An accurate shot with the tranquilizer gun brought this ram, briefly, to the ground. Here, workers (dubbed "muggers-¿) grab the ram by its horns, preparing to blindfold the animal. Like their bighorn subspecies cousins, the Arizona desert bighorn sheep, what few "Rockies-¿ roam the Grand Canyon state are noted for their trophy curls, often measuring 40 inches (outside) or more. In Arizona, a class 4 Rocky Mountain bighorn ram can easily score 175-185. Hunting bighorns is highly regulated in Arizona, but drawing a tag virtually guarantees the hunter a lifetime trophy. This young ram isn't exactly in that category; he's also missing the tip from one of his horns, possibly the result of a sparring injury. But now he'll be prime breeding stock in an area of the state that had not previously seen significant numbers of the big sheep.