10 I The Lovell Chronicle I October 27, 2011
Local hunter takes trophy
of a lifetime near Lovell
summer he got the news
that he waited for all those
years--the news that his
name was drawn for one
of only two tags issued to
hunt for a Big Horn Sheep
in the Devil's Canyon herd
located north and east of
Lovell, also known as area
17.
Accompanied by his
wife Ronda and brother
Fred, Gamble headed out
to area 17 four days early
to scout for sheep. He was
excited about hunting area
17 because it had only been
opened to hunters for about
four or five years.
"We walked a lot over
those four days and we saw
lots of ewes and smaller
rams, but spotted the big-
gest rams in the valley
near Porcupine Creek,"
said Gamble.
The three set up camp
fully expecting to be there
for a full week. Intent on
filling his tag with the big-
gest trophy he could find,
Gamble expected to come
back to the area several
times before finding that
perfect ram. In fact, he
planned to leave his camp
set up in between visits to
the area.
When official hunting
season opened he readied
his 300 Winchester Mag-
num rifle and began his
trek back to the area where
he and his scouting party
had seen the biggest rams
during their trek.
COURTESY PHOTO
Ryan Gamble of Basin harvested a magnificent full-
curl ram out of the Devil's Canyon herd in area 17
on opening day of hunting season•
"It was really over-
cast that morning and we
couldn't see well at all,"
said Gamble. "I was ready
to turn back and try anoth-
er area, but my wife insist-
ed we go back to where we
saw those big rams."
As the trio walked in
the direction where they
had seen the biggest rams,
the fog began to lift and at
that moment Gamble saw
the huge, full curl ram that
was much bigger than any
they had seen during his
scouting trek.
"We hadn't seen this
ram until opening day,"
said Gamble. "It took less
than a second for me to de-
cide that he was the one."
So on opening day,
Gamble raised his rifle and
in one shot took what most
hunters would agree was a
trophy of a lifetime.
"Just as we got up there,
the ram using Boone and
Crocket standards at 185
points and expects the ram
to make the club's trophy
book once it is officially
scored.
"It's very rare that we
get something this big from
this state," said Gamble,
who noted that record-
sized rams are very rare in
the state of Wyoming.
Since the ram had a
Montana ear tag, Gam-
ble was able to learn from
Wyoming Game and Fish
wildlife biologist Tom
Easterly that it had been
transplanted as a yearling
from the Missouri Breaks
in Montana to Wyoming
in the year 2006. The Mis-
souri Breaks is well known
for producing very large
troptiy rams.
He was excited to take
this magnificent trophy an-
imal so close to home and
has already made arrange-
ments to have it mount-
ed on a pedestal so it can
viewed from all sides and
easily moved around the
room.
Gamble and his wife
Ronda are avid hunters
and both enjoy hunting
large game. He and his wife
have hunted elk and ante-
lope and Gamble hopes to
harvest a moose or a goat
someday.
"This was the hunt of
a lifetime," said Gamble,
"and well worth 25 years of
waiting."
County library endowment
challenge reaches another level
The Big Horn County Library Foun-
dation filed for another 3:1 match from
the state this week, making four different
matches the fund will have obtained.
The foundation just recently met
the $10,000 requirement for the last 3:1
match and are about halfway to the chal-
lenge goal of $100,000 which expires in
March 2013.
Foundation President Carolyn Walton
said, "People are so supportive; residents
and former residents really stepped up to
help us reach that 'goal. Their support is
both encouraging and inspiring."
Walton said the support reinforces how
important libraries are in the communities
in and around the Big Horn Basin. Each
of the libraries and branch libraries have
benefitted from the endowment funds.
Those wishing to donate can make
checks payable to the Big Horn County Li-
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Horn County Library, Box 231, Basin, WY
82410. The donations are tax-deductible.
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