today we're bow hunting for bighorn sheep tag along in Montana on this
once-in-a-lifetime Ram hunt on Eastman's hunting TV don't forget to subscribe to
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Jake will be hunting during the Montana rifle season with his bow so wearing the
fluorescent orange vest is gonna make this hunt just that much more of a
challenge
saw few rams down by the river some more ewes way out there where we were
seen Rams last night that's about it for this morning beautiful morning out just
enjoying the day
very well we're gonna go check some new country
we got here Drake there's a couple Rams here the one just reared up tried to
smack the other one drop the road right off the road hoping to see it again
nothing big enough for us all right no there no there we go
pretty small look at that Ram he's brooming on his right horn see the right
tip of his horn how it's broomed yep probably just
happened he's surprised are not over to use
unless they got whipped by the other one wasn't as big as those were they similar
to that left one that right one's gonna be nice in a couple of years Jake and
Dan move into a new area in hopes of finding a more mature Ram worthy of such
an exceptional tag
Montana's Missouri River breaks is tough country to access and the biggest Rams
are in the most remote locations near the Missouri River a popular way to get
back at the big Rams is by using a boat to get way back into
the most remote sections of the area
just getting off the river now there's some sheep that we saw last night and
this morning that are up this Ridge back a couple miles we are going to try to go and
find them get a better look at the Rams that are with ewes
battling Montana's famous gumbo mud can make a hunt like this
nearly physically impossible at times a healthy dose of willpower and drive can
go a long way in a situation like this not to mention a once-in-a-lifetime tag
burning a hole in your pocket with only a few short weeks left in the season
this first week in November the Rams are starting to cruise pretty hard for
looking for ewes we've got this RAM spotted he's a good one you know not
quite what we're looking for yet kind spotty good one see if we can get a hold
of him he looks like he's normal five and a half six and a half year old
ram that 170s range maybe 175 he's got to got the full curl but just not
quite the mass we're looking for we've seen quite a few of these rams just most
of the Rams we've seen involve in this age group not quite to the level we're
looking for quite yet
we're watching this morning and late last night we made
it
so I found this random plate can't really make a move on him he's got
5 years with and we're gonna try to find it the morning
first thing see if we can make it by on him
try to stick him
so we are sitting here trying to find some of the Rams we were watching last night
across dog creek he ran into the little group that we saw late last night
they're still just hanging out just trying to find ourselves a good ram to see if we can make a play on him this afternoon
we've been watching just come over the top out know where looks like he's headed down
see what's going on down below us
as the rut is heating up and the Rams are starting to scatter in search of hot
ewes lots of time behind the spotting scope is about the only way to narrow
down the search in this country
he's mine he's coming this way where is he he's behind the trees here
about hundred hundred twenty yards coming this way
looks like I may have hit him a little far back there's quite a bit of blood on
it though keeping our fingers crossed let's go follow him there is good blood there
he only went a hundred yards
yes baby that ah boy that's what we came here for that's huge
that's huge dude yeah look at his bases holy smokes holy smokes that ah boy that's a
beaut dude that is a beaut
well Jake what do you think he ran about 100 yards died in this draw up here from when
we saw this Sheep - to when you actually killed him was only a matter of minutes
what was going through your mind we're just kind of frantic or what is it what
did it feel like yeah there's really no words to express it just happened quick
big ram and in our face yeah 32 yards yeah pretty nice Ram
Thanks what do you think it's got 16 inch bases 380 inches long heck with a
bow once in a lifetime trophy yeah remember fair chase is the only way to
hunt and take trophy big game see you right here next week on Eastman's
hunting TV