Snyd
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Post by Snyd on Aug 18, 2015 11:51:40 GMT -5
This hunt started about 12 years ago, before I was a sheep hunter. A new friend called and asked if I’d be willing to go on a sheep hunt with him, that after 20 years he had finally drawn a coveted Delta Controlled Use Area (DCUA) tag. It was an epic walk-in hunt. 25+ miles one way. He got his ram and I got bit by the sheep hunting bug. I haven’t been the same and have sheep hunted ever since. His ram was the first I packed and ate. There have since been 9 others and I’ve got to lower the boom on 4 of them. Over the years it never worked out for us to sheep hunt again until last year. On the second stalk on a ram I fell in a steep, rocky chute and dislocated my shoulder. We popped it back in, finished the stalk (no ram) and hunted 4 more days. We still had the feeling of “unfinished business”…. us hunting together and me pulling the trigger. It was a typical sheep hunt (if there is such a thing!) 10 days of hot sun, cold temps, high winds, snow, rain, sleet, long valleys, steep passes, rocky ridges, stream crossings, brush busting, heavy packs, long hikes, sore muscles, etc. We saw 6 griz, 2 wolverines, caribou, 60+ ewes and lambs, 15 rams… one shooter. 8 year old broomer. I guess that means we batted a 1000 I found this horn half buried in the rocks 10 ft from where the ram landed in the steep chute. I brought it home.
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Post by arokcrwlr on Aug 18, 2015 12:18:22 GMT -5
Awesome! Congrats Perry!
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Post by onegoodshot on Aug 18, 2015 12:53:54 GMT -5
Congrats! That would be my grail hunt. From as early as I can remember reading articles of the professional bowhunter mags, i ve always been mesmerized by the sheep.
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Post by Fowler on Aug 18, 2015 12:59:33 GMT -5
Yup Dall sheep have alway been at the apex of my dream hunts I want to do. You're living right
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Post by cherokeetracker on Aug 18, 2015 13:21:55 GMT -5
Congratulations, that is an excellent specimen of a Ram. Good photos too. Hmmm extra Horn, do I smell new Pistol grips?
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Post by sixshot on Aug 18, 2015 13:30:40 GMT -5
Didn't have a sheep tag but I was climbing up to film 3 rams one time when I chanced onto a very irrate momma moose & calf. When she stood up she was about 20 yds away & looked 10 feet tall, the hair on her neck was all hackled up & things didn't look good. I slowly started backing up & talking very nice to her, she never took her eyes off me but that little red calf kept wiggling around making her nervous. I was very glad to get out of there. Nice ram & well deserved, those backpacking trips are the ones that are the best of all, wish I was young enough to still do that, being 70 yrs old kind of rules it out. Great photo's.
Dick
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Post by darrellh on Aug 18, 2015 16:50:53 GMT -5
Great ram, thanks for sharing and congratulations!
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Post by contender on Aug 18, 2015 21:17:25 GMT -5
Taking a sheep would be a dream with a handgun. I doubt I'll ever get the chance,,, so I have to enjoy reading about other folks hunts. Tell us more & keep it coming!
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Snyd
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Post by Snyd on Aug 19, 2015 1:10:08 GMT -5
Taking a sheep would be a dream with a handgun. I doubt I'll ever get the chance,,, so I have to enjoy reading about other folks hunts. Tell us more & keep it coming! The closest I ever came to taking one with a handgun (45 Colt BisHunter) was 275 yds. Rather than let it walk my partner took him with his 270.
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Post by Robster on Aug 19, 2015 5:02:33 GMT -5
Congrats, just a little jealous here. As was said, the broke horn=new pistol grips?
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Post by brionic on Aug 19, 2015 11:58:34 GMT -5
Outstanding!
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Post by James on Aug 20, 2015 13:18:51 GMT -5
Excellent.....
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Post by Ken O'Neill on Aug 21, 2015 6:13:16 GMT -5
Outstanding! Dang, I wish I was young again, and heading back to Alaska ...
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Post by arokcrwlr on Aug 21, 2015 7:49:49 GMT -5
+1 on being young again.
I'm "only" 53, but there are things that I'd like to do that, realistically, probably won't happen (like the sheep hunt here). I tell my boys to enjoy and do things while they're able - and don't get out of shape! So far, they're taking my advice.
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Snyd
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Post by Snyd on Aug 21, 2015 10:00:52 GMT -5
+1 on being young again. I'm "only" 53, but there are things that I'd like to do that, realistically, probably won't happen (like the sheep hunt here). I tell my boys to enjoy and do things while they're able - and don't get out of shape! So far, there taking my advice. I'm 55 as of yesterday, my hunting partner on this trip is 58. Don't let your age stop you if don't have major health issues. It does cost a lot of money though for a non-resident to sheep hunt in Alaska. Not the price of the tag, but the state does require a non-res to hire a guide unless you have a 2nd degree relative. A 10 day sheep hunt here is about 15 grand just for the guide. oofta Nonresidents: A nonresident who hunts brown/grizzly bear, Dall sheep, or mountain goat must be personally accompanied by an Alaska-licensed guide OR by an Alaska resident 19 years of age or older who is within the "second degree of kindred" (see definitions below). "Second degree of kindred" means a father, mother, brother, sister, son, daughter, spouse, grandparent, grandchild, brother- or sister-in-law, son- or daughter-in-law, father- or mother-in-law, stepfather, stepmother, stepsister, stepbrother, stepson, or stepdaughter (5 AAC 92.990).
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