Ron Stanley's 46B Desert Ram

Well we're back up running. Besides my computer breaking, Greg and I have done 3 sheep hunts and 2 trips to Mexico. So we've had a busy fall to say the least. Now I've got a ton of blogging to get done. So stay tuned..

First up we have Ron Stanley's awesome desert ram from 46B. This past year I was talking with Ron's son Tony and we were deciding where he should put in for sheep. I told him he might as well put 46B down for his 1st choice. Come to find out he and his dad used the same card to apply on. So when draw results came out it was a guess as to who drew the tag. They had to wait until you could check online. When the dust settle Ron had drawn 3 great tags this year. Ron made good on his once in a lifetime desert tag and took a great ram. The ram 

scored 170''. Thanks to Tony for these great pictures, Maybe next year it will be your turn Tony.

Two 46 B Rams

Here are Buck Leavitt's and Mike Smith's rams from 46B together. I thought it would be interesting to show the two rams together. They have a completely different look from one another. But score with in a inch of each other. These rams were taken in 2010 with High Desert Outfitters.

Mike Smith's 172" 46B ram

Mike Smith Hired HDO in 2010 the assit him on his desert sheep hunt. Greg, Chuck Hill and Mike were hunting out of a spike camp we call the West camp. They had seen this ram on the second day of hunting but contiuned to look for more rams and keep tabs on this one. They slipped back in on third day and took this ram at 200yds. That made to rams over 170 for HDO in 2010.

Buck Leavitt's 174" 46B ram

Buck Leavitt hired HDO to guide him on his once in a lifetime desert sheep hunt. Buck and I had the privilege to hunt together the year before on his father's sheep hunt. We joked around about wait till next year when you draw the tag. I couldn't hardly believe it when Buck called and said were going sheep huntin. A few weeks before the season we rode mules in and dropped our spike camp off and did some scouting. We were back a few days before the season to get prepared to be dropped off in spike camp. We rode in the day before and scouted. We only found a ewe and lamb before dark. The first day of the hunt we hiked far and glassed hard trying to find a old ram worthy of this tag. As day one ended and we headed back to camp we had only seen one ram and the ewe and lamb again. On day two we hiked even further and glassed just as hard. The last couple of hours before dark we were looking at 9 different rams.I had just swung my glasses from one ram to another when I caught movement on the hill in front of us. There were two more rams and I told Buck we had better shoot the second ram. A couple of quick shot's and the ram was down.

Steve Hopkins / 46B

Steve Hopkins had hunted on his own for the first half of his desert sheep hunt. Greg Koons and Matt Dominy  went down and helped Steve take the biggest ram to come out of 46B in 20 years.

Jason Sherwood's Ram / 46B

Here is my personal ram from the Cabeza Prieta Mtns. I drew this tag in 2001 with only 3 points. Greg and I hunted for 13 days before taking this very old ram. Greg and I rode horses close to a 100 miles and walked probaly close to 25. Greg made a great spot on this ram. The ram was coming off a small rock out cropping and headed to the desert floor. We sat on this ram waiting for him to get up for nearly 2 hours. When he finally did he walked straight to us. I ended up shooting this ram at 75 yds. This hunt got me hooked on hunting rams. Thanks Greg. The ram gross scored 170 4/8.

Sterling Leavitt / 46B Ram

Sterling Leavitt hired High Desert Outfitters in 2009 to help him with his desert sheep hunt. Greg and I have been wanting to do a spike camp hunt in this unit for a few years now. Usually we set a base camp and hunt out of it.This year we spiked camped in around 11 miles. Access in this unit is very limited. Be aware of the logistic's of this hunt when applying. This hunt is either done by lots of walking or by mules/horse's. High Desert Outfitters has done around 10-11 hunts in this unit. Sterling made a great up hill shot on this ram at 400yds.

John Colbert / 46B Ram

In 2007 we hunted Desert Bighorn Sheep with John Culbert in 46B. For anyone who doesn't know about this unit we consider it to be one of the most difficult to hunt. This unit is a wilderness with very few roads. We usually pack in with mules 10-12 miles then hunt from a spike camp. Thanks to Chuck Hill and Danny Koons for helping out.