{"id":105963,"date":"2019-02-11T22:09:24","date_gmt":"2019-02-12T03:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=105963"},"modified":"2024-08-03T20:55:47","modified_gmt":"2024-08-04T01:55:47","slug":"hunt365-new-world-record-big-horn-sheep-from-south-dakota","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/hunt365-new-world-record-big-horn-sheep-from-south-dakota\/","title":{"rendered":"New World Record Bighorn Sheep From South Dakota!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bighorn sheep are a quintessentially American animal. Thousands of hunters across the country apply to hunt them every year, but only a few states offer a hunt, and very few hunters ever draw.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Clayton Miller was lucky enough to be one of the first people to draw a hunt in South Dakota&#8217;s Badlands. 2018 was the first time the hunt was offered in the Badlands. Here&#8217;s Miller, quoted from the Pop and Young <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pope-young.org\/information\/news_detail.asp?news=156&amp;fbclid=IwAR3MJKQxVBN0L_uZoUqOxd1L0tq8w_gQ3iDqfJQEyMK6pVt7FTgkxW90sCE\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"hunt365-new-world-record-big-horn-sheep-from-south-dakota\" title=\"New World Record Bighorn Sheep From South Dakota!\">website<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI couldn\u2019t believe it when I got the phone call that my name had been drawn for the first and only Bighorn Sheep unit in the Badlands of South Dakota! I have been dreaming of the opportunity to draw a tag like this since I started applying religiously at the age of 12. I went into this hunt knowing that there were some spectacular animals in the area, but it was beyond my wildest dream that I would be after the new Pope and Young Club World Record!&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_105971\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Clayton-Miller-Bighorn-sheep-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"hunt365-new-world-record-big-horn-sheep-from-south-dakota\" title=\"New World Record Bighorn Sheep From South Dakota!\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-105971\" title=\"New World Record Bighorn Sheep From South Dakota!\" class=\"size-large wp-image-105971\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Clayton-Miller-Bighorn-sheep-1-1024x812.jpg\" alt=\"New World Record Bighorn Sheep From South Dakota!\" width=\"1024\" height=\"812\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Clayton-Miller-Bighorn-sheep-1-1024x812.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Clayton-Miller-Bighorn-sheep-1-150x119.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Clayton-Miller-Bighorn-sheep-1-379x300.jpg 379w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Clayton-Miller-Bighorn-sheep-1-768x609.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Clayton-Miller-Bighorn-sheep-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-105971\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clayton Miller&#8217;s South Dakota Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep, killed in October 2018, scored 209 1\/8&#8243;, besting the previous record set 20 years ago by nearly 10 inches (199 5\/8&#8243; by Todd Kirk in 1998).<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Miller is a resident of South Dakota, and it&#8217;s a good thing because there were no tags issued to non-residents in 2018. Of the 7,035 state residents who applied for tags, 3,249 of them had at least 2 preference points. Unfortunately, it looks like there won&#8217;t be a bighorn hunt this year.<\/p>\n<p>Miller&#8217;s ram ended up scoring 209 1\/8&#8243;, which is nearly ten inches larger than the previous world record shot by Todd Kirk in 1998. His Alberta bighorn\u00a0scored 199 5\/8&#8243;. Interestingly, the bighorns in South Dakota are descendants of transplants from Alberta. Miller killed his ram with a bow and arrow, making it a record for both the Boone and Crockett and the Pope and Young clubs. It&#8217;s an incredibly large animal; you have to wonder what it would have scored if it wasn&#8217;t broomed off.<\/p>\n<p>Miller went on,\u00a0&#8220;Thank you to everyone that helped along the way, mostly to my wife Becca for taking care of the family while I made dozens of scouting trips. What an honor and a privilege it was for me to be able to watch these incredible animals all year long a short road trip from my backyard!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Click here for the complete press release from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pope-young.org\/information\/news_detail.asp?news=156&amp;fbclid=IwAR3MJKQxVBN0L_uZoUqOxd1L0tq8w_gQ3iDqfJQEyMK6pVt7FTgkxW90sCE\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"hunt365-new-world-record-big-horn-sheep-from-south-dakota\" title=\"New World Record Bighorn Sheep From South Dakota!\">Pope and Young<\/a>. 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