Nebraska’s 20th Bighorn Likely a Record-Setter

By Justin Stakes

Lincoln, NE -(AmmoLand.com)- Not only will a bighorn sheep harvested near Crawford in Nebraska’s Pine Ridge region on Wednesday have the special distinction of being the state’s 20th but also will likely go down as the state’s largest on record.

Terry Bogle of Lincoln harvested the big ram at about 10:15 a.m. Wednesday on private property in the shadow of a steep cliff near a pair of northwestern Nebraska’s most prominent landmarks, Crow Butte and Little Crow Butte. The sheep unofficially scored 189 on the Boone and Crockett Club scale. If the score holds after a 60-day drying period, as it is expected to, it will surpass the previous record of 185 7/8 recorded in 1998 — the first year of the Commission’s bighorn hunt.

“Not all the sheep that have been harvested since our reintroduction efforts began were scored, but we’re fairly certain this score is the largest,” said …Read the Rest

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