Trent's Ram

I was Lucky enough to draw a once in a lifetime desert bighorn sheep permit this year. Man was it a great hunt. It was by far the most frustrating hunt I have ever been on. It was also the most rewarding. After several long days of sitting and glassing different locations all day long Through out the month of October our patience payed off. On Friday Oct 30th I had to work. That morning Scoot Flannery and his father in law Kerby went out and started glassing. At about 11:00 i got a call from scoot and he told me he had glassed up a ram. I made a phone call to get some coverage for work and then Mason Latham and myself headed out. We got into the location and scoot told us they hadn't seen the ram for a while and they though he was bedded down. Well to make the story short mason and I made the stock into where they though the ram was. Well he wasn't there so we made out way back down to the rhino and went down the road a few miles and stopped. I hiked off a canyon bench and mason went up the hill to get a better view for glassing. Just as i dropped off the bench i could hear rocks and all sorts of noise. I just new it had to be sheep. It took me about 10 minutes before I could locate them. They were at 700 yards and were out of my shooting range. I ran up the hill and signaled Mason to come down. We made out stock and were only able to close the distance to 420 yards. Out came the spotting scopes. We spent the next 5 minutes looking at them and trying to find the biggest ram. There were 12 sheep in all. 5 Rams and 7 ewes. We pinned down the biggest one and decided it was a shooter in our book. I took off my pack and laid it down on the ground and got down on my belly and took a good aim. Boom!!! I shot over its back. I shot over its back a second time. i was holding the cross hairs just above the back to compensate for bullet drop. The third shot i put it dead on and the sheep dropped in its tracks. This is when all the hootin' and hollerin' started. Man were we excited. It was almost dark and there was no way we could cross the canyon and get to it before it was pitch dark so we went to the rhino and headed back to the trucks. When we got back to the trucks we told Scoot and Kerby what had happened and I don't think they believed us. We headed back to Blanding for the night. The next morning we got up super early and made the hour drive in the truck and another hour on four wheelers. We got on our packs and hiked to the sheep. As we approached the ram my heart almost exploded. Oh man what an experience. The photo shoot began and lasted about an hour. we then caped the ram and cut off all meat. Our packs were leaded down. It was a long and heavy hike back. I'm grateful for all the help I had on this hunt. Nicole, Scoot, Kerby, Mason and Devan, thanks so much. PS. Won't it look great hanging on the wall.

Wedding Day Pictures

Our Wedding Day

September 26, 2009, what a great day! We had so many people come to the temple with us. Family and friends came from far and near. I'm pretty sure we broke the record for cramming so many people into a small room. I was so happy that Grandpa Fred was able to do the wedding ceremony for us. It was short and sweet, just like we like it. The luncheon and reception went great! We just showed up and everything was taken care of. Thanks to everyone for everything! It was a great day!