MT Ram

[Point Creep]

Got some practice life size skinning a bighorn today. Saw a few rams this AM and tucked in under a fire out of the wind to await the evening glassing. Heard a very close shot, so walked down to the trail and followed footprints. Came across a young lady and her husband with one of the rams I saw in the AM. Very nice folks.

Only me and 2 other tagholders now.

 

[Hilljackoutlaw]

View attachment 202004Got some practice life size skinning a bighorn today. Saw a few rams this AM and tucked in under a fire out of the wind to await the evening glassing. Heard a very close shot, so walked down to the trail and followed footprints. Came across a young lady and her husband with one of the rams I saw in the AM. Very nice folks.

Only me and 2 other tagholders now.

That lucky hunter didn't happen to be scouting rams this summer while doing yoga?

 

[Point Creep]

That lucky hunter didn't happen to be scouting rams this summer while doing yoga?

Not hardly. Classy lady, a mother & had her excellent husband along.

Have met several really great folks due to this permit.

 

[Point Creep]

Matt told me you get to pick your plug number. He likes 7 so they gave him 77. If I get one tomorrow, mine will be 81, if the next day, 82.

Here's where I was finding sheep today. So much for the gas station..

 

[Point Creep]

 

[Dsnow9]

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You’ve got this, you’ll never forget this hunt! And remember the alternative would be working or doing something not nearly as memorable!

 

[rtraverdavis]

I can only imagine the physical and mental exhaustion of this point in your saga of a hunt. Almost there. It will happen soon.

 

[El Jason]

Man I love this thread.

 

[Point Creep]

If it makes you feel any better, I was in the unit south of you elk hunting last week and saw rams every day. One that any one of the permit holders would have shot in a heartbeat.
Most were where they had been hunting right until the very end.

There's big rams along the roads in all sorts of places, rutting it up. I have yet to see any of that. Peaks has no snow below 8000ft. Not complaining. Not gonna lie, I am tired of hearing about all the big rutting rams everywhere else. If it were happening in 301 I believe I'd know. It's all good. Last year all the permits but one were filled in the last 5 days of the season and they were all 7-8 year old rams. The best is yet to come. I'll appreciate it.

Came home the other day and found my friend and son had hung a 7ft metallic print of the image in my very first post on this thread in my living room. Intended to break the curse. I smell like sheep & have a chunk of backstrap in my fridge. Worse things than a 12 day sheep hunt in MT..

 

[VAspeedgoat]

Not that you need a dumb@$$ easterner to tell you this but I'm sure as hell pulling for you. Been following it the whole time. You've really done this right and you can feel what you've invested in your posts. Good luck, I know this is going to have the perfect ending to a perfect hunt.

And a perfect thread for that matter. If there is anything missing we only have a short time to add it. But I know it's had pics, beer, nudity, moral outrage, etc, etc.........

 

[Irrelevant]

Came home the other day and found my friend and son had hung a 7ft metallic print of the image in my very first post on this thread in my living room. Intended to break the curse.

Helluva slump buster door prize. That's a gorgeous pic, I'm a little jealous just of that

 

[MTGomer]

You’re going to kill a great ram. That’s just how this stuff goes. You put in the time and effort like this it will pay off. It almost always does.

 

[rjthehunter]

That'd be a beautiful pic to have in the living room! I'm anxiously awaiting more posts from you!

 

[TheTone]

Every time I see this at the top I’m hoping to see you with your ram. Amazing the hunt length MT gives you, most Idaho hunts close mid October with the “late” tags ending oct 31

 

[El Jason]

Every time I see this at the top I’m hoping to see you with your ram.

Same. There, I just got someone’s hopes up, only to be dashed by meaningless commentary.

 

[RobertD]

@Greenhorn best of luck to you. I’d be happy to buy you a Hopslam if our paths ever cross. I’m kind of partial to Two Hearted myself.

I am too Beanland, I am too.

Same. There, I just got someone’s hopes up, only to be dashed by meaningless commentary.

I was the victim this time

Wishing you good luck again GH

 

[rustednuts]

In times like this, I like repeating the mantra, " The hunting gets better each day"

 

[TRS_Montana]

In times like this, I like repeating the mantra, " The hunting gets better each day"

In times like this!?
I have no idea what it feels like to work as hard as this to fill a tag. One season I elk hunted 37 days and thought I was cool. This is incredible.

@Greenhorn was there anything in that group of rams that got you a little itchy? If I ever draw a sheep tag, I’m going to print this entire thread out and glue it to my wall.

 

[noharleyyet]

 

[geetar]

I scroll past a whole lot of stuff straight to this one daily.

P.S. Part of me posted this so someone would see an update and check it.