Sorry to hear 44hunter45. Coming home empty from any limited entry/long awaited experience usually leaves a pretty sick feeling.
Certainly if you hunt long enough, it's bound to happen to even the best prepared. It has happened to me more than once so I know nothing I say will help.
I do...
Any ram is special, but shooting one with your first rifle is very cool. My first rifle was also an M77 of that era.
Well done Buzz. Thanks for the recap.
I'm an old guy and I've been very lucky and blessed to take a grand slam of NA sheep. My desert ram scores 172 and is far and away my biggest, but I don't look at any of the rest of my ram mounts with any regrets. They are all cherished. Special draw tags put lots of undue pressure on...
I like your style robie!
It's a once in a lifetime experience so milk it for all you can. My son and I spent 18 days on our own looking for sheep before I even started to hunt for my Utah desert ram. You obviously don't want to miss out on that Stud ram but enjoy every minute you can. It...
Wow, what a tag!
For what it's worth, I would prefer mass and age over length, but that's just me. Any sheep hunt is special, but having a tag like your's is incredible.
Keep us posted and best of luck.
I've been on several guided hunts and the suggested 10% of the cost of the hunt has always been pretty standard. I try to keep that as a guideline and the 10% is divided depending on how many helpers there are. I have always gone with at least that much cash and then divided it out depending...
Like everyone else, No tags for me as well. Top points don't mean a thing.
I am a sucker for reading about someone else's adventure, so you lucky draw dogs, keyboard fire away!!!
Hock, I will add, engage with and listen to Oak. He has all the connections you need and want. For sure become a RMBS member and you will probably have some who are even willing to come along and help with the hunt.
If you go prepared, you probably won't need many days to find a good ram...
Congratulations on a tag 99.9% of hunters will never have.
Here is what I'd do if I were so lucky.
As has been mentioned, I'd first connect with sheep people/organizations and previous hunters. Most are glad to share what they know because it's such a special hunt and previous hunters won't be...
Yep,
Obviously Wyoming no longer wants or needs NR's hunting money or presence.
That's sad for those of us who don't reside there, but it's done now.
On to bigger and better things for me!
I have the later model (maybe gen 2) with the movable torch bottle. I don't struggle much with aiming the flame, so I'm guessing that's an improvement.