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<blockquote data-quote="goodgrouper" data-source="post: 175660" data-attributes="member: 2852"><p>I have some more to add to this story which some might find interesting.</p><p>After we killed the devil ram and took him to the fish cops to be plugged, we learned while there that the other fellow who had a tag for our unit had just called the office asking where the sheep in this bloody area were. They had not seen anything at all the entire hunt and were getting desperate since it was then the second to the last day of the hunt. So the fishcops told us that they told the hunter to check out all the usual canyons on the lake. One of which I am sure was Dangling Rope Marina.</p><p></p><p>Well, I came to find out yesterday that the day the hunter called in asking for help, they got in a boat that afternoon and went out to the marina that evening and shot the ram on the lawn!!</p><p></p><p>We have yet to hear if there were legal actions or arrests made, but seeing as how they made it to the fishcop office to have the ram scored and plugged, they must have left the lake with the ram in their possession!</p><p></p><p>It ended up scoring 152 6/8" and was 6.5 years old. So my guess of 150-155" as I was watching it through my spotting scope was pretty accurate!</p><p></p><p>Funny thing is that this ram flat out looked bigger than Uncle B's from a distance but in reality was only 1 6/8" bigger. The difference is that B's ram had 15 1/8" bases so it makes the rest of the horn look like it tapers dramatically. But it has less than average taper when you measure it.</p><p></p><p>With the devil ram and the marina ram taken this year, I believe it is the first year ever that two 150+ rams were taken in this unit. Way to go guys!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="goodgrouper, post: 175660, member: 2852"] I have some more to add to this story which some might find interesting. After we killed the devil ram and took him to the fish cops to be plugged, we learned while there that the other fellow who had a tag for our unit had just called the office asking where the sheep in this bloody area were. They had not seen anything at all the entire hunt and were getting desperate since it was then the second to the last day of the hunt. So the fishcops told us that they told the hunter to check out all the usual canyons on the lake. One of which I am sure was Dangling Rope Marina. Well, I came to find out yesterday that the day the hunter called in asking for help, they got in a boat that afternoon and went out to the marina that evening and shot the ram on the lawn!! We have yet to hear if there were legal actions or arrests made, but seeing as how they made it to the fishcop office to have the ram scored and plugged, they must have left the lake with the ram in their possession! It ended up scoring 152 6/8" and was 6.5 years old. So my guess of 150-155" as I was watching it through my spotting scope was pretty accurate! Funny thing is that this ram flat out looked bigger than Uncle B's from a distance but in reality was only 1 6/8" bigger. The difference is that B's ram had 15 1/8" bases so it makes the rest of the horn look like it tapers dramatically. But it has less than average taper when you measure it. With the devil ram and the marina ram taken this year, I believe it is the first year ever that two 150+ rams were taken in this unit. Way to go guys!! [/QUOTE]
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