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<blockquote data-quote="shooter7" data-source="post: 1812218" data-attributes="member: 39303"><p>..... And I missed. I shot just a tiny bit under the ram, I think. Ken, my spotter, said it looked like great hit. Well, he was still standing so I let another one rip. Just underneath him again. The second shot clearly alerted sheep and they were ready to get out of dodge. As they started to take off we noticed that the ram sure didn't act hurt or was pouring blood. We spent the afternoon looking for any sign that I had actually hit the animal. No blood, no hair, no body. Turned out to be a clean miss. We turned in an hour or so early on day two. I felt like I had my chance and blew it. It kinda took the wind out of me.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>DAY 3:</p><p></p><p></p><p>On day 3 we decided give Red Rocks a break and let the sheep calm down. After all the commotion the previous day we figured the sheep would be on edge. We set our sights on Squaw Peak on the north end of the ranch. We hadn't been up that way yet and wanted to explore it and hopefully find sheep that weren't so on wary. About 2 hours into glassing on day 3 and we hadn't seen a thing with the exception of a few desert mulies.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Back to Red Rocks.</p><p></p><p>We decided to hit Red Rocks from the north end as we had a predominantly south wind. We were in only about half a mile when we spotted the first group of sheep. There were approximately 25 head. Shortly after we spotted another group about 1200 yards out feeding away. Soon after both group had moved away from us over the next ridge. We had the wind and topography in our favor and made a dash towards them. By the time we had crested the ridge that they had disappeared behind, they had skirted us back north and were bedded 1100 yards away.</p><p></p><p></p><p>At this point we slowly worked the face of the mountain until we closed to 490 yards. We kept closing the distance until I had managed to crawl to a rock ledge across a small canyon from the herd. I was now at 330 yards. I started quickly looking over the rams as they were up feeding again. I had one in my crosshairs that looked good. Then another stepped into view that was substantially larger. I knew he was the one. I dialed 2.75 MOA and let the 200gr LRX eat. The ram was quartering towards me. I clipped the front of the close shoulder and destroyed the off shoulder. He ran about 50 yards down and towards me. My second shot hit him square in the brisket, one petal bruised a hind leg. My CA Mesa topped with a Zeiss Conquest V4 4-16×44 performed flawlessly that day. The ram measured out at 31.5"[ATTACH=full]170379[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shooter7, post: 1812218, member: 39303"] ..... And I missed. I shot just a tiny bit under the ram, I think. Ken, my spotter, said it looked like great hit. Well, he was still standing so I let another one rip. Just underneath him again. The second shot clearly alerted sheep and they were ready to get out of dodge. As they started to take off we noticed that the ram sure didn't act hurt or was pouring blood. We spent the afternoon looking for any sign that I had actually hit the animal. No blood, no hair, no body. Turned out to be a clean miss. We turned in an hour or so early on day two. I felt like I had my chance and blew it. It kinda took the wind out of me. DAY 3: On day 3 we decided give Red Rocks a break and let the sheep calm down. After all the commotion the previous day we figured the sheep would be on edge. We set our sights on Squaw Peak on the north end of the ranch. We hadn't been up that way yet and wanted to explore it and hopefully find sheep that weren't so on wary. About 2 hours into glassing on day 3 and we hadn't seen a thing with the exception of a few desert mulies. Back to Red Rocks. We decided to hit Red Rocks from the north end as we had a predominantly south wind. We were in only about half a mile when we spotted the first group of sheep. There were approximately 25 head. Shortly after we spotted another group about 1200 yards out feeding away. Soon after both group had moved away from us over the next ridge. We had the wind and topography in our favor and made a dash towards them. By the time we had crested the ridge that they had disappeared behind, they had skirted us back north and were bedded 1100 yards away. At this point we slowly worked the face of the mountain until we closed to 490 yards. We kept closing the distance until I had managed to crawl to a rock ledge across a small canyon from the herd. I was now at 330 yards. I started quickly looking over the rams as they were up feeding again. I had one in my crosshairs that looked good. Then another stepped into view that was substantially larger. I knew he was the one. I dialed 2.75 MOA and let the 200gr LRX eat. The ram was quartering towards me. I clipped the front of the close shoulder and destroyed the off shoulder. He ran about 50 yards down and towards me. My second shot hit him square in the brisket, one petal bruised a hind leg. My CA Mesa topped with a Zeiss Conquest V4 4-16×44 performed flawlessly that day. The ram measured out at 31.5"[ATTACH type="full" alt="20200115_143628.jpg"]170379[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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