Unit 22 Lifesize Ram

Here is Bill A's unit 22 Ram from the past season.  178 4/8 Gross score.

Averi's Sheep and a Bobcat for Bob

We have been really busy in the shop and haven't had much time to post but here is Averi E.'s desert sheep and Bob J.'s bobcat.

More Desert Sheep

Here are some more sheep we did this year for some lucky hunters.  The wall pedestal ram is Dave Martin's 182+ ram from unit 22 and the wide horned shoulder mount is Dennis Loescher's 180+ ram from 24B.  The laying ram with his head to the left is Carl L.'s giant 185 24B ram.  Good luck to this years hunters, only a little over a week away!

 

Sheep

Here are some photos of a few sheep we recently finished.  We complete all desert sheep mounts in time for the ADBSS sheep hunter and ram recognition banquet held each fall for those hunters who wish to attend and display their sheep.

Huge Desert Nelsoni Sheep

Here are a couple of photos of Claude Warren's big ram from last fall.  Claude was lucky enough to be the winner of the super raffle sheep tag which allows him to hunt most of the units along the Colorado River.  Claude hunted with Jay Scott and Darr Colburn of Colburn and Scott Outfitters
Claude's ram grosses 185 3/8 inches and nets 181 1/8, making it the top Nelsoni ever taken in Arizona if I am not mistaken.  Thanks to Claude for letting me do this awesome sheep.

 

 

 

 

186 7/8 gross Desert Bighorn

Here is a great desert ram taken last year by Ernie Meeske.  Ernie has been applying for many years to draw this tag and he made the most of it.  He made several scouting trips and looked at several super rams.  Ernie had his son Seth, son-in-law Jeremy, and friends Jay Scott, Jack Johnson Jr., Jack Johnson Sr. and some others along to help.  You can see a video of the kill at Jayscottoutdoors.  Ernie watched the ram for several hours until he moved into a position for a shot.  He was afraid the ram would go over a cliff into the lake.  It did end up going over a cliff, but due to waiting him out, it didn't end up in the water (It did end up in a cactus patch).  Enjoy the photos of Ernie's sheep mount. Click on the photos to enlarge.

Raffle Tag Desert Sheep

Here are a couple of photos of  Larry Spiller's desert sheep he harvested last fall.  Larry was the lucky winner of the Arizona Big Game Super Raffle desert sheep tag.  He hunted with Colburn and Scott Outfitters and took his Nelsoni ram in one of the units along the Colorado River.  This ram has unusual coloring on his face and forehead with all the whiteness. 

Nanook: 185 1/8 Desert Bighorn

We just finished up mounting Nanook, the Arizona auction ram from 2012.  Gus A. was the lucky bidder for the tag last year and harvested this awesome ram with Goef Moss and the Littlehorn Outfitters crew.  Nanook officially scores 185 1/8 Boone and Crockett and was aged at 10 years.  Arizona produced some great rams again last year and we will be mounting some of them at Mogollon Taxidermy.  I will post photos of these rams in the coming months as I get them finished.