So awesome! I like how excited he was after his first ram! And the line of saying, "I don't know if I'll want to do this again lol!" It really resonates the famous Jack O'Connor's quote, "There is no halfway.. After his first exposure, a man is either a sheep hunter or he isn't. He either falls under the spell of the sheep hunting and sheep country or he won't be caught dead on another sheep mountain." I can't wait to go on my first sheep hunt, being a first generation hunter, I've never had the opportunity to accompany my father on any hunts. He has fully supported me on my venture and I just hope I can go on at least one sheep hunt with him by my side! Congratulations to your son, I know this memory with you will be with him forever. I'm pretty sure by the excitement it brought him that this is his first of many! Lastly, did he draw this tag as a resident or non-resident? Great video, again!
Thank you! It was an amazing experience and we'll never forget it. We're both avid hunters and this was truly the toughest hunt we've even been on. Just to get to the sheep we hiked up 13,000'+ peaks (starting around ~11,000'). The toughest part was definitely the pack out carrying all that weight on exposed ridgelines all the wind was blowing 30+ mph! Well good luck in drawing a sheep tag! He drew as a resident by the way.
Congrats on the great ram. I enjoyed watching your video. Last year I drew the one Colorado desert sheep tag it was a fun hunt and great experience also.
Great Ram! Congratulations. Love to see the video. I have been blessed to take my Rocky and California in Idaho. Nothing like sheep hunting! My wife got her Rocky in Idaho. Now if only she could draw the California tag......
Great video! Windy! Beautiful ram! I was very lucky in drawing a Desert in Colorado, my first year applying. Deserts are straight lottery, no points used. I ended up with a small ram, but I could care less. Very very difficult hunt. I said I'm done sheep hunting. Two years later, I can't wait to draw a Rocky. I am obsessed with sheep now. You are 100% going to want to do it again.
It was a custom rifle from Plains Precision in Sterling, CO. It's a 6.5 Creedmoor with Remington 700 action (trued), 22" Bartlein barrel, Manners carbon fiber stock, Trigger Tech trigger, Hawkins rings and Leupold VX5 HD scope with the Windplex reticle. He was shooting Berger 140 gr Hybrids at about 2800 fps. It dropped the ram with one shot. This was actually his second sheep hunt if you can believe it. The previous one was a ewe hunt and he used the same action but it was on a factory Remington 700 SPS in 7mm-08. He dropped the ewe with one shot shooting 140 gr Nosler Ballistic Tip at 365 yd. Both of these were great cartridges for sheep. I don't think you can go wrong taking a 6.5 or 7mm on one of these hunts. Personally I wouldn't go smaller than 25 cal or bigger than 30 cal. Good luck!
@@lopeztho thanks you for the response I truly appreciate it! I definitely love my 6.5 creedmoor, have only taken one animal with it, a mule at about 180 yards dead right there! Tremendous accuracy and terminal performance out to 3-400 yards imo!
