Jacques Palais Big Horn -

To put this in context, the current world record for a Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep barely breaks the 210-point mark in the Boone and Crockett system. The Jacques Palais ram, when converted to the modern scoring system, would approach . However, the true shock is the circumference . An 18-inch base is virtually unheard of. It implies a ram that was not just old, but possessed of a genetic density that has never been replicated.

The Visual Echoes of the Frontier: Jacques Palais and the Big Horn Narrative jacques palais big horn

A small unincorporated community and a scenic mountain range (Bighorn Mountains) in Wyoming, known for its history and polo culture. To put this in context, the current world

His name became synonymous with the ( Ovis ammon polii ) and the Altai argali , but it was one specific hunt—one specific ram—that would immortalize him. That hunt produced the specimen now known exclusively as the Jacques Palais Big Horn . An 18-inch base is virtually unheard of