Bighorn with repost

Captured this bighorn between Downieville and Dumont this morning. They were pretty acitve. Thanks for looking.

Canon 1D Mark2
Sigma 500mm f/4.5 lens

Wow very nice, I was wondering if they had came down , I spent a few days last year at Georgetown, never did get a head butt shot, although I heard one. Is this the start of the rut?

Thanks Gary. Pretty close to the start I believe. I tried Georgetown, but did not see any up there this morning.

Cool shot, Dan. This is an interesting angle.

Hey Dan! Great shot! That must have been you standing there next to I-70. I drove by on my way to Silverthorne to do some fly-fishing.

This is very nice Dan, interesting pose that photographs well!.

This is a very good shot technically, but this fellow looks quite strange with his head twisted. If there were another ram in the frame, then I think this pose would make more sense.

Love the pose, and what Mel said definitely would make it better, however if it were mine I would be very happy just the same. Great behavior shot!

Thanks for the comments! He was approaching a group of females, and I noticed the males always seem to twist their heads that way. I do have some with a more straight on approach, just thought this was a little more unique!

Both are great photos; the first being my favorite because of the uniqueness.