for 503 the rams are not of trophy size compared some other areas. The pryors are one rugged son of a bitch though especially in that area with the sheep. Worth the trip to just go see that.

Always wanted to hunt bears there in the fall, but that quota fills fast.

 

[wlbiol]

Don't bother till mid-November as the young rams will be most of what you see. Once the rut starts you can find bigger rams. 9 yr old from 2013.

 

[Deleted member 20812]

A friend of mine had it last year. Scouted a ton and shot the second biggest ram he could find. Mainly small sheep, and I believe his ram was around 155-160”.

A friend of mine drew this tag about 20 years ago. As I recall, his sheep was in the low 150s as well.

It's amazing country.

 

[EYJONAS!]

Always wanted to hunt bears there in the fall, but that quota fills fast.

Every bear season there ends to quick.....

 

[wapiti11]

Watched a guy in November last year shoot a ram right off the nice paved NRA road south of Barry's. First time seeing a ram loaded whole in the back of a pickup. Seems that's where most look for the sheep. I see them elsewhere in the Pryors.

 

[Tomahawk]

I had the tag in 2018 and spent a lot of time in the unit June - November. Like mentioned above some guys just wait until November and wack one off the blacktop, but that doesn't seem to do the species or tag justice in my opinion. I'll shoot you a pm.

 

[runningmt]

A friend of mine drew this tag about 20 years ago. As I recall, his sheep was in the low 150s as well.

It's amazing country.

Agreed, just went over there for a few days this week, camped at Barry’s, had the place to myself.......terrain is jaw-dropping. Can’t believe it took me this long to get over there.

 

[runningmt]

Don't bother till mid-November as the young rams will be most of what you see. Once the rut starts you can find bigger rams. 9 yr old from 2013.View attachment 151987

Great pic!