January Scouting Pics

Tim was out scouting last week and found these 6 rams bachelored up. He also saw some young lambs which is always good news.

The weather has been sunny and warm, but luckily we got good rain in December and things are green. Hope those rams are putting on some horn and growing big for next year!

Bob's Buffalo hunt

Posted by Bob Kyhn: Here's a few pics. from my Buffalo hunt on the Kaibab National Forest last weekend. WOW...what a weekend!!! The weather forecast was calling for 1-3" of snow, no prob. we were prepared to handle that. The problem was we got approx. 16". To make a long story short, we were stranded and had to leave 2 trucks and 3 snowmobiles on the mountain!!! Hopefully this weekend we will be able to get in there to recover all the equipment.



A beautiful sunrise on the Kaibab with a couple of inches of snow in the foreground.

Jim and Russ are shoveling snow trying to get Arlis' truck out. Russ loading the snowmobiles, trying to beat the snow storm. Even after shoveling snow for 4-5 hrs., Russ is all smiles...gotta love the positive attitude. No Buffalo yet, but making some great memories!

2011 Hunt AZ Booklet

Download the 2011 edition of Hunt Arizona booklet by clicking on this LINK.

Unit 22 Ram - 2011

Congratulations to retired AGFD biologist Tim Rogers, who took this great ram in Unit 22 with the assistance of LHO.

Tim's ram checked in at over 173 B&C as scored by AGFD and had bases over 15 inches and a long horn near 37 inches.

Compare the age rings in the right horn in these first two photos - Bob photographed this ram earlier last summer before he broke the chunks out of the front of both horns.

After passing this ram several times, Tim finally took him late on December 10th at a distance of only 30 yards.

This photo shows the bench above Canyon Lake where the group of sheep was found.

Grumpy Old Men

We photographed these two great old rams while scouting last summer. This is one of the oldest rams I have ever seen in this unit.

He looked to be close to losing his right horn due to a deep chip on the back side.

This old ram has been around a while, and we photographed him several times back in 2009. His horns are more worn, but for the most part he looks the same.

Bob captured these stills from video he shot during the rut. We saw this ram again on Thanksgiving weekend and he looked much more healthy.

Mid December Update

It has been a stormy December going back to opening weekend of the sheep hunt when these photos were taken.

This shows fresh snow on 4-Peaks in Unit 22, with the cliffs of Canyon Lake in the foreground.

Last weekend we found this ram floating in the lake. AGFD determined it was likely a natural drowning, which appears to happen fairly frequently.

Rough field measurements put this ram at about 34" long with bases over 15".....probably right at the B&C minimum.

Rocky - Live Pics

Here are a few of the best photos and video captures Bob and I took of Rocky over the past several months.

We didn't get many good shots with his nose up, but this look is mind blowing!

This is the photo Bob sent me at work the first day he found this ram in August. I about fell out of my chair...

He looked at the peak of health every time we saw him and appeared to be very much in his prime. The day Ernie took him he was walking very stiffly and seemed to have suffered some type of injury.