New Mexico stud BH sheep / ROAL

[twdjr]

Awesome looking Ram!

 

[Bowfinatic]

It was actually a draw tag on this sheep. What an awesome sheep

 

[Dwnw/theAltitudesickness]

It was actually a draw tag on this sheep. What an awesome sheep

@Bowfinatic

https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/044/328/zcws95szgzn71.jpeg

I would highly doubt it was a draw. But would love to know your source on if it was draw or Governor. also, would like to hear more of the story if anybody knows

 

[Mev002]

Great ram! One day...

 

[Bowfinatic]

@Bowfinatic

https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/044/328/zcws95szgzn71.jpeg

I would highly doubt it was a draw. But would love to know your source on if it was draw or Governor. also, would like to hear more of the story if anybody knows

A friend of mine knows 2 of the guides. They said it was a draw hunt. i don't have hunt details

 

[Hondo0925]

@Bowfinatic

https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/044/328/zcws95szgzn71.jpeg

I would highly doubt it was a draw. But would love to know your source on if it was draw or Governor. also, would like to hear more of the story if anybody knows

Definitely a draw tag.

One on one adventures is guiding the governor tag holder. And this is a different outfit.
So I’ll vouch for bowfinatic.

 

[ld2507]

A friend of mine knows 2 of the guides. They said it was a draw hunt. i don't have hunt details

Was it the Pecos unit where they got this ram ??

 

[Hondo0925]

Was it the Pecos unit where they got this ram ??

Yes I believe so.



Here’s another one taken around the same time. Raffle tag holder though.

 

[ld2507]

Wow.....Pecos produces some amazing rams, you just don't hear about it nearly as much as Wheeler unit for some odd reason.

 

[Hondo0925]

What I’ve heard is wheeler had a rough last year. Lots of big old dead rams. I’m not sure what’s killing them, Disease, winter, everything. But I agree with you @ld2507

 

[ld2507]

What I’ve heard is wheeler had a rough last year. Lots of big old dead rams. I’m not sure what’s killing them, Disease, winter, everything. But I agree with you @ld2507

Ohh man..... That's not good... Well at least it appears to be confined to that unit and isn't widespread.

 

[sakman]

Wow!

 

[ld2507]

Wow!

That's an understatement .... Considering he got that on a lottery draw. He isn't that old, so it's possible he could have drawn that on his first try, especially if he was in the outfitters draw pool, which I guarantee you he was. In NM Going through an outfitter as a non Resident increases the draw odds some to probably like 1-1.5 percent vs what "would" be far less than 1%. I'm gonna start applying through an outfitter like that in the future.

Another guy won a NM raffle tag and scored a massive ram too. Next time NM does a raffle I'm buying a bunch of tickets. They are only like 25.00 I think.

 

[Dwnw/theAltitudesickness]

With Wheeler, I think they are trying to manage too high of expectations/ hype. I had the early hunt few years back. There were 5-180+ rams, 1-190+, and numerous 10+year old lower scoring rams, that I saw or filmed on 1 area. Jason Mouttet does an amazing podcast with Epic hunt if I remember correctly. His numbers are astounding on that herd, so many nice rams he filmed & saw. And NM GFD does Alpine Surveys "2019 Alpine Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep Surveys" really interesting read. Talked with the sheep biologist after my hunt. Only a couple rams were above 170 that year, less than half the tag holders. Between talking with some of the previous tag holders and my observation, there were nice rams dying every year due to old age on those mountains. Don't think the Biologist liked me telling him that. Know how much I cherished that tag, they could of added a few more tags in there (2-3) and have a couple more peoples dreams come true.

 

[ld2507]

That's crazy.... So greed is basically what's going on there. Did you get a ram on that hunt ??. This actually makes sense now as to why the Pecos seems to be producing some massive rams now too.

 

[Dwnw/theAltitudesickness]

Yea I took a really nice ram. One of the 180+ ones floating around. Governor tag holder was in the week before as I was scouting prior to my season opening. He took a 188" if I remember correctly. Have lots of photos of his ram on the hoof and in person when he harvested. Nobody harvested the 190"+ ram that year. Haven't seen or heard any harvest of that large ram, so I'm sure he is dead somewhere up there on the mountain. Once you get into sheep hunting it does turn into an obsession... I check all the time to see which rams are posted/ harvested.

 

[ld2507]

Yea I took a really nice ram. One of the 180+ ones floating around. Governor tag holder was in the week before as I was scouting prior to my season opening. He took a 188" if I remember correctly. Have lots of photos of his ram on the hoof and in person when he harvested. Nobody harvested the 190"+ ram that year. Haven't seen or heard any harvest of that large ram, so I'm sure he is dead somewhere up there on the mountain. Once you get into sheep hunting it does turn into an obsession... I check all the time to see which rams are posted/ harvested.

Oh wow... would love to see some pics of the one you got. Yeah, I think I remember seeing that 188 photo (post harvest) from the Governor tag in wild sheep magazine a Lil while back. Did you get that tag on a raffle ? or was it the normal state tag draw ??.

 

[Dwnw/theAltitudesickness]

PM sent. Was one of the super lucky random draw. Guys on the Slide were super helpful in getting up to speed on that hunt. Not saying it wouldn't of changed much, but the incite they provided helped boost confidence.

 

[ld2507]

Got the PM. Man thats awesome !

 

[woodmaster0462]

Dream Ram!!