What kind of sheep - heavily broomed or not

[ClearCreek]

Just wanted to get the opinions of some other hunters.

If you had your choice between two sheep, which would you shoot:

1.) Large bases, good mass and heavily broomed, or

2.) Good bases, good mass, a little wider flare and not broomed much.


Tell me which one and why.

Thanks,

ClearCreek

 

[Steve O]

Thin horn or Bighorn?

On my first ram, a Fannin, I dreamed for years and years what it would look like. And I killed by the grace of God that EXECT ram with beautiful lamb tips intact and 10 1/2 years old. Now I dream all my other rams will be old broomed warriors.

Truthfully it does not matter one bit, each one is a privilege to have.

 

[bates]

The older one

 

[ClearCreek]

I was referring to bighorn sheep here, sorry for not specifying in original post.

ClearCreek

 

[2five7]

Never killed one, but for a rocky I would prefer the most mass I could get, regardless of broomed or not.

 

[Coveyleader]

I think Bighorns look cool when they still have their lamb tips or close to it. Especially when they're giants.

Example, giant just killed here in CO

 

[6mm Remington]

As in everything, it's in the eye of the beholder. Pick the one that you think looks prettiest and never look back.

 

[Jimss]

Good question! Colo bighorn rams come in an assortment of horn configurations. Generally speaking some units/areas tend to produce tight curled rams, other units may produce wider rams. Generally speaking I would say tighter curled rams generally broom their horns more than wider curled rams. Part of the reason for this would be that tighter horns infringe on the ram's ability to see. Some units/areas also tend to produce more massive horn bases than others. I have a feeling genetics, diet, and age have something to do with this. Generally speaking an older aged ram likely has more massive horns all the way to the tips compared to younger rams....especially if they are broomed. If I ventured a guess, most hunters can't tell the difference between an 8 year old ram with 14 1/2" bases that holds it's mass all the way to the 35" tips vs an 8 year old ram with 16" bases that is held all the way to the same 35" lengthed tips. Both likely look very impressive on the wall! If score really doesn't mean to much to a hunter than an 8 year old, 14 1/2" ram with 36" horns would be mighty impressive! If you are looking for B&C/score...mass is a large chunk of a sheep's score.

 

[Jimss]

Good question! Colo bighorn rams come in an assortment of horn configurations. Generally speaking some units/areas tend to produce tight curled rams, other units may produce wider rams. Generally speaking I would say tighter curled rams generally broom their horns more than wider curled rams. Part of the reason for this would be that tighter horns infringe on the ram's ability to see....so they are broomed heavily so the ram can see. Some units/areas also tend to produce more massive horn bases than others. I have a feeling genetics, diet, and age have something to do with this. Generally speaking an older aged ram likely has more massive horns all the way to the tips compared to younger rams....especially if they are broomed. If I ventured a guess, most hunters can't tell the difference between an 8 year old ram with 14 1/2" bases that hold their mass all the way to the 35" tips vs an 8 year old ram with 16" bases that is held all the way to the same 35" tips. Both likely look very impressive on the wall! If score really doesn't mean to much to a hunter than an 8 year old, 14 1/2" ram with 36" horns would be mighty impressive!

 

[BRWNBR]

Broomed!!!

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[Jimss]

Good question! Colo bighorn rams come in an assortment of horn configurations. Generally speaking some units/areas tend to produce tight curled rams, other units may produce wider rams. Generally speaking I would say tighter curled rams generally broom their horns more than wider curled rams. Part of the reason for this would be that tighter horns infringe on the ram's ability to see....so they are broomed heavily so the ram can see. Some units/areas also tend to produce more massive horn bases than others. I have a feeling genetics, diet, and age have something to do with this. Generally speaking an older aged ram likely has more massive horns all the way to the tips compared to younger rams....especially if they are broomed. If I ventured a guess, most hunters can't tell the difference between an 8 year old ram with 14 1/2" bases that hold their mass all the way to the 35" tips vs an 8 year old ram with 16" bases that is held all the way to the same 35" tips. Both likely look very impressive on the wall! If score really doesn't mean to much to a hunter than an 8 year old, 14 1/2" ram with 36" horns would be mighty impressive!

 

[MtGomer]

In many areas, sheep of any age will typically be broomed. In others they may not be. So it really depends where you’re hunting, but I’ve always though the heavy, dark, broomed old bighorns were the neatest looking.


Somewhere I heard that Colorado bighorns come in an assortment of configurations.

 

[wantj43]

Hard to look at those heavily broomed animals and not be impressed and "speculate" what they might look like if the whole horn was there. Equally impressive though are those 400 degree plus sheep. We processed one that was 452 degrees plus and not broken - that was really impressive.

 

[EastMT]

I’m torn, I love the broomed warriors and the perfect way over full curls. I guess you need to get both so you can appreciate both each day.


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[Blockcaver]

I love whatever I can get close enough to arrow!!! FWIW all 5 of my archery rams are broomed...both Bighorns, Desert, Stone and Dall.

 

[Heath Hansen]

I'm a mass guy. I want the heaviest bass I can find.

 

[FLAK]

Mass/Bases. But ANY sheep tag is great!!

 

[Dragonfish]

going Dall in 2020- i'll take the first legal one! but if they were standing side by side, I really don't know. probably the one with the most mass, regardless of broomed/not broomed.

 

[BeastOfTheTrees]

I would take any sheep lol...... sheep is one of those things I’ve kinda wrote off like hopefully one day I win a raffle but at this rate I won’t hunt sheep til I’m late 50s and still that’s maybe

 

[manitou1]

I would prefer the one with tips, but would take either if I liked the ram.