Been in all week, had the usual experience.....high wind, cold, snow, rain, no rams spotted, trout caught, and a midnight grizz in camp. Thankfully Mr Grizz left after a few minutes of yelling and screaming at him. Camped a little lower than planned and climbed 800’ to glass each morning but it...
True, thank you. I’d like to think I won’t shoot barely legal either. It’s a big investment in time and money coming from across the country and I want to sheep hunt many more years and don’t mind eating tags in order to live that dream. I have a vortex razor 11-33 so I’m thinking I’ll stick...
It is hard to believe sheep season is just over 4 months out. I’m not able to make it out for a summer scouting mission but at least I’ve bear hunted the same area I’m heading into in September and have my potential campsites already marked on OnX from last year’s hunt. It is definitely a...
Thank you! If all goes right with work vacation time I’ll be out to scout and do some fishing in July. I’ve been thinking about this tag for a while so I’ve been using my Fall trips to scout and familiarize myself with the country the last few years. Most of my time hiking and camping has been...
Thank you, I really need all the advice I can get! I’ve been doing well on the work outs but for out there it’s never enough! Hitting the gym in the firehouse at work 3x a week and we do a lot of mountain hikes here but unfortunately our highest hikes only lead to 3-4K feet.
I’ve done maybe 30...
Definitely beyond excited. 10 days in the Beartooths and 14 days off the job! Hiking the mountains with a rifle and camp on your back is much better than sitting in VA dreaming about hunts. May never see another sheep now that I’ll have a tag but just seeing my name on the tag today sealed it...
Technically the regs are that you must call within 48 hours of the kill. I think that’s what happened this year just based off observation and then calling in and checking online watching the quota. Don’t quote me but if I remember right the first official signs online were the 17th with the...
From watching the quota daily this year it appeared the rams killed the 15th were not reported the exact day of harvest. If they were reported the 16th, despite being harvested on the 15th, the clock started then for the 48 hour closure which means the rams harvested up through that window were...
First time poster, long time follower. Always been awesome following along on this thread. Came across a pack string yesterday heading into 501 to retrieve 2 rams. Didn’t see the hunting party, just the packers going to retrieve them and their camp. Quick work in there this year.