RIP Snailhorn

[SAJ-99]

RIP: Snailhorn

The long life of a hardy sheep. In December of 2016, a 4.5-year-old bighorn sheep ram was captured near Quake Lake in the Madison Range, as a part of a statewide disease-surveillance project. The ram was given red ear-tag #79.

outsidebozeman.com

 

[MT_elk]

Very cool write up. I never saw him in the wild (lots of other rams in that area, but no Snailhorn).
Thanks for sharing.

 

[littlebighorn]

Unique creatures are always impressive.
Thanks for sharing.

 

[SAJ-99]

Sort of wonder how you field judge the curl on that to determine if it is a legal ram.

 

[Bullshot]

Cool article. Sounds more like he may have gotten hit by a car or eaten something bad along the road. Looks healthy enough just a few days earlier to say he starved. Doesn’t really matter in the end!

 

[The Hedgehog]

That is one bad ass wicked ram. I like that one better than any I've ever seen a photo from, from the Madison range.

 

[Carl 9.3x62]

Who ended up with the skull?

 

[easternmt]

 

[Hem]

Cool picture of snailhorn.
Too non typical for me.

 

[shrapnel]

I don’t know if I only had one chance at a bighorn, if I would shoot this Ram, providing it was legal. It would also depend on how much season was left when you saw him. He would be a unique trophy for sure…

 

[littlebighorn]

I don’t know if I only had one chance at a bighorn, if I would shoot this Ram, providing it was legal. It would also depend on how much season was left when you saw him. He would be a unique trophy for sure…

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He certainly doesn't win any beauty contests, but no one else has one like him!

 

[BradA]

Such a cool
Ram, and a cool
Name. Great story thanks for sharing. If anyone killed it though regardless of being a legal ram I’m sure a lot of people would want to have the person hung.

 

[Lota lota]

Who ended up with the skull?

Apparently he was found dead near a road and FWP retained the skull. It's going to be hung in the Regional office.