From the great state of Alaska comes this photo of a Pope & Young record Dall Sheep! The ram scored 159 3/8, the top for that scoring period.

Our friend, Troy Graziadei, relates this once in a lifetime experience. "It happened..! My 20 plus year dream of taking a Dall with my recurve came true! I made the stalk of my life on this Ram and shot him at 5 yards. It was a bluebird weather day (rare in sheep country) and it was a magical day! He measures 38 1/2 x 13 1/4. I am a very happy hunter, my knees are still healing from the 12 hours of packing (2 trips in and out), but pain never felt so good!"

Nathan Andersohn completes his Grand Slam with this impressive Desert Sheep! To clarify, a Grand Slam is when a hunter harvests a Bighorn Sheep, a Dall Sheep, a Stone Sheep and a Desert Sheep. It is a great accomplishment for a traditional bowhunter to harvest all of these animals. They are extremely wary and elusive prey. Nathan tells us: "My long awaited hunt for Desert Sheep was a wonderful success. I was hunting with Ovis on Carmen Island near Loreto, Mexico. On the 4th day of the hunt my guide Pedro and I closed the gap as the ram moved down the ridge. He was passing by us at 15 feet when I released the arrow from my longbow. While it sounds easy it was a tough hunt, and I doubted that I would ever be able to stalk within range of one of the keen eyed rams." Congratulations on your amazing success, Nathan!

What a hunt for Nathan Andersohn. He harvested this Stone's Sheep using a Wensel Woodsman mounted on a Gold-Tip carbon arrow with a perfect double lung shot as the ram ran by him. He said, "The Woodsman Broadhead performed exceptionally well." This very well may be only the second Stone's Sheep killed with a longbow in modern times. Congratulations Nathan!