A good friend of mine drew one of three 2017 desert bighorn sheep tags in New Mexico. He set up his rifles, 25-06 and 300 Winchester Mag) to shoot at the same spot up to 400 yards. He bought a high end range finder and spotting scope and practiced with the rifles and the range finder as well as walking a great deal to get ready for the hunt. On the third day of the hunt they saw sheep on the mountain and drove the jeep as far as possible and then walked to emerge behind where the sheep were last seen. Ben indicated that at first he could not shoot as there were three rams in a row broadside to him and a single shot would kill them all. Of course I discounted his statement figuring that sheep hunters were like fishermen. The rams separated and the one with a full curl was standing broadside to him. Down he went at the first shot. The range finder measured the shot at 25.5 yards. You never can tell. In retrospect Ben indicated he would have done nothing different. Smiles to all.
jborn
